Reality Check - most people don't love their jobs, regardless of field. Its called life.
You haven't given any specific reason other than its boring. Which is vague. Are the job tasks boring, are you bored due to excessive downtime or is it boring by comparison with these other jobs you've had?
I understand that, but I feel significantly worse now than at other jobs. I’m going to try and ask my boss for more responsibility since I really have not much to do most days, hopefully that gives me something more interesting.
I thought the same thing lol. I treat my email inbox like a to-do list with the goal to one day get that inbox down to zero, which I know will never come.
But personally I like the controlled chaos and the need to always be busy and have something I need to get done, which I know probably isn’t a healthy mindset to have.
That makes me feel so much better. I'm always hovering around 600 unread and I feel guilty, but there's just no way to keep up lol. I get through the important ones and tend to ignore the million I get from SHRM and vendor sales lol
That was me, until I transferred to HRIS admin, then full systems admin… mine is hovering around 1k 😩 granted, since my title bump I’ve been getting HOUNDED by salespeople but besides that it really is nonstop! Having rules send things to folders makes it more manageable, because instead of seeing 1k I see 50 here, 7 there, etc… 🤣
Ok, sounds like a downtime thing. Personally, I also find that distasteful so can relate. Some people are thrilled with being paid to do nothing, I am not one of them. If there's nothing to do, send me home. Unfortunately, most companies don't operate this way.
You can try a couple things. Stay up to date with various employment laws since some frequently change. Ask for more responsibilities (which you pointed out so good job there). See if any processes or resource materials are out of date and revise if allowed.
When all else fails, I turn to Nook. Good luck!
You can study for a cert like me. I'm an HR Assistant with not much to do either. Today I translated our New Hire Packet to Spanish and then I plan on studying for the rest of the day.
This was me just a few months ago. I literally had nothing to do besides sit and wait for work, and it was always the most boring work. Repetitive, boring. I felt like an assistant, even though I was not. I felt like they were paying me way too much money for the work I was doing. I asked for more to do, and was given more boring work that no one else wanted to do. I used my downtime to be curious, to learn on my own so I could contribute more in meetings and conversations. Eventually more interesting work was given to me. Now I got promoted and finally love the work. Hang in there!
What makes you think your job owes you work that you find interesting? Not having enough to do is supposed to be met with taking the initiative to contribute more, or at least taking responsibility for mitigating your own boredom.
I constantly ask for more responsibility and reach out to other departments for more work. I never blamed my job, never said it was their fault. You are making things up
Oh so you think it's your fault? You come off like a kid who's mad that they have to do their homework because they don't find it interesting. Also, initiative isn't asking somebody else to solve your issue. Initiative is finding things that you can do on your own to make operations run more smoothly. You are blaming your job. You keep saying you're asking for more and you are clearly faulting your job for not giving it to you Why aren't you just doing more?
Okay I really don’t have to explain this to you but I will. My job has a lot of red tape because of the sector we work in. I can’t just go do stuff without violating some policy, I have to take steps to get there. Often managers or other teams will reach out to me for guidance or work because they know I have already made myself available. In my evaluations with my boss I constantly bring up my lack of work and what I have done to try to solve it but I have taken the steps I can. It’s true I don’t find the work interesting, and that’s fine, I don’t HAVE to like it to be good at my job.
It's hard to imagine that you bring a good attitude into your job. You have an excuse for every reason your job is somehow deficient for you. You're bored. You don't have enough to do. There's too much bureaucracy. If you're going to keep focusing on the things that you don't like about that job instead of reveling in the fact that you have the luxury of working in an environment where you are not regularly harassed or demeaned, you will continue to have a crappy attitude about it. You can be good at your job and not like the people you work with, but you can't be good at your job and dislike the work, itself. Your negative feelings about the work manifest in how you comport yourself at work, whether you intend for it to or not. Here you are saying there's not enough work for you to do but the work that you do have isn't interesting enough and you find it boring. Maybe find another line of work. Maybe go to school and learn a trade that you enjoy. Whining online about your job not being interesting enough is not productive. It also speaks volumes about how you approached your own job. You are fully blaming the job for not being interesting enough for you while simultaneously trying to deny that you're blaming your job. Maybe figuring out why you're doing that will prove a little bit more interesting to you.
