First let me start off by saying I know how fortunate/lucky I am to have a job. Especially one that pays pretty good and is close to home. But I’m bored. Bored out of my mind.
Some background may help. Roughly since the beginning of this century I’ve been involved and doing things. Doing things encompassed working with clients, building prototypes, managing development and QA teams. You get the idea. Even at the hellhole company I worked at a few years back I was doing things. And frankly I liked what I was doing. People came to me, asked my opinion and looked for my expertise. Ever since then at my current job and previous one I’ve been bored. Perhaps it’s the larger company mentality of ”this is your job do it” that’s getting me. I liked wearing multiple hats. I was good at helping out. Now it’s, “that’s not your role”. So what? If there is an issue, let’s solve it and move forward. Why wait and see if so-an-so will do their job. I guess I need to find one of those smaller companies where I can strike the balance of contributing but maintaining a personal life (meaning not like the hellhole I left 2 jobs ago). I hate sitting around feeling bored because then you wonder about what happens at RIF time. I don’t want to be let go. And yes, I’ve told my supervisor that I want additional things to do and that I’ve done alot more than what I’m currently doing. They didn’t hire a newbie. I just want to demonstrate value like I’ve done in the past.
In the meantime I find things to do. Taking courses on the company learning site. Reading up on current industry and development trends. Make sure everything I can do is done exceptionally well. We’ll see how it plays out.
I keep thinking I should just shut up and take the paycheck. I am paid decently. I am close to home. I don’t bring work home with me. All-in-all it could be worse (has been worse).
Another thing. Two companies in a row where the onboarding has been horrible. I mean you knew you were hiring someone. You knew when I was starting. So WTF have something for me to do. Have a plan.
