Employable Me - Thomas 

This man is a genius who actually has manners and listens to people we need more of him

I hate when office relationships/friendships are forced upon new hires. Anyone would feel weird in that situation. That shouldn't be a requirement for a job, I'm glad they overlooked his awkwardness.

I work in the construction industry and have the same social issues. When he buried his head in his mothers shoulder at the end you tell how overwhelming the day was for him and i can relate to that.

Dam that hug at the end, hit me hard, as I know how difficult it is with autism and finding work

This made me cry.. How does this have such low views. This needs to be seen by more people!

Broke my heart when he said he was just trying to be normal. Absolutely painful to hear someone say that. I am so happy to hear he got a job! If only everyone had opportunities like this. I despise job interviews as someone with severe social anxiety, and I would love an opportunity like this.

I cried, they are so amazing and caring

I love someone with austism . My beautiful son Phoenix!!..the world needs to wake and get educated because I'm still learning.. you Rock Thomas :)

Hi Thomas I met you at our Asperger's group I really enjoyed your video and I wanted to congratulatie you on getting the job.

Would love an update to see how he's getting on

As a Senior software engineer I hope this gives anyone with Thomas's condition hope. I would as someone who employs people offer this man more money than anyone of his age, this is not a gesture of kindness but a purely capitalistic one, I cant tell you how many people who don't have his brain we need to have one of him. Programming is all about this sort of attention to detail and objective rationality and reason. I need more of these resumes on my desk...

Well done Thomas. Great effort and a perfect demonstration of how people with Asperger's who are often overlooked can be well suited to the right kind of job. Good on his employers too for taking a chance on an employee who is different.

His mother is amazing

He’s so sweet. I’m glad they gave him the opportunity.

This video made me cry (obviously of happiness).

This melted my heart. This needs to be present ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE.

Holy shit his interview was with the devs of "Project Cars" thats awesome haha

Touching my heart, thank you so much for this very beautiful videos!

Bless him. He's so good at what he does. I'm so glad they offered him work. You're awesome, Thomas 😊

Oh dear, Im so happy for him!

I honestly think Thomas's personality is very common in IT and in the Arts. Sometimes, I think the corporate world wants to turn us all into Marketing people.

Best of luck to you Thomas, you have a wonderful personality and I hope you gain confidence in who you are and what you have to offer the world. Anyone would be lucky to have you as their friend!

Great job Thomas. You deserve the best. What a good worker you are. God bless you

So he aced the interview, and took him to a pub for lunch... thats a hard interview.

Oh gosh, how emotional. Fantastic Thomas. Very well done.

Brilliant. Some man he is! Spots a bug in one hour that pros have been searching for days for

his facial expressions while accepting the job offer sent me over the top, hilarious. good for him, i hope he is doing well today. best wishes, Thomas

I've applied for 2 years for accounting or secretary jobs. I don't know exactly how many job. About 1-3 jobs per week, so, do the math. Nobody hired me. I started learning web programming on my own at home (I didn't believe I will become a programmer, I was just coding to kill some of the boredom and depression). Now I've been a web dev for 7 years. I have my own house, no debt and 20 years of savings. Yes, I have autism.

Wow so happy for him i cant imagine how tuff it must be for him even thoe i do suffer from anxiety attacks its nothing like this guy 👍

Seeing Thomas's struggles really hit my heart because in general people just see one aspect of a person for a first impression. This perspective is hypercritical to say the least. I am glad Thomas gained an opportunity.

Shoutout to my boy Thomas for clutching that job!

Im here because I;ve been doing an online course with Futurelearn " Realising Career Potential" run by Griffith University, Australia. They have Employable Me Australia. Seeing this has its sad moments like whhen Thomas says he tries so hard to be normal...my heart broke.

always makes me happy seeing this :). more jobs need to be more tolerant of those with learning disabilities

He is such an amazing person, he kind of reminds me of someone from the office though hahaha

Amazing!

I have only just found this video having watched the Louisa's story which I wrote about too. I had a lot of jobs when I was younger but they never lasted more than a few weeks. I was bullied, shouted at or given the jobs nobody else wanted the horrible, filthy ones. People would not give me time to learn, I wanted to learn. People would make horrible comments about me when I was just being me. As an adult I had a late diagnosis of ASC. It has started to make sense to me. I am now a secondary school (high school) teacher, a career I Love. I am working hard so that someday my students hopefully do not have to struggle too in the workplace and life.

Having a hard time with autism right now, Thomas is inspiring.

At my work they used your film to help educate staff about neurodiversity.

Everyone is here on earth for a reason🙏

i am autistic to ,nice to see i am not alone

Great guy

It hurt to hear him try to be normal when he is perfect normal

Bless him.

I love you Thomas., I love you, I love you, I love you. Every happiness.

Congratulate Thomas.

This dude reminds me of David Firth

This guy is more talented then the whole lot of them in the co.

As an autistic person, I petition for job interviews to be replaced by job trials like this. It’s so frustrating when you know you’d be great at the actual job but you getting the job is dependent on you being able to socially communicate well on the spot (which most autistic people can’t) even when the job has literally nothing to do with social communication.

Well done thomas you deserve it

a big well done to all those who try to get a job with a disability, I have HSP (see videos) and Im just to scared to apply, as I scared of the put down

Hi Thomas. Very moving story. I hope the work has given you a sense of independence and that you're enjoying it. Hope your parents are well. As Kermit sang it's not easy being green and fading into the background but you had the bravery to be yourself and land yourself a job. Very good achievement.

well done thomas x

Fuckin....onions man... my eyes...

I would hire him in heart bit. It almost made me cry when he got that chance and I am a macho man I am not supposed to cry.

I'm not crying, you're crying.

Another massive demonstration of bow neurodiversity can be an absolute blessing!

Love this series!!!

I would chat with Thomas as a person cause he reminds me of me in many ways and I not good with group conversation even how much I want to be I am better with one on one conversation.

Well this video gives me hope. Because I want to work with young people

I have autism and I have alot in common with Thomas I would love to meet someone like Thomas who would want to make a game =)

Thomas would be a great hire in many tech jobs. He's be easy to have around.

This guy looks like badger from breaking bad.

Being autistic too I completely get the whole it being difficult to talk to people mid conversation without feeling rude. It's easily the worst feeling especially when you have a valuable contribution

don't underestimate us !

I have wondered so much how Tomas is doing?

He's gotta have more than just High Functioning Austism, why do I say this? I am also a Thomas with High Functioning Austism, but I don't have a lisp or stuff up sentences as much, but he seems cool, and sounds like something I would do.

Interviews is never a true factor on deciphering a persons ability. Interviews is really a process on who can bullshit the Hiring manager the most. As said in 4:28.

This breaks my heart. I just want to befriend him.

I cried because I've got my own sibling with autism please watch for the sibs who care which is something I made thx

I’m healthy mentally speaking but it doesn’t take a health defect to render a person lonely. I have been lonely no friends for the last two years because I was lost interest in because I’m not a people pleaser, BE YOU. BE YOU BE YOU !!!!!!!! Fuck the people who judge you bud !!!! I’d rather be lonely than have sadistic pricks for friends

It’s unfortunate that he’s been discriminated against, however, many job interviews throw you off guard. We all go through it with unprepared questions.

Badger got a good job after this, I heard dealing is well paid

Choo Choo

I feel like he’s going to be taken advantage of.

What a waste of talent , employer should do more to accommodate special people , it will be mutually benefit

You're emotionally manipulating us here :|

Little Nicky has come a long way from Jamming to Black Sabbath in Hell.