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Believe me, I don't want sympathy. I have 3 degrees... I don't want to dread going to work. Let me give you a few examples. My last job... for the last month I worked there, EXACTLY NO ONE called or emailed me. Granted, I worked from home, so maybe it was a case of "out of sight, out of mind". My job there? Spending 20 min a day creating a report and sending it, spending two days a month putting together an executive review, and one day a month presenting it. My current job? I've been there two weeks, and I've taken minutes for two meetings. I'm a damned analyst, and I'm taking minutes. For two one-hour meetings. This is a good use of company money? Suffice it to say I'm looking for a more challenging opportunity, but with this economy, I should probably just stay here.
Oh, EDIT: We're hiring. Isn't that amusing. I can't say the name of the company for obvious reasons (although, really, they already know I'm bored to tears), but yeah. Silly.
I get bored at work when I get stuck on a problem, or I'm in between assignments from the boss. I really try not to goof off on the internet though...I usually just stick to e-mail (writing to family members if I need a break or I'm waiting on some analysis to run). I would hate to be on a forum or something and have someone look over my shoulder as we have a very open office. The boss walks around all the time. I'm new so I'd hate for them to have an excuse to fire me or something.
Then again all the guys are watching U-tube videos, listening to music (I have the radio on sometimes too), chatting, talking about videogames, etc. I just can't seem to justify "wasting" my time while on the clock. I like chatting for a couple minutes about my weekend but sitting down and having a half hour debate about something is a bit pushing it.
I did have a minimum wage hourly library job before this real job. I spent all the time I could doing homework, reading, surfing the web. That was expected.
The difference is that at my company we bill the customers for the projects...for a 40 hour week I'm expected to bill a customer for 40 hours (unless there was some admin time or a meeting, training, etc). I tend to work straight through lunch, take minimal breaks, and stay about 8-8.5 hours. I like to feel like I accomplished a lot at work. When I'm not getting enough to do I make it known in a nice way--not a nagging "I need work", but a "What can I help you with" or "I've finished this, what did you want me to do next?".
I love having a lot to work on--to choose and manage my time. I've still yet to be overwhelmed by anything except for when I just don't have the resources I need.
In this economy it doesn't seem like you should be the one not looking busy.
We just got word today that my fiance won't be part of a big series of lay-offs so we were happy. It's been worry time lately for how it would look to take a day off vs. work some short days (friend flying in), etc, in light of them laying people off. Ick. We were relieved to say the least.
Most of my work is concentrated in the first 2 weeks of the month. I work nearly 14 to 16 hours a day during the first two weeks and the last 2 weeks are really boring. To make my work less boring, I took up a few projects to automate the process and to reduce manual work.
Good thing is that we also have a virtual university in our company which is totally free. We can enroll ourselves and complete a few courses if we like. I have a lot of certifications that way.
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I was glad to be called back to work last night but I knew I'd be bored as hell.
Thankfully we went home early because of worries about ice on the roads.
I'm grateful for a job though because so few jobs seem promising these days.
Actually I met this guy several years ago who was working for the CIA. He was new so there wasn't much work for him to do yet. And for obvious security reasons the CIA computers weren't hooked up to the outside world. So he had no internet access or email contact with the rest of the world.
I am a Writer and had one job where I was reviewing red-line edits for medical device research. It was the most torturous job I've ever had in my life. They could have hired an English major, Intern, or even a high school student good at English to do that job and did not need a real Writer. It was the most boring job I've ever had in my entire life.
I knew there was something about this in the news!
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Suffice it to say I'm looking for a more challenging opportunity, but with this economy, I should probably just stay here.