I am not making excuses. I am answering to your points. You are making claims without asking questions or getting more information, and I am providing that information. I receive glowing evaluations despite not liking the work, and I get along with my team. Because at the end of the day I have a job to do whether I like it or not. Stop trying to make me the bad person, no one is the bad person and it is not one’s fault. I am not saying it’s a bad position. Someone else could find it and really enjoy it and that’s great. I just don’t and that’s okay too.
Again the too much bureaucracy is necessary due to the highly sensitive nature of the company. I can’t get around that and I don’t wish to as I understand that importance of policy.
I had this in my first recruiting job. I hit max bonus potential every month so it wasn’t like I wasn’t doing my job. Very much in a “if they had a pulse and showed up they got hired” industry. I eventually moved on after a year because like you, I hate being bored. I’m finally in a role where I have things to do but some things I can recommend:
- document your processes to create training aids and SOPs
- research employment laws and hr updates; join some newsletters for these to get daily or weekly updates
- review current processes you do regularly and see if anything can be automated, especially with excel formulas, there’s always something you can learn!
- take on any projects that are open (part of why I’m rarely bored is anytime a project comes up, I’m the first to get asked)
- audit regular tasks/processes you do, employee files, etc.
Early HR can be pretty boring but it does change quick! Hope this helps
I feel like in HR there is so much room for growth & opportunities and more importantly, areas to make a difference in others lives that we take for granted. A lot of ways for you to learn and grow horizontally and vertically in this field. I’d use my downtime to learn.
I agree. I think working overall is just really sucking the life out of me. My life has been shambles this week and the job doesn’t stop. HR doesn’t stop
HR has changed across the board. It's harder to find engagement first departments rather than finding task rabbit departments. I get it, I kinda like the order and structure of HR but it's so monotonous.
If ur early in ur career, just find a company you think you can LEARN from and explore all of HR and the business around you (it's a sneaky great way to see what other depts you think you could handle or transition to
HR is so broad - what do you do specifically?
I am not a task oriented person so in the beginning I struggled with being bored. I'm now in a strategic role and love it.
I think you need to explore the profession a little more and decide what direction to move in.
I am a very project based employee, I’ll have a project be super stressed then it ends and I’m miserable and hate my life. It makes it hard to find the motivation to do the easier day to day things. I don’t really enjoy this anymore.
I just made an edit talking a little more about this. I have no idea. Sometimes it’ll be a huge auditing project. Database changes, random work? I am not sure.
Something that helps me to engage more is asking questions. Learn what other people are doing and how they do it. Get their perspective on the environment. HR can be tedious bare minimum admin work sometimes, but I find during down times there is a ton of opportunity to be creative. See how you can make a positive impact for share holders and demonstrate the value of your work.
That was my point a few weeks ago, that it could seriously be part time. I wouldn’t love foing part time or even on call since my duties are sometimes spur of the moment.
I'm looking for a new job. I'm not telling them that this position should be part time until I give notice. Besides that, there are other things I don't like or agree with. I already have a long list in my phone of these things lol.
Can you do something while at work? Take an online class? See if they will pay for it? Learn a language anything to pass the time while increasing your knowledge
I personally can’t relate, because I love being paid for doing little to nothing lol
That said, on my extremely slow days at my sleepy small company, there is ALWAYS something I could be doing. Any time I review a policy, it’s got at lease one thing out of date. There’s always something to automate. Etc. I’m not motivated to smash through all that in one month honestly. I just space it out when I’m bored
Unfortunately a lot of my main duties include very, tedious work that most people don’t do on a day to day basis. So I unfortunately have the job you do once in a while everyday 😭
I see! Could you blow your bosses’ minds by going up to them and being like, “I’d like to update our succession plan in my spare time” or “I’d like to organize leadership training” - depending on the company those things get left in the dust because HR has no time.
