Is anyone worried about long term career success with new WFH normal? I’m awful at it. I’ve got ADHD and have always adapted my environment to set myself up for success. I always sucked at doing any sort of work at home, so I always studied in the library in college or with a group of friends. My last job had an open WFH policy that I tried a few times before realizing I always got WAY more done in the office, and in less time. (cont’d within)

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I support flexible work schedules and I think that’s super important, I just know that WFH is WAY not for me and I worry about my potential to be successful or productive at all moving forward if this is the norm.

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I don’t even need the office. Just a coffee shop.

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Yes yes yes me. The only way I’ve ever been productive from “home” is going to a coffee shop. It’s really hard for me not being able to go to other spaces to work. I really don’t know how to be effective here and it’s showing

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Adderall!!

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Same. No advice other than practicing meditation and healthy goal/boundary setting. Take time to feel empowered that you know your own strengths and weaknesses. Decide on if this type of work is worth overcoming this set of challenges. Try reframing past failures as experiments from which you learned a little bit about how these challenges present for you. If you decide it's worth surmounting, attack it with a plan, a routine, maybe an Adderall script. Tell others (non-coworkers) about objectives to keep you accountable. Tried shaking up your environment by working under the bed or in the tub? Noise cancelling headphones? Surround yourself with succulents in every line of sight? I bet there are things you haven't tried yet that might help. Speaking from the current struggle- hope you are able figure out some things that work!

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Your mental illness is a protected status. I’d suggest making sure your HR knows about your handicap. Proper accommodation should be made for you from the Americans With Disabilities Act

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Big mistake imo. And when you say “protected status”, if you are referring to this being a disability pursuant to employer requirements within the Americans with Disabilities Act, the requirement is that the employer provide you with a reasonable accommodation. The fact that someone has a disability does not mean that an employer cannot terminate someone when they are unable to perform their job duties. Two very different things.

I feel bad about the environmental and social impacts of travel for work. If I'm being honest, most of my work could be done remotely. Except that I hate WFH. I would have to change careers if it became the new normal. So not necessarily concerned I am bad at it, but concerned that I'll go crazy doing it for much longer, but in the end maybe those are the same thing. I was surprised when I saw a survey that said something like 60% of people would WFH indefinitely if they could. If that's the way things are going (and I think it is, albeit probably more slowly than some think), I fear my personality is not cut out for that model.

I've never been formally diagnosed, but my dad has ADHD and I've long suspected I've got it, too. Focusing at home has always been a challenge for me, and I'll frequently find myself being sucked into dumb shit on my phone for an hour or two (which is why I'm posting this right now). That being said, I'm much more happy than I've ever been in my life strictly working from home (better sleep, not worrying about someone over my shoulder, being able to study during downtime instead of try to look busy).

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