34 | THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Simon Bradbury MCIPP, The AuDHD Payroller, explains how the pay professions have presented roles well suited to his strengths as a neurodivergent individual B eing great with dates is either an ADHD thing or an autistic thing. I’m essentially a ‘buy one get one free’ deal on neurodivergence, and I know for a fact my career started on 10 February 2001. I walked into the payroll department of a convenience store retailer in my hometown, unaware I would spend the next 25 years in this profession. For a long time, I just thought I was good at working under pressure. It wasn’t until February 2023 that I suspected I had ADHD, and only September 2024 when I was formally diagnosed (with a side order of autism recently added to the menu). Looking back, I finally realised what kept me here for a quarter of a century. It wasn’t just the maths. It was the fact that payroll is perfectly designed for the ADHD brain. The dopamine of the deadline Ask a neuroscientist, or just someone who has doom-scrolled on TikTok until 3am, and they’ll tell you the ADHD brain is motivated by five specific things: 1. Interest. 2. Novelty. 3. Challenge. 4. Urgency. 5. Passion (or purpose ). Neurotypical brains tend to prioritise
Confessions of the AuDHD payroller: why my brain was made for payroll cut-off
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