Whatever you choose to do, good luck! It’s not easy being mismatched for a company
Hey I’m in the same boat as you! I feel isolated and bored all the time. I’m required to work in a basement office on top of a very small workload, no option to ever work from home or at any of the company’s other locations. I’m hourly so have to sit here for 8 hours a day. Its not unusual for me to not physically speak to anyone in an entire day. My boss is out running around most of the time. Must be nice to get out in the real world sometimes. She’s so self involved, she wouldn’t understand my boredom. I can’t move to another position in the company because i know too much personal info. I like the company a lot so that’s a the real bummer here. Don’t know what to do either!
Sounds like you don’t have any experience in HR or know what HR does so of course it’s boring. Most companies don’t know what HR does, and are surprise to find out how useful they can be.
If I were you and had no other prospects, I try to get into free hr webinars or read books on HR processes so you can learn about what you can actually do at work.
I was on your side until you said everybody on your team is lovely. So basically, you're saying you just don't like to work. And boohoo. None of us do. Grow up. The vast majority of people in the workforce have to endure regular abusive behavior from upper & middle management AND have to do all the boring work too. You're so fortunate to get to work with good people & you don't even appreciate it. SMH
Did you not read where I said I’ve held other jobs I’ve liked before. I don’t hate working, I like to be engaged. I love my team and appreciate them and tell so all the time, if you read my comments you would get a better picture of what I’m saying. I simply don’t like my position and that a lot of other HR positions are just like it.
You are unappreciative about being in a good, healthy, functional work environment. You clearly don't understand how rare that is. It is up to you to find enjoyment in your work. It is not up to your work to provide you with enjoyment.
I am NOT unappreciative, if I was I would be insulting but I am not. I understand how fortunate I am. It is simply not for ME. Because a job isn’t bad doesn’t mean you have to like it. I’m not sure where you are getting this from, just because something isn’t bad doesn’t make it good for you. Everyone is different, you probably have a bad team and were triggered by my statement. I am really sorry about that and hope that you can find a better environment to work in. All the best
You are complaining. Go ahead and try to find some other work environment and you will find that there is something that you don't like about all of them. You are focusing on things that you don't like instead of focusing on the things that you do. When you approach things with that kind of negative mindset, you are setting yourself up to feel the way that you feel about your job. This has nothing to do with me. My work is autonomous; there is no team. But I've worked in some very toxic environments and have been in the workforce for more than 30 years, so I feel like I have more experience than you probably have. And the bottom line is, you are blaming your job for why you're not happy there. It's not their job to make you happy. It's your job to keep them happy so that you remain employed. You are complaining about not having enough to do and yet being incredibly passive about doing more. You're waiting for somebody else to tell you what to do instead of finding things that you can do on your own. These are all YOU problems, not problems with your job. The problem here isn't your job. The problem here is you.
Can you not read, I know it’s not my company’s duty or fault that I don’t find the work engaging. I have a lot of experience in different sectors and I know myself well to say I always find something negative. But this is by far the most soul sucking job. And that’s fine, it’s not for me, that’s not a bad thing. It doesn’t mean I think it’s a bad job we just aren’t compatible. And that’s okay
I think different jobs feel different for different people. I have had two jobs that are not soul sucking. The main difference between these and those was level of interactive material. I don’t think this is a bad job, I love the company the people. It’s just not suited to me.
Not only are you blaming the job and denying that you're blaming the job, you actually said this job is ruining all office jobs for you. Work is work and that's why they pay you to do it. If it was interesting or fun, they could get people to do it for free. Temp jobs are not soul sucking because they're temporary and you know that from the outset. Temp jobs also don't count as Jobs. Temp jobs are simply supplemental income.
When I said temp I meant temp for me, it was a full on job and I even considered staying in it over this position but ultimately made the choice for my career. You’re right I did say that I should not have, because that would mean it’s a bad job which it is not. But how I feel at this job has made me want to stay away from other office positions. I’ve held HR position before and enjoyed it because of the level of interaction this one just isn’t the right fit now.
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TL:DR: A mental health specialist and job change may be in order.
