“Why am I not given any work at my job despite being in a high-paying, unionized position with great benefits?”
#governmentjob #noassignments #notworking #confusedemployee #needprojects #careerstagnation #ignoringemployees #unproductiveworkdays
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What feeling do you experience if you are not working?
Hell yeah, I’m in the exact same scenario and I love it. My first 3 months I had no work because I was waiting for my certification. My boss was fully aware I had no work and left me alone.
My work is consistent now, but in all reality, I’m working at most 2 hours a day and chilling the other 6. When I work from home, I mainly just watch tv and play video games all day.
10/10 job.
I had a job with less than 40 hours of actual work. But I had to go into the office and LOOK BUSY. If I didn’t I was given useless make work tasks. I asked to go on reduced hours with reduced salary just to get out of the busywork and focus on my core job. This is a defined benefit in their employee handbook. They said no, and I’m currently in the final week of my notice period. I’m not into fake busyness just to salve your egos.
Have you finished your online training? Are you talking with your coworkers and learning what they are working on?
You have lucked into a great situation — be grateful!!
Although I do understand how boring it must be. You could use your time to study and obtain certifications relevant to your job/industry — that will make you look good to your current employer, and should also serve you well in future jobs.
I think you should also follow up every biweekly meeting with your boss with an e-mail to him, which you BCC to your *personal* (not work!) e-mail address, in which you essentially recap what was discussed in the meeting, reiterate that he said you are doing well in the role and doing what is expected of you, and say that you are eager to take on substantial projects *(that last thing makes it sound as if you are already doing work, and you just want more substantial work)*. You should do this to cover your ass, in case your boss or someone above him at some point notices that you aren’t really doing any work. You want to make it clear *and have it in writing* that your boss is pleased with your work, that you were doing as directed, and that all along you have been asking for bigger & better projects on which to work.
What kind of work is it?
I would love a job like that.
When you cant do work work on youself. Network, take online classsas, work on skills. You did not mention anything really specific so I will lay out the generic, get your certificate in project management or organizational behavior.
Some government jobs get hired for things that are comming down the pipeline but the pipe gets clogged. The issue is if the boss gets rid of you or does not hire you in the first place he looses the funds for your possition and when the pipes get unclogged he is screwed.
Use the facilies, use the benefits, work on yourself, be a possive influence on others and it will all get sorted out. Give your union some time, become a job steward.
Time to organize the Penske file.
Write your novel. It will make you look busy.
Get a second job and make double the money and have something to do
I pride myself on my work ethic.
And by that, I mean I pride my self on getting my work done early, accurately and profitably so I can fuck off the rest of the week.
I would kill for a high dollar job where I do nothing
I did IT (contract) work for the SEC. I left after 3 months because I felt I would lose my skillset by staying there. I now work at a large investment retirement company that is pretty cutting edge on tech. I am learning new things all the time. The days are short and action packed. There is stress to do as much work as possible, but everyone has a great work attitude and we all have a common goal we work towards. It’s also Hybrid schedule which helps. Government jobs are boring usually, but some people enjoy doing very little.
you are living the dream in a corporate world. sometime there’s a position for future fat trimming… but take the money while it last.
That’s funny running into this post. I’m here right now because there’s nothing to do. I understand your quandary, I’m not built that way and I’m betting your about the same. I want to be useful at work and have the day fly by because there are plenty of tasks to complete.
I don’t understand paying someone to sit there and do virtually nothing and I guess I never will.
Where are these higher paying jobs that don’t require you to do anything?
I don’t understand. What’s the problem?
LOL sounds great. You could probably get another job if you wanted to do some actual work, since you aren’t busy. Really stack those bills.
None of us can tell you what to do.
On one hand, it’s nice to not be exploited, not stress yourself, and make more than a livable wage out of it. The freedom is nice. Not answering to someone is nice.
On the other hand, the feeling of no purpose may crush your soul.
Security? Or purpose? Do not listen to any of us for that decision, instead ask the universe, or God, to give you an answer and eventually some character in a Netflix show or a blog post or an insurance commercial will give you the answer. I don’t know how you’ll get the answer but, ask for an answer and you’ll get it.
They probably had to spend money that was left over from their last budget and you’re just benefitting from that.
