Re:Prolonged Partial Sleep Deprivation for a Job (The worst ...
by lsc on Monday November 10, 2008 @12:11PM
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Not all employers are assholes about schedules. Find one that isn't.
You sound like you are pretty good. If you are pretty good, you should be able to find a company that is willing to work around whatever weirdness you have.
I don't have a sleep disorder (or at least, haven't been diagnosed) but I am a lazy fuck and have a hard time getting up at the same time every day. everywhere I've worked they've put up with me showing up at noon pretty often. (my favorite quote "I know I said we had a flexible schedule here, but I'm going to have to put my foot down and ask you to show up by noon") I mean, I can't show up at noon every day, but if I get there by 10:00 for most of the week, they usually forgive me showing up at 13:00 one day. I've never been fired for being late.
Oh, yeah, the trick to this? most of those places really did want me to show up on time. However, they wanted my work done even more. I can force myself awake at the same time every day (It's easy enough, I just keep a bowl of no-doz by the alarm, and eat one every time I hit the snooze) but I'm a zombie. So yeah, when they start giving me shit about showing up on time, I put in effort for a week or two, but at that point my performance starts falling, so I start showing up late again, and they are usually glad enough to see results that they are OK with my tardiness for a while.
Many employers (myself included) will let you work from home, when you want to. (Of course, many of us do this because we find that people are willing to give you better work for less money, if you are willing to let them work when and where they want to. When you give people a choice, they usually sell you their most productive hours, which is awesome for the employer.)
You sound like you are pretty good. If you are pretty good, you should be able to find a company that is willing to work around whatever weirdness you have.
I don't have a sleep disorder (or at least, haven't been diagnosed) but I am a lazy fuck and have a hard time getting up at the same time every day. everywhere I've worked they've put up with me showing up at noon pretty often. (my favorite quote "I know I said we had a flexible schedule here, but I'm going to have to put my foot down and ask you to show up by noon") I mean, I can't show up at noon every day, but if I get there by 10:00 for most of the week, they usually forgive me showing up at 13:00 one day. I've never been fired for being late.
Oh, yeah, the trick to this? most of those places really did want me to show up on time. However, they wanted my work done even more. I can force myself awake at the same time every day (It's easy enough, I just keep a bowl of no-doz by the alarm, and eat one every time I hit the snooze) but I'm a zombie. So yeah, when they start giving me shit about showing up on time, I put in effort for a week or two, but at that point my performance starts falling, so I start showing up late again, and they are usually glad enough to see results that they are OK with my tardiness for a while.
Many employers (myself included) will let you work from home, when you want to. (Of course, many of us do this because we find that people are willing to give you better work for less money, if you are willing to let them work when and where they want to. When you give people a choice, they usually sell you their most productive hours, which is awesome for the employer.)