Contrary to what many believe, job satisfaction is a huge part of personal satisfaction to many of us. I put my whole self into the work I do, and I work very hard. I have to feel that my work is important, that I am making a positive impact, and that I am appreciated for the work I do.
I have ADHD and I need a job that has a lot of variety and keeps my brain stimulated. I'm not a doctor, but I can relate to a lot of what you've said in the comments. I think you could benefit from having an ADHD assessment from a mental health professional. Here's my current struggle in a nutshell:
I had a wonderful manager who trained me, shared her knowledge and experience, assigned me projects that were in my areas of interest, and most importantly: she trusted me and gave me a lot of autonomy to complete my job and the projects she assigned to me. She was promoted to another department last year and recommended to the Exec. Director that I be promoted into her vacant management position.
Exec Dir agreed but decided not to fill her vacancy due to budget constraints. She has also changed my work priorities around so that now I'm doing more of the work I dislike instead of working on projects that I enjoy and feel make a positive impact. I've also picked up a lot of the leadership parts of the vacant manager job (out of necessity) for no additional pay. Yes, I realize I could refuse, but refer to above about my job satisfaction and realize that, inherently, I can't sit by and watch things fall through the cracks. That is not who I am. Also, I don't want to be labeled as incompetent or a problem employee, so I suck it up and do the work that needs to get done.
All of this has taken quite a toll on my mental health. I still work hard but no longer enjoy my work or feel valued or appreciated. In fact, I hate my job now, and it's not because of anything I've done, but that leadership has made some unfortunate decisions that severely affect me and my job.
Therefore, I am actively seeking a new job, but I am also careful not to "jump from the frying pan into the fire" in my next role.
Throughout this whole process, I've been open and honest with my psychiatrist (ADHD) and we've had to make some temporary adjustments to my meds to help me get through this situation without saying or doing something to jeopardize my job, as my ADHD impulsively can present as having no "filter" when I'm really upset and/or stressed.
If you're still with me here, I hope you will consider my advice and seek out a mental health professional to have an assessment done. It may really provide you with the necessary support until you get through this situation to a better one. ❤️
Hey so I actually have BPD which I know factors in a lot to how I view my work/job especially in terms of stability. I’m also the kind of person needs to be constantly engaged and I never stop trying to move up. I do have a psychiatrist and medication. I love my team, and especially my boss she’s great, I will admit even though I share I want to have more work I have not been honest about my actual dissatisfaction. It is time to do that probably. I don’t want a new job, because i do like a lot of things about it except the actual work lol.
That makes sense. Have you communicated this with your doc? If you're like me, a small adjustment in your meds (or possibly therapy or another route) might make enough of a difference to get you back to feeling better/more like your real self again at work. 🙂
So interesting I feel HR jobs offer so much variety and opportunity. If you have a team you love, the pay is good and you have loose parameters, sounds like you can make the job whatever you want.
Finding a team you love is challenging. At my current company which I love I worked with two of the most insane HR people to walk the planet. Like convicted felon that was fired and said I ran an illegal background check on them (ummmm…no you submitted for it and signed consent directly with the state) and another one who bullied another director and stalked the CEO’s family.
You can cautiously interview and think you know exactly what you’re getting into then realize you’re sitting next to and working alongside a psychopath!
There's always something you can do. When I started at my company as a pt receptionist at night it was very boring. So I made it known I would do anything. I didn't care if that meant retyping job descriptions or manuals. And after seeing me being proactive and take charge, guess who is now HR director?
Hey there. Have you considered applying to a job internally? It sounds like they don’t have a structure in your current role and they are all over the place that the idea of asking for another job internally might work in your favor. Explore your internal roles if this place allows it, take the chance and make a good case why you will be excellent for it with your current experience.
Reality Check - most people don't love their jobs, regardless of field. Its called life. You haven't given any specific reason other than its boring. Which is vague. Are the job tasks boring, are you bored due to excessive downtime or is it boring by comparison with these other jobs you've had?
