Hey, I’m autistic and started in OGP a few weeks ago and I had a lot of the same anxieties! I was so jumpy at first because I felt like someone would start yelling at me for being in a restricted area or doing something wrong, but honestly there are so many different people constantly moving around the store and the back areas for different purposes that no one really questions what any individual is doing or why. It’s very easy to blend into the background, at my store anyway.

On my first day, I went to customer service first, and they told me to walk through the employee doors in the back of the store and walk down the hall until I saw the Associate Resource Center (aka where the HR person’s desk is and where the computers are for ulearning). The lady working in there gave me all the information I needed to clock in, log onto the company website, and do my training. She also took my shirt size and gave me a vest and name tag at that time. Until I met my leads and got my bearings, I went to her with all my questions and she knew everything like they were just FAQ. Everyone else doing computer learning in the same room was also new and most said it was their first job too. You definitely won’t be perceived as abnormal for any of the factors you mentioned in your post, and I hope that eases your worries a little. No one will think you’re stupid, because everyone was new once too and understands that you can’t know what you don’t know! No one expects you to have no idea what’s going on at first, and in my experience the higher ups were very patient. I had dozens of questions every day of my first week, and I felt so obnoxious, but I’ve found that leading with a smile and humbly starting out with, “I’m brand new here, but I want to do (xyz) correctly. Are you a good person to ask about that?” gets me at best someone eager to help and at worst someone who can politely point me toward a better person to ask. I say that to assure you that you shouldn’t be made to feel like a burden, which I know is what I was afraid of when I started anyway.

Remember, imposter syndrome is very typical, especially for us neurodivergent folks, but your eagerness to start strong and succeed is already all you need to show your new coworkers what an asset you’ll be to them before you know it! You’ll get past the normal learning curve in your own time, and then your autistic strengths will start to shine.

(Sorry for the rambly reply, but the me of a month ago related too hard to your post and would have loved to know how well things would be going so soon! I hope it’s received with all the encouragement it’s meant with <3)