Asda hires autistic man who was let go by Waitrose after years of volunteering

Waitrose asked Tom Boyd not to return when he asked for a few hours of paid work after years as unpaid shelf stacker

An autistic man who was let go as an unpaid shelf stacker at a Waitrose supermarket despite volunteering there for years has been offered a job by Asda.

Tom Boyd, 28, had worked in the Cheadle Hulme Waitrose store since 2021 with a support worker as his mother, Frances, said the role gave her son a sense of purpose and belonging".