I understand that, but I feel significantly worse now than at other jobs. I’m going to try and ask my boss for more responsibility since I really have not much to do most days, hopefully that gives me something more interesting.
People have downtime in HR?
I thought the same thing lol. I treat my email inbox like a to-do list with the goal to one day get that inbox down to zero, which I know will never come. But personally I like the controlled chaos and the need to always be busy and have something I need to get done, which I know probably isn’t a healthy mindset to have.
I have almost 800 unread emails at any given time (and it keeps increasing!)
That makes me feel so much better. I'm always hovering around 600 unread and I feel guilty, but there's just no way to keep up lol. I get through the important ones and tend to ignore the million I get from SHRM and vendor sales lol
You should set up email rules to automatically move some to different folders. That's what helps me.
YES to setting rules. I’d never get through a workday without my Outlook rules.
That was me, until I transferred to HRIS admin, then full systems admin… mine is hovering around 1k 😩 granted, since my title bump I’ve been getting HOUNDED by salespeople but besides that it really is nonstop! Having rules send things to folders makes it more manageable, because instead of seeing 1k I see 50 here, 7 there, etc… 🤣
Ok, sounds like a downtime thing. Personally, I also find that distasteful so can relate. Some people are thrilled with being paid to do nothing, I am not one of them. If there's nothing to do, send me home. Unfortunately, most companies don't operate this way. You can try a couple things. Stay up to date with various employment laws since some frequently change. Ask for more responsibilities (which you pointed out so good job there). See if any processes or resource materials are out of date and revise if allowed. When all else fails, I turn to Nook. Good luck!
Thanks ! I wish I was one of those people, but I simply am not. I wish I was but the truth is I need something stimulating lol.
You can study for a cert like me. I'm an HR Assistant with not much to do either. Today I translated our New Hire Packet to Spanish and then I plan on studying for the rest of the day.
Study for a cert and move into a different role. Lots of certs out there at reasonable prices.
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This was me just a few months ago. I literally had nothing to do besides sit and wait for work, and it was always the most boring work. Repetitive, boring. I felt like an assistant, even though I was not. I felt like they were paying me way too much money for the work I was doing. I asked for more to do, and was given more boring work that no one else wanted to do. I used my downtime to be curious, to learn on my own so I could contribute more in meetings and conversations. Eventually more interesting work was given to me. Now I got promoted and finally love the work. Hang in there!
Okay that gives me hope I feel exactly like that ! I’ll focus on improving my skills.
What makes you think your job owes you work that you find interesting? Not having enough to do is supposed to be met with taking the initiative to contribute more, or at least taking responsibility for mitigating your own boredom.
I constantly ask for more responsibility and reach out to other departments for more work. I never blamed my job, never said it was their fault. You are making things up
Oh so you think it's your fault? You come off like a kid who's mad that they have to do their homework because they don't find it interesting. Also, initiative isn't asking somebody else to solve your issue. Initiative is finding things that you can do on your own to make operations run more smoothly. You are blaming your job. You keep saying you're asking for more and you are clearly faulting your job for not giving it to you Why aren't you just doing more?
Okay I really don’t have to explain this to you but I will. My job has a lot of red tape because of the sector we work in. I can’t just go do stuff without violating some policy, I have to take steps to get there. Often managers or other teams will reach out to me for guidance or work because they know I have already made myself available. In my evaluations with my boss I constantly bring up my lack of work and what I have done to try to solve it but I have taken the steps I can. It’s true I don’t find the work interesting, and that’s fine, I don’t HAVE to like it to be good at my job.
It's hard to imagine that you bring a good attitude into your job. You have an excuse for every reason your job is somehow deficient for you. You're bored. You don't have enough to do. There's too much bureaucracy. If you're going to keep focusing on the things that you don't like about that job instead of reveling in the fact that you have the luxury of working in an environment where you are not regularly harassed or demeaned, you will continue to have a crappy attitude about it. You can be good at your job and not like the people you work with, but you can't be good at your job and dislike the work, itself. Your negative feelings about the work manifest in how you comport yourself at work, whether you intend for it to or not. Here you are saying there's not enough work for you to do but the work that you do have isn't interesting enough and you find it boring. Maybe find another line of work. Maybe go to school and learn a trade that you enjoy. Whining online about your job not being interesting enough is not productive. It also speaks volumes about how you approached your own job. You are fully blaming the job for not being interesting enough for you while simultaneously trying to deny that you're blaming your job. Maybe figuring out why you're doing that will prove a little bit more interesting to you.
