Comments on: 6 Reasons I Don’t Like My New Job http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/ a guide to living a not-so-boring life. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Arham http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-238962 Arham Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:49:07 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-238962 I was teaching in this huge school for a few years and really enjoying my life there but after doing my MBA i felt i needed to shift into the corporate environment and u know, try out for executive jobs. I joined this huge company as Asstnt Manager to the CEO. I told the guys at the job interview that if the job was secretarial i wasnt interested. they assured me that it wasnt and that while initially i would be doing admin tasks i would soon be groomed for business planning executive post. Its just been one week and its been stifling. I hate the passive nature of the job, my interaction with colleagues working in specialized depts is zero. Colleagues generally converse about work in their department or get to interact with people in other departments but i have NO department! Its just me and the CEO, lunch is lonely and i feel like crying when i remember the wonderful working environment i enjoyed at school. I was teaching in this huge school for a few years and really enjoying my life there but after doing my MBA i felt i needed to shift into the corporate environment and u know, try out for executive jobs.
I joined this huge company as Asstnt Manager to the CEO. I told the guys at the job interview that if the job was secretarial i wasnt interested. they assured me that it wasnt and that while initially i would be doing admin tasks i would soon be groomed for business planning executive post. Its just been one week and its been stifling. I hate the passive nature of the job, my interaction with colleagues working in specialized depts is zero. Colleagues generally converse about work in their department or get to interact with people in other departments but i have NO department! Its just me and the CEO, lunch is lonely and i feel like crying when i remember the wonderful working environment i enjoyed at school.

]]> By: Arham http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-238960 Arham Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:42:58 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-238960 Hey:) Hey:)

]]> By: Tria http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-237926 Tria Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:47:05 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-237926 Me too, me too, me too! Been in my job 4 months. Hate it! It's a VERY competitive position and very good money so I feel like I should love it, yet I am really unhappy. It's a training post that has just been rolled out so it is very disorganised and ill-defined. I was interviewed when the new scheme was all up in the air so they couldn't really tell me anything about it. Turns out that I am about 90% student - being forced to undertake a third degree despite having two degrees (one at a higher level) in a related area, and being forced to do most of the work for this in my own time. I really really do not want to do this stupid degree! Meanwhile at work I am not actually allowed to do anything because I am not officially 'qualified' in the eyes of the organisation. I spend my time watching people do things I have done for the last 12 years whilst being shuttled from department to department like a spare part, never having a chance to find my feet. People there are weird and unfriendly too. I've never felt so trapped and held back in my life! Need to get out!!! Me too, me too, me too!

Been in my job 4 months. Hate it! It’s a VERY competitive position and very good money so I feel like I should love it, yet I am really unhappy. It’s a training post that has just been rolled out so it is very disorganised and ill-defined. I was interviewed when the new scheme was all up in the air so they couldn’t really tell me anything about it. Turns out that I am about 90% student - being forced to undertake a third degree despite having two degrees (one at a higher level) in a related area, and being forced to do most of the work for this in my own time. I really really do not want to do this stupid degree! Meanwhile at work I am not actually allowed to do anything because I am not officially ‘qualified’ in the eyes of the organisation. I spend my time watching people do things I have done for the last 12 years whilst being shuttled from department to department like a spare part, never having a chance to find my feet. People there are weird and unfriendly too. I’ve never felt so trapped and held back in my life! Need to get out!!!

]]> By: Johnny http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-231518 Johnny Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:52:44 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-231518 I have a new job since 6 weeks. The title I have is asistant manager, so it sounded like an improvemtn. However up to todya i did not do or learn much, and have the impression i could do also what the manager does. Coming form a busy company, same as all the ones before, this is a shock for me and makes me depressed. However I am fillign the days with looking for a new job Haha have 3 introduciotn meetings in the next week! SO good job he!! When it won't work out I woill also start to try Cord's strategy Keep you informed I have a new job since 6 weeks.
The title I have is asistant manager, so it sounded like an improvemtn.
However up to todya i did not do or learn much, and have the impression i could do also what the manager does.
Coming form a busy company, same as all the ones before, this is a shock for me and makes me depressed.
However I am fillign the days with looking for a new job
Haha have 3 introduciotn meetings in the next week!
SO good job he!!
When it won’t work out I woill also start to try Cord’s strategy
Keep you informed

