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[โ€“] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (3 children)

if it's immediately rewarding

Hell of a caveat there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thinking about it, a manager who knows how to trick adhd workers to hyper focus on stuff could make a killer department ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

In my experience all it takes is a reasonable manager who can make progressive goals that are easily achievable which help build and develop a person while getting them engaged and acknowledging their hard work at each stage. It's much easier than tricking i feel

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Someone close to me has struggled forever with ADHD. A heroic effort got her through med school. They are an ER doc. Their life outside the ER would not work at all without an amazing partner, but at work, it's kind of perfect. Fix it, it goes away. Everything is different all the time. Fix shiny thing, send it home, find next shiny thing.

It is a very unique situation though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If more workplaces incorporated performance based snacks it wouldn't be!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sure, if you want an even greater obesity epidemic.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Burn it off pacing around the office.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Cucumbers are a good snack. And peanut butter celery, but that takes more work than just throwing a cucumber in the fridge.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It means I'm definitely good at sex.