bikeperson45 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 So I have this ridiculously tedious office job. There’s eight people in my team and it’s purely sit at a computer and upload stuff or whatever. The problem is that there is very little work, an eight people team is in no way necessary and a lot of the time we’re waiting around for an email with work to come through. When I finish my work, I say to the manager if there’s anything else I can do and she pretty much says no. So I pretty much go on the internet and mess around on it which I know is irresponsible and what not but if I’ve asked for more work and been told there is none, what else should I do? I’m not some kind of lazy expect to get paid for nothing person, and I know the others have said the same thing about there’s nothing for us to do. When I got offered an extension (this is temp stuff) I said this to the manager and she said she’d try and give me more stuff but that never happened. I raised this again and same thing. I’m pretty amazed that the majority of this team hasn’t been made redundant to be honest. But one of the others said I should be careful about going on the internet so much so I’m thinking now if this gets brought up to me by the manager I’m just going to quit because I don’t know what else I can do but sit and watch an empty inbox which can literally be for up to a couple hours at a time. Rambly, but what would you guys do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 1) 2) Do whatever you like 3) ????? 4) Profit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Don't quit until you find a new job anyway! What do the other people do? Read the papers or something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Is there no one more senior than the manager you can talk to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Did you post this to another forum before us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
err Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Personally I'd sit around getting paid for doing naff all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 1) 2) Do whatever you like 3) ????? 4) Profit That wouldn't look suspicious I had turned down my first extension but they offered me it again and I had said 'there's pretty much nothing to do' which was when they said they'd give me more stuff but there just isn't the work for the people there. I spoke to my manager and the manager above at that point and they said they could train me in some other stuff but now I'm trained there's still very little. Other people pretty much do the same or just stare at their empty inbox. It's a depressing place. Did you post this to another forum before us? Never, I just wrote it as an email so they wouldn't see me on a bike forum when I posted it at work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Just got this image of you sat at a computer with these new glasses on and staring at a blank screen and everyone's like just walking past like everything is fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 What work do you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Pretty basic repetitive office stuff. Pretty much when the guys upstairs need something done we do it. Found out today they're getting an internet useage report through on Monday, and we have a team meeting on Tuesday. No good will come from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 So you're in a job where there's so little to do you find yourself on Trials Forum all day. Can't imagine what that must be like..... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I actually save TF for when I get home so there's a decent amount of new stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Is your CV up to date? Use the time to sort out your CV and hunt for jobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Could imagin it'd give you a good amount of time to do training/research for a job that you'd enjoy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Can you clean the office or something? Cruise about cleaning mirrors / windows/ dusting and talking to shawtys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsalot Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Im too busy playing with trains so I never find myself locking my office door and falling asleep on the self inflating mattress someone left in my office. Theres an electrical fault too so the lights flicker off for hours at a time. Nah im too busy! Edited January 30, 2014 by trialsalot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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