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To us, minor stutters, knowing that we stutter is a constant drain on our self esteem. The workplace is one of our greatest challenges. Never knowing when or where our stutter will appear causes great...

Look into cleaning work! Nobody cares that you talk and it’s so relaxing not to have a boss up your ass about “performance”. Only performance you have is to keep everything sanitized and tidy....

Personally, I think unless your stammer MAJORLY affects you to the point you physically cannot effectively live a normal life in terms of employment etc then I doubt you’d qualify...

Pip Advice

Pip Advice Any stammerers from the UK/NI, have you been successful when applying for PiP (Personal Independence Payments)? I have applied twice now and twice declined, the second time I scored 0 in a...

Sorry, its just a hunch. I mean how can they blame me for being so slow, when its my first day working in a warehouse job in a 400,000 square foot ikea....

There is nothing about you post that indicates it was your stutter....

It doesn’t seem to me as though it was your stutter that they fired you over, especially if as you say, your communication was 7.5/10 - I’d say that’s pretty good! Remember - no one talks 10/10 fluent...

Did I get fired because of my stutter?

Did I get fired because of my stutter? Hello guys. Today, I was fired from work, which I suspect was because of my stutter. It was my first shift today, working in an IKEA. But at the end of my shift,...

When I'm talking for long periods, my stutter gets worse as I progress. I assume since we we're kids, we shy away from any verbal communication. We never really developed the muscles(physical and me...

I had a tech sales job and will go into business development again soon, just a different kind (financial planning). The first one was true phone sales, what’s called an ‘inbound SDR.’ Strictly for p...

pharmacy clerk/tech. Stuttering one the phone and in person trying to say medications I don’t know or do know is humiliating but I’ve been here now for four years so I don’t mind it and the customers ...

Yes, I’m a car salesman. It doesn’t affect me as much anymore - I mostly use breathing techniques to help me through...

Anybody work in sales with a speech impediment?

Anybody work in sales with a speech impediment? If this applies to you, I want to know your specific role and how you handle it day to day. ...

I met my wonderful husband of 54 years at a religious youth group. The marriage lasted 54 years, my interest in that religion didn’t! This man presented me proudly in every venue, socially as well as ...

The company found out about my communication problem almost a month later. I did well in the interview. My stuttering gets worse in social situations. They can tell I have a problem. It's worse with t...

Don’t be a 9/11 operator or a salesperson and should generally be fine. Feel like most jobs don’t require THAT much talking...

Dont try to overcome it. There is nothing to be overcome. You can visit a speech therapist to be doubly triply sure about the origin of the stutter( unless its a rare physiological cause which can be ...

Deployed, as in you are a service member? Thank you for your service! I was always told that the gravity of my stutter would prevent me from enlisting....

I used to stutter very badly growing up, I still do sometimes. However now, most people that I meet never know this until I tell them. I began stuttering around the age of 3 and it was so bad that I...

Hard truth, nope it never goes away at least not completely and not for majority but it gets manageable and somewhat controllable. I'm 28 now and I've been through some shit, schools didn't have anti...