Edmans said: “The kind of challenges which people with ADHD face in the workplace mainly relate to ADHD which is either untreated or unrecognised."
The consequences can be really quite damaging – he cited lower incomes, lower productivity than neurotypical people, and people with ADHD being 30 per cent more likely to have seriously debilitating employment issues.
They are also 60 per cent more likely to be fired from a job and three times more likely to quit a job impulsively.
Edmans cited various reasons for lack of disclosure: “Fear of a stigma at work, sometimes involving name-calling, lost promotions, bullying and job terminations".
But he added: "There are powerful indications that having measures in place which enable ADHD people to be open, and their colleagues and management to know how best to get the positive aspects, not the negative, is crucial.”
Anita Boniface is a freelance financial journalist
