I'm a recent business grad and after only 3 interviews, I was offered a position with a great company with nice benefits and pay and what seemed like would be an awesome new field and learning experience. I've been there for a month now and the people seem nice, and the company seems built for future growth and potential. The only thing is, I've been there for a month and still don't know zip about what my job is or how to do it. When I run out of the piddly (as in just staring at reports that I have no clue what I'm looking at because I haven't been told) work that's been given to me just to pass time, I ask for something else to do and I'm told there isn't anything or their too busy to sit down with me and teach at the moment....ok...so this gets me wondering why there was a position opening if there's nothing for me to do but sit and kill time very slowly? This frustrates me because I am one who likes to stay busy at work, otherwise in an office job, all you can do is watch the clock which seems to drag on for days.
I left my previous job because the learning and growth potential was absolutely zero but I loved the work I did, it didn't feel like work at work. And now I feel like I've made a mistake in accepting this job in which I feel wasn't particularly needed to begin with now that I am actually there. I can't even describe what it is I am even there for? But, the more I hear around me the more it sounds like a field of my degree that I most likely won't enjoy. I actually feel guilty for collecting a paycheck because most days I sit and stare at paperwork or a screen with no guidance at all, trying to teach myself really.
I'm at a cross roads, because like I said..the company seems legit but after this length of time and still feeling unneeded and not learning anything at all is really making me discouraged. I actually sat down and applied for another job that appealed to my experience and interest before going into work this morning...but I'm wondering has anyone ever left a new job so soon after starting after maybe realizing it wasn't the line of work they would enjoy for years to come? If I am offered another position, I don't know how I'd go about explaining my leave from this new job to where it wouldn't be harsh and abrupt since the people themselves have been really welcoming, just the company has no system of training in place and that's really discouraging.
I left my previous job because the learning and growth potential was absolutely zero but I loved the work I did, it didn't feel like work at work. And now I feel like I've made a mistake in accepting this job in which I feel wasn't particularly needed to begin with now that I am actually there. I can't even describe what it is I am even there for? But, the more I hear around me the more it sounds like a field of my degree that I most likely won't enjoy. I actually feel guilty for collecting a paycheck because most days I sit and stare at paperwork or a screen with no guidance at all, trying to teach myself really.
I'm at a cross roads, because like I said..the company seems legit but after this length of time and still feeling unneeded and not learning anything at all is really making me discouraged. I actually sat down and applied for another job that appealed to my experience and interest before going into work this morning...but I'm wondering has anyone ever left a new job so soon after starting after maybe realizing it wasn't the line of work they would enjoy for years to come? If I am offered another position, I don't know how I'd go about explaining my leave from this new job to where it wouldn't be harsh and abrupt since the people themselves have been really welcoming, just the company has no system of training in place and that's really discouraging.
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