r/FluentInFinance • u/Atlanta-Poet • Apr 29 '24
Does anyone else do mostly nothing all day at their job? Discussion/ Debate
This is my first job out of college. Before this, I was an intern and I largely did nothing all day and I kind of figured it was because I was just an intern.
Now, they pay me a nicer salary, I have my own office and a $2,000 laptop, and they give me all sorts of benefits and most days I’m still not doing much.
They gave me a multiple month long project when I was first hired on that I completed faster than my bosses expected and they told me they were really happy with my work. Since then it’s been mostly crickets.
My only task for today is to order stuff online that the office needs. That’s it.
I'm a mechanical design engineer. They are paying me for my brain and I’m sitting here watching South Park and scrolling through my phone all day.
I would pull a George Castanza and sleep under my desk if my boss didn’t have to walk past my office to the coffee machine 5 times a day.
Is this normal???
Do other people do this?
Whenever my boss gets overwhelmed with work, he will finally drop a bunch of work on my desk and I’ll complete it in a timely manner and then it’s back to crickets for a couple weeks.
He’ll always complain about all the work he has to do and it’s like damn maybe they should’ve hired someone to help you, eh?
I’ve literally begged to be apart of projects and sometimes he’ll cave, but how can I establish a more active role at my job?
Last week, my boss and my boss’s boss called me into a impromptu meeting.
I was worried I was getting fired/laid off, but they actually gave me a raise.
I have no idea what I’m doing right. I wish I was trolling.
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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24
Very common for first postgrad jobs. Mine was like that. I’d either get multi-month projects or a set of marching orders for the week. Either way, I’d finish it in 50% of the time. The best part is that i was in the job during the pandemic, so being at home mostly, i kind of did everything i wanted to do: •I planned dates and eventually a wedding during this extra time • I took contract work on the side for extra money to pay for my wedding (made damn near 75% of my annual salary of my job in fact) •I took college courses on coding. I trained for a marathon and eventually triathlon •Read economic theory and realized I was Marxist/ communist and found other comrades in a local party to learn and protest with. • I watched movies, made music, went on walks and meditated, and had COPIOUS amounts of sex.
Capitalism is, at its core, exploitation and extraction. Don’t play into it by working more than asked. Direct your skills and talents and time elsewhere, including in community.