Find a job you can do while at work. Save as much as possible. Take the opportunity and accept what is given.
Some people have all the good luck in this world lol you must’ve took mine 😂
Sit back and enjoy it while you can. I suggest taking online courses to improve yourself…lol
you’ve got a job with no work. isn’t that basically the antiwork dream?
do some language tapes. take some online courses. try writing a novel. You can work exactly as hard as you want to. It’s freedom, and you can quit at any time.
You hiring?
That’s almost how my job is but I’ve been here about 4 1/2 years. Most of my day is spent on YouTube and here. I have one of those stereotypical right wing Trump loving bosses who HAS to have 4 people in accounting, in the office 40 hours a week and no exceptions. Meanwhile, we could do just as much with 2 employees or working 20 hours a week from home.
How does it feel to be God’s favorite? 🥲
I have a similar situation but I work for a health agency that only accepts Medicaid. Not nearly as impressive as your current situation but I get to sit at a desk and do next to nothing most of the time. I’ve dreamed of this since I first watched office space back in 1999.
I’m in your shoes right now. I work a 9-5 where I’m waiting for work to do. It’s a special hell, so I’m sorry man.
Just get started on the Penske file
How do I get that job? Seriously asking. 13+ years of office admin work under my belt, along with an IT cert and vast researching skills.
Get working on a side gig.
Start writing a memoir.
Take online classes to learn.
Start a business or two.
Buy and sell thing son ebay/amazon
The world is your oyster, while you’re getting paid, very decently.
I guess but that sounds like a dream job. Improve yourself while on the clock and just document every encounter with your supervisor cause they might fire you. So having proof that you tried is a good cover but for now enjoy the ride, I’d even go as far as hiding
So why the absolute fuck are you posting about this dream job on antiwork
you lucky bastard
(yall hiring?)
Take online classes. Climb the ladder- take any and all courses offered. Coursera is a good start then look at local universities for after degree education.
Me dying in retail working so hard to make shit money lmao. Wanna freaky Friday? Switch places? Ugh
Govt jobs can be so hard to get. I feel like you have to know someone or just get lucky.
I went through something similar once, and over time it really wore me down. I spent months watching tutorials, and I kept in touch with my mentor and management, letting them know I wanted to help. Everyone was telling me they wished they had my problem, and it made me feel isolated and like I had no one to relate to.
I read about a concept called “bore-out” once. It produces a similar feeling to burnout except the cause is kind of the opposite. People only feel sympathy for burnout, but “bore-out,” I think, is real.
Take care of yourself.
You have a bullshit job bud, your time is your own.
I think the difference is if you have to look like you’re working on job related tasks or if you can do whatever you want within the building.
I’ve had jobs with basically no work but I had to pretend and it was hell. No entertainment, no productivity, just body and mind rot.
But then I had a job where I didn’t have to pretend and there I was able to get my master’s degree. For free. Job paid for further education and I literally studied and wrote papers at my desk while clocked in. It was great.
Learn a language. Learn to code. Write a book. Become an activist. Plan your vacation. Do your taxes. Become the leading expert on ant migration. Who cares? Just better yourself while being paid. It’s a much better situation than being overworked and still unappreciated. You are in control.
I just don’t know how to take seeing someone complain about what is literally my dream job
Sounds like the perfect job.
I’d be reading a shit ton of books I’ve always wanted to read
Learn to work at the pace of a unionized government employee. Projects don’t span months. They span decades.
I had a contract role at a large financial firm that rhymes with Bold Man Sacks. I was to be a body at the end of the phone. I read the WSJ and another local paper from the first to last page, many technical books and begged daily for something challenging. They finally gave me real work and I automated a reporting process that took 2 hours to do manually down to 15 minutes (limited by printer speed and the automatic stapler). Did that in 30 days but was there for 13 months. Obtained two tech certs and told my consulting company to find me a new role.
Just figure out what is within the role of your position or department, and start doing it. Maybe you can solve an actual problem.
Everything that is not strictly forbidden is licensed.
You’re living the dream honestly. Do whats required and take it easy. You’re unionized they wont be able to fire you unless they lay people off. Download runescape on your phone and chill. Work on side projects. If you work from home just do chores, go for a walk, play some vidya.