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Originally Posted by cis_love
i just started a new job a month ago. for the first week or so i was meeting my manager daily for a couple hours a day for training. she is in a different city, about 45 minutes away from where my office is. so after the initial training we have not been meeting regularly and she's been busy with a new project and then has had some family issues. i feel very lost to what i should be doing. there are some very specific things i'm supposed to do related to tracking and databases but i have no idea how to use these systems. it's been 5 weeks and i feel like i still don't know how to do many basic things. i spoke w/ the person who had the position before me and he asked me if i had been receiving a lot of support from my manager b/c he said when he was in the position, he often did not get much support. i'm starting to get worried about this as some deadlines are coming up and i still don't know what i'm doing and there's no one around me i can ask.
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Ask as many questions as you can until you get the information you need.
You are in a tough position. I was in your shoes the last 2 1/2 months.
Sucks. but you've got to get the job done.