So I'll day probably not all of my challenges at work have to do with my recent ASD-1 diagnosis, but I'm thinking it's a factor.

COVID was a godsend for me because I no longer had to struggle through office politics and social nonsense... or so I thought. I still work remotely but joined a company a couple of months ago that is sooooo warm and fuzzy. They have fantasy football leagues, and virtual chair stretches and twice weekly meetings where they pick a topic and we have to talk about it (be prepared to share what you like about fall...)

I find it all painful, and my new manager keeps reprimanding me about (what she perceives) not being a team player.

For instance, today I got "addressed" because I didn't show up to the meeting with a birthday background for a team member's birthday. I didn't get the memo because they send those notifications to personal cell phones in a group chat... which I immediately muted after getting texts at 9 PM with a coworker's vacation pics.... (after which I received a personal text to respond to the pics)

She essentially told me today that I'm efficient, but not "friendly", and I challenged her by asking what does any of that stuff have to do with WORK? I do my job, often getting locked in and working nights and weekends because that's when "the noise" stops,

...but she wants everyone to be part of the "work family". I don't view coworkers as family... I hardly talk to my own family. I prefer my dog because she doesn't care if I say the wrong thing at the wrong time, and she doesn't like direct eye contact either.

So... I put in my notice because I'm not a "cultural" fit. Fellow ASD-1s... Aspies... how can I do better a co-existing with the EXTRAverts (misspelled purposely)?