Then i started. I was given a training plan which sounded ok, but then lo… most of the overviews and training sessions were cancelled. What really annoys me is that no one speaks in the office. There is no ’so what did you do last night?’ or joking about people or discussing the news, or moaning about homelife. NOTHING. People just sit at their desks in silence and even at lunch people just go out alone and return after an hour for more silent work.

I just sit at my screen and watch the clock in the bottom right hand of the screen willing it to be 5.30. Every day it seems to take longer. Maybe we should all form a supercompany and put our mixed skills to use!!

SooSoo, you described my job exactly. At least Im not the only one. Some days, I feel like I’m going to go insane. There are only so many things to look up on the internet before it gets boring. And on top of that, I still look busy when people walk by b/c I feel guilty for not having anything to do. I have to shuffle papers and type on a pretend excel spreadsheet. It sucks

Bored at work once again

Well I got what I wanted (I guess)! I find my daily duties more challenging now and I got a 30% increase in my base salary and my bonus should be higher than before, I was barely into the 6 figures base + bonus with my previous employers. So I thought I hit the jackpot … NOT!

1) I was working 8 hours before, now I do it for almost 11 hour per day.
2) My new boss sits right besides me all day and is constantly asking everyone what are they working on.
3) Everything is disorganized in this company.
4) The stress is killing me, since 3 months ago I get neck and shoulder pain (I got some sort of RSI due to my working hours) after a couple hours into the day (usually I wake up fine but at around 9am I start having the pain again)
5) I thought I’d like a more competitive environment but this is cutthroat one, a coworker literally stole my work (he modified it a lil bit) and marketed as his!!!

And on top of that I had the not so good idea to go back to school part time so I have another $15k that I spend per year on tuition so I need the extra income.

Man, I’m seriously considering looking for something else.

I thought I’d add my tale of woe to the list.

I have been with the same company for 2 years. When I first started 3 people worked in my office, I was on quite a low salary and it was fun, we all got on and work was fun, so i didn’t mind that i didn’t have much money. After 1 year, 1 person left. Leaving 2 of us.
The other person (my boss) is out of the office about 2-3 days a week, sometimes more. I got a promotion 8 months ago, and a hefty pay rise.
I used to busy myself by making sales calls (I worked for commision).
Now i am my boss’ assistant and most days when he is out, I sit and do nothing. I am alone. I come in at 9 every morning, I watch TV on the internet, I spend hours on facebook, I take a long lunch, I look at stuff i want to buy on the net, I go for a cigarette, I go home at 5.30.
I’m officially paid £22,000 to sit and do nothing most of the time. I ask for things to do. I do them. Nobody ever questions what I do when they aren’t there or when they havent asked me to do something.
If someone had told me a year ago that I’d be paid all this money to sit and do nothing, I would of thought it was great.
As it is, I’m looking for a new job.
I may get paid £22,000 a year, but I feel worthless. If nobody can recognise that have sat and done nothing for the past 8 months, the work i do do must not be worth much at all.

Hope you find your happiness

SooSoo

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I recently switched jobs (2 months ago) and I’m still unsure if i made the right decision. Despite the better pay and less hours, I’m not as happy as I thought I would be. My new co-workers suck. They aren’t friendly, there not social, and this company is so unorganized it makes me sick. I don’t want to go crawling back to my old job because I wasn’t happy there either (Worked there for 5 years), so I’m stuck. Ugh.

What have people done to get used to the adjustment of working for a new company, new people, etc??

I have a similar experience. Although I am only working for 1 week now at my new job it didn’t feel right from the first day on.
Untill last week I was happy at my previous job. I didn’t like the job I did, but I had excellent colleagues and we had lots of fun. Granted, sometimes I cursed the work but the atmosphere was good which made up for it.

However I am only graduated since last year and this job wasn’t going to give me the carreer opportunities according to my degree. I wanted to do something with my studies…

Ultimatelly I found this job. It pays a little bit better, I get lots of interesting training, also extra benefits, company car, … However the atmosphere here sucks big time. Each day when I arrive I chose a work spot (we do not have assigned places, you can go sit wherever you want), I say goodmorning and that’s it. The rest of the day I stare at my computer screen following e-learning trainings and not having any conversation with my colleagues. The only ’social’ moment I have is lunch. At lunch time I go to the cafetaria with my collegues where they talk about… work! And since this is only my first week there’s not much for me to say.

You’ll probably understand, that despite the raise, extra benefits and carreer opportunities, I basically hate my job and want my old job back. Maybe what’s more important than carreers and money is that you can wake up every morning and be happy… not hating the fact that you have to go to work, but even look forward to tell your collegues about the movie you saw yesterday…