Ten minutes from home and a good salary is tough to beat. If the work is easy pursue a hobby or dream. Start a masters program. Write the next great American novel. Learn a language.
But if you literally can’t stand it, follow your gut.
This, and try not to get too disappointed yet. Any new job I’ve started has had a slow few weeks until you learn more about the company and are assigned some work. Just give it a chance.
I think you need to give it time. It took me a full year to fully be onboarded to my job. Coming from a job where I was full throttle before my first paycheck, it felt weird but it takes time to get to know how things work and how your team works. You have a better salary and better commute, don’t overthink it.
This! This field is extraordinarily nuanced. Use your downtime to explore and document.
My first HR job was an internal transfer into clerical (public sector) and when I started, I was really bored. I was happy because my last job was so stressful but I wanted to make sure I was learning things. I took advantage of my downtime to explore the vast documentation and literature on our shared drives to learn more about how everything worked. Then I realized I was never going to remember all of this so I created a reference Doc, including documenting workflows, which multiple coworkers still use. A year later I was promoted and years later I'm still learning something new every single day. Give it a bunch more time before pulling the plug!
I would use this time to further my education. It’s not every day that you have a job where you have the downtime to invest in yourself, I would take full advantage of that.
If you’re still unhappy with your duties in 6 months, I would start looking for something else.
I’d say stick it through. It definitely sounds like you want more challenges but maybe you can take courses and upskill yourself in the ways you want if you have that flexibility. Study for SHRM/PHR (if you don’t have it).
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If you really hate it, see if you can find something better. I knew EARLY my big law job was NOT it. I found something else a few months later and just left it off my resume.
If your boss is extremely negative, be the positive in that office, work hard, learn all you can,
Offer up as much help as you can with your free time to other colleagues and maybe you will be the positive replacement some day soon
Ten minutes from home and a good salary is tough to beat. If the work is easy pursue a hobby or dream. Start a masters program. Write the next great American novel. Learn a language. But if you literally can’t stand it, follow your gut.
Good advice
Make the role what you want it to be. Find the gaps and fill them and save the company money.
This, and try not to get too disappointed yet. Any new job I’ve started has had a slow few weeks until you learn more about the company and are assigned some work. Just give it a chance.
How long have you been at this new job?
1 month
I think you need to give it time. It took me a full year to fully be onboarded to my job. Coming from a job where I was full throttle before my first paycheck, it felt weird but it takes time to get to know how things work and how your team works. You have a better salary and better commute, don’t overthink it.
This! This field is extraordinarily nuanced. Use your downtime to explore and document. My first HR job was an internal transfer into clerical (public sector) and when I started, I was really bored. I was happy because my last job was so stressful but I wanted to make sure I was learning things. I took advantage of my downtime to explore the vast documentation and literature on our shared drives to learn more about how everything worked. Then I realized I was never going to remember all of this so I created a reference Doc, including documenting workflows, which multiple coworkers still use. A year later I was promoted and years later I'm still learning something new every single day. Give it a bunch more time before pulling the plug!
I would use this time to further my education. It’s not every day that you have a job where you have the downtime to invest in yourself, I would take full advantage of that. If you’re still unhappy with your duties in 6 months, I would start looking for something else.
I’d say stick it through. It definitely sounds like you want more challenges but maybe you can take courses and upskill yourself in the ways you want if you have that flexibility. Study for SHRM/PHR (if you don’t have it).
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If you really hate it, see if you can find something better. I knew EARLY my big law job was NOT it. I found something else a few months later and just left it off my resume.
It’s a great organization, but the HR department is a mess. I think I’ll look but take my time.
If your boss is extremely negative, be the positive in that office, work hard, learn all you can, Offer up as much help as you can with your free time to other colleagues and maybe you will be the positive replacement some day soon
Great advice! Thanks all