]]> By: Rick http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-229247 Rick Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:35:23 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-229247 SooSoo, Let me share my tail of woe. I have been working since 1990. My job titles have been: Engineer,Senior Engineer, QA Manager, Production Manager, Operations Manager & General Manager. All my jobs, except the QA Manager, have been so boring, it's beyond belief. I have spent many years, staring at computer screens, wondering what on earth other people were doing. I always got good reviews, excellent increases, & was always deemed to be a team player. It's amazing how many companies hire someone, with little or no knowledge as to what they actually want that person to do!! Companies very often "have no idea" as to what they want from you. I have had all the perks, the company cars, the 4 wheel drives & the magical salaries. Boring, boring, boring. What a waste of good intelligent talent. SooSoo,
Let me share my tail of woe. I have been working since 1990. My job titles have been: Engineer,Senior Engineer, QA Manager, Production Manager, Operations Manager & General Manager. All my jobs, except the QA Manager, have been so boring, it’s beyond belief.

I have spent many years, staring at computer screens, wondering what on earth other people were doing. I always got good reviews, excellent increases, & was always deemed to be a team player. It’s amazing how many companies hire someone, with little or no knowledge as to what they actually want that person to do!! Companies very often “have no idea” as to what they want from you. I have had all the perks, the company cars, the 4 wheel drives & the magical salaries. Boring, boring, boring. What a waste of good intelligent talent.

]]> By: Janka http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-220873 Janka Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:26:57 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-220873 I would very much like to thank all of you writing above. I'm in precisely the same situation. Started a job two weeks ago, given no training, no explanations, nothing. I've recently started taking iniciative as I've seen that otherwise I'm not going to get anywhere. I still have a long way to go but I can see it working already. My boss doesn't seem to be a bad person, just extremely disorganised and with no knowledge of leading people (I can say as I've worked as a manager on a similar position and trained couple of new employees myself). I think the best advise was that given by Cord ages ago: try to talk to the colleagues instead of the boss. It seems to work for me - if I ask my boss for something to do, she gives me stuff but without explaining what it is, how to do it or where to find any additional information. Then she complains there are mistakes in it. Well, obviously:) However, in the two weeks of careful observation I've figured a bit who has been there for long and how approachable they are and ask them instead now. I absolutely understand how frustrating it feels but after reading all this it actually made me want to perservere and use my experience and knowledge to get to the bottom of this. So once again, thank you. I would very much like to thank all of you writing above. I’m in precisely the same situation. Started a job two weeks ago, given no training, no explanations, nothing. I’ve recently started taking iniciative as I’ve seen that otherwise I’m not going to get anywhere. I still have a long way to go but I can see it working already. My boss doesn’t seem to be a bad person, just extremely disorganised and with no knowledge of leading people (I can say as I’ve worked as a manager on a similar position and trained couple of new employees myself).
I think the best advise was that given by Cord ages ago: try to talk to the colleagues instead of the boss. It seems to work for me - if I ask my boss for something to do, she gives me stuff but without explaining what it is, how to do it or where to find any additional information. Then she complains there are mistakes in it. Well, obviously:) However, in the two weeks of careful observation I’ve figured a bit who has been there for long and how approachable they are and ask them instead now.
I absolutely understand how frustrating it feels but after reading all this it actually made me want to perservere and use my experience and knowledge to get to the bottom of this. So once again, thank you.

]]> By: jo http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-219893 jo Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:25:10 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-219893 Hey I amnot sleeping because of my new job, ive been there a week and I think I might hate it. My last job was mundane factory type work but school hours so I could pick up my kids after school, but the people were horrid, they were bullies and threw stuff around the staff room if they were stressed or didnt like you. So I did some training and got a better job (me thinks i'm a fool now as its less pay and terrible days but chance to improve) The manager is away from my first day and nobody knows when she's back. The other person I work with is a grumpy irratable women who begrudgingly tells me what to do, I get the impression she thinks i'm there to support her only not what the mananger told me before she left. What do I do? This is a customer service type position, which i'm good at but this women is really bad at it, shes almost abusive?aggressive towards the customers, it leaves me thinking that maybe this is the acceptable behaviour of the absent manager!!!! :roll: Hey I amnot sleeping because of my new job, ive been there a week and I think I might hate it. My last job was mundane factory type work but school hours so I could pick up my kids after school, but the people were horrid, they were bullies and threw stuff around the staff room if they were stressed or didnt like you. So I did some training and got a better job (me thinks i’m a fool now as its less pay and terrible days but chance to improve) The manager is away from my first day and nobody knows when she’s back. The other person I work with is a grumpy irratable women who begrudgingly tells me what to do, I get the impression she thinks i’m there to support her only not what the mananger told me before she left. What do I do? This is a customer service type position, which i’m good at but this women is really bad at it, shes almost abusive?aggressive towards the customers, it leaves me thinking that maybe this is the acceptable behaviour of the absent manager!!!! :roll:

]]> By: mel http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-219824 mel Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:48:52 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-219824 hi, hi just started a new job a week ago and due to illness have had 3days off.... i left my last job becasuse it was training wage and cudnt afford to live off it. i liked it there but it was an apprenticeship and at the end of it there was no job outcome i had to find work with full pay.......i got one i hate it...its workin in a store room in a factory.....bein told i got the job and asked what id be doin they didnt really say what exactly would be my job. when i got there i got told they hired a load of people and didnt have another table 4 me so they put me in stores. i dread going back after being ill....but i need the money....why should we all be miserable doing jobs we dont like.......... it makes me depressed just thinkin of goin back there. :sad: hi, hi just started a new job a week ago and due to illness have had 3days off…. i left my last job becasuse it was training wage and cudnt afford to live off it. i liked it there but it was an apprenticeship and at the end of it there was no job outcome i had to find work with full pay…….i got one i hate it…its workin in a store room in a factory…..bein told i got the job and asked what id be doin they didnt really say what exactly would be my job. when i got there i got told they hired a load of people and didnt have another table 4 me so they put me in stores.
i dread going back after being ill….but i need the money….why should we all be miserable doing jobs we dont like………. it makes me depressed just thinkin of goin back there. :sad:

]]> By: bessie mae http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-203726 bessie mae Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:21:55 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-203726 Hi, I just googled and found this site. I don't know if anyone has posted lately. I'm at a new job for a week. It's not an office or corporate job like many of you seem to have. I clean a building, the pay is ok. I work my tail off and cleana s fast as I can. I'm a hard worker but the bottom line is that most jobs I've had (I'm middle aged) suck in one way or another. I probably never found my niche-my responsibility. But you never really know until you've started a new job what it's really like so when you make the decision to accept a new position it's a crap shoot. I find myself questioning this whole world and the idea of work. How many people go through life just trying to work at a job that you wouldn't be doing if not for the fact that you need money to pay bills. Why can't people just live and everyone's needs are met? There must be abetter way. Who invented all this? The cost of living is so high and so many jobs don't even pay enough to support a person, much less a family. ok- I gripe a lot. Sometimes it all just doesn't make sense to me. :???: Hi,
I just googled and found this site. I don’t know if anyone has posted lately.
I’m at a new job for a week. It’s not an office or corporate job like many of you seem to have. I clean a building, the pay is ok. I work my tail off and cleana s fast as I can. I’m a hard worker but the bottom line is that most jobs I’ve had (I’m middle aged) suck in one way or another. I probably never found my niche-my responsibility. But you never really know until you’ve started a new job what it’s really like so when you make the decision to accept a new position it’s a crap shoot. I find myself questioning this whole world and the idea of work. How many people go through life just trying to work at a job that you wouldn’t be doing if not for the fact that you need money to pay bills. Why can’t people just live and everyone’s needs are met? There must be abetter way. Who invented all this? The cost of living is so high and so many jobs don’t even pay enough to support a person, much less a family. ok- I gripe a lot. Sometimes it all just doesn’t make sense to me. :???:

]]> By: Alex http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/comment-page-1/#comment-201828 Alex Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:30:31 +0000 http://www.notsoboringlife.com/career/6-reasons-i-dont-like-my-new-job/#comment-201828 I started my current job 4 months ago. our stories are simular, I kept asking my superior to have something to get on with, and he just said 'errr....no....there is nothing to do at the moment', it lasted 3 weeks, i was literally on the internet all day. i was so scared of being fired because i was not being productivity and had nothing to write in the end of week report, it was quite depressing really. Now that i have something to get on with, but the thing is that the work is so boring nothing like the job description. i am now looking for an other job now, hoping to get out of this job soon and have something i truly wanted. Good luck. I started my current job 4 months ago. our stories are simular, I kept asking my superior to have something to get on with, and he just said ‘errr….no….there is nothing to do at the moment’, it lasted 3 weeks, i was literally on the internet all day. i was so scared of being fired because i was not being productivity and had nothing to write in the end of week report, it was quite depressing really. Now that i have something to get on with, but the thing is that the work is so boring nothing like the job description. i am now looking for an other job now, hoping to get out of this job soon and have something i truly wanted.

Good luck.

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