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[quote=Anonymous]The department chair who told me I couldn't stay a minute beyond my duty day because others didn't have the option to work unpaid overtime, and I was making them feel uncomfortable with my work ethic, and making them "look bad." I was a teacher, by the way. It didn't come from a place of care, which I would have understood. I do know myself and know I can 'go go go' without allowing for recovery time, though it hurts no one but myself. Anyway, I found a school that took the opposite tact. They appreciated my hard work, and instead of penalizing or micromanaging me, encouraged me to take the occasional day off to get some rest because they valued me. I wish more employers worked with their employees' idiosyncrasies/needs instead of against them. I had a colleague at that first school with ADHD who needed to get up and move all the time when she wasn't teaching, and she was great at her job and great with kids; in fact, teaching was probably the perfect career for her. And nevertheless, her department chair (not the same as mine) told her she couldn't walk the halls between classes because it was "distracting and people were asking questions." She left that school shortly after I did, and actually ended up winning all kinds of awards in her new school. Again, whatever makes someone different is often their best trait. She was wonderful with neurodivergent learners, for example. But the work culture has to allow for that kind of variation among employees, and in fact celebrate it, not try to stamp it out. Anyway, the takeaway for me, which I often share with younger colleagues, is to plant yourself where you can grow. [/quote]

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