This hits so hard. ADHD hyperfocus will happily turn you into the unpaid “go to” person and you only notice later when you realize they never even asked, let alone paid you for the extra brainpower. I get angry just thinking about how much free labor our brains give away.
Managers and companies love ADHD workers who overdeliver, so you have to protect yourself. Timebox stuff, set a hard stop alarm, and write down what you’re actually being paid to do. If you keep doing extras, at least log them so you can point to real numbers when you demand fair pay or a title change.
Also, stop feeling guilty for chilling. Your brain is not a productivity factory, it’s a person with limits. Take the break.
Meh, it tends to even out with all the nonproductive hours the other half of the time where you do 20min worth of work in 3 hours because the task is not interesting.
This hits so hard. ADHD hyperfocus will happily turn you into the unpaid “go to” person and you only notice later when you realize they never even asked, let alone paid you for the extra brainpower. I get angry just thinking about how much free labor our brains give away.
Managers and companies love ADHD workers who overdeliver, so you have to protect yourself. Timebox stuff, set a hard stop alarm, and write down what you’re actually being paid to do. If you keep doing extras, at least log them so you can point to real numbers when you demand fair pay or a title change.
Also, stop feeling guilty for chilling. Your brain is not a productivity factory, it’s a person with limits. Take the break.
Meh, it tends to even out with all the nonproductive hours the other half of the time where you do 20min worth of work in 3 hours because the task is not interesting.