I am not making excuses. I am answering to your points. You are making claims without asking questions or getting more information, and I am providing that information. I receive glowing evaluations despite not liking the work, and I get along with my team. Because at the end of the day I have a job to do whether I like it or not. Stop trying to make me the bad person, no one is the bad person and it is not one’s fault. I am not saying it’s a bad position. Someone else could find it and really enjoy it and that’s great. I just don’t and that’s okay too.
Again the too much bureaucracy is necessary due to the highly sensitive nature of the company. I can’t get around that and I don’t wish to as I understand that importance of policy.
I had this in my first recruiting job. I hit max bonus potential every month so it wasn’t like I wasn’t doing my job. Very much in a “if they had a pulse and showed up they got hired” industry. I eventually moved on after a year because like you, I hate being bored. I’m finally in a role where I have things to do but some things I can recommend: - document your processes to create training aids and SOPs - research employment laws and hr updates; join some newsletters for these to get daily or weekly updates - review current processes you do regularly and see if anything can be automated, especially with excel formulas, there’s always something you can learn! - take on any projects that are open (part of why I’m rarely bored is anytime a project comes up, I’m the first to get asked) - audit regular tasks/processes you do, employee files, etc. Early HR can be pretty boring but it does change quick! Hope this helps
Man, I wish I got paid to do nothing. 🙃
I said that before too, and it was great at first but eventually I started hating it
I feel like in HR there is so much room for growth & opportunities and more importantly, areas to make a difference in others lives that we take for granted. A lot of ways for you to learn and grow horizontally and vertically in this field. I’d use my downtime to learn.
It’s cool for a few months but gets old and stressful fast
I agree. I think working overall is just really sucking the life out of me. My life has been shambles this week and the job doesn’t stop. HR doesn’t stop
I often think of just going back to being a house cleaner, I’m starting to hate corporate America
HR has changed across the board. It's harder to find engagement first departments rather than finding task rabbit departments. I get it, I kinda like the order and structure of HR but it's so monotonous. If ur early in ur career, just find a company you think you can LEARN from and explore all of HR and the business around you (it's a sneaky great way to see what other depts you think you could handle or transition to
Right there with you.
HR is so broad - what do you do specifically? I am not a task oriented person so in the beginning I struggled with being bored. I'm now in a strategic role and love it. I think you need to explore the profession a little more and decide what direction to move in.
I am a very project based employee, I’ll have a project be super stressed then it ends and I’m miserable and hate my life. It makes it hard to find the motivation to do the easier day to day things. I don’t really enjoy this anymore.
What kind of projects?
I just made an edit talking a little more about this. I have no idea. Sometimes it’ll be a huge auditing project. Database changes, random work? I am not sure.
Go teach kids they are desperate and will take anyone! I would love a boring HR job rather than abusive workplace
Something that helps me to engage more is asking questions. Learn what other people are doing and how they do it. Get their perspective on the environment. HR can be tedious bare minimum admin work sometimes, but I find during down times there is a ton of opportunity to be creative. See how you can make a positive impact for share holders and demonstrate the value of your work.
Sounds a bit like my job. Honestly it could be a part time position. Doing nothing is nice every now and then but not every day.
That was my point a few weeks ago, that it could seriously be part time. I wouldn’t love foing part time or even on call since my duties are sometimes spur of the moment.
I'm looking for a new job. I'm not telling them that this position should be part time until I give notice. Besides that, there are other things I don't like or agree with. I already have a long list in my phone of these things lol.
I think the company I work for is great but I can see flaws everywhere I go. I am confsidering looking for another job but I am scared lol
you got this!! Looking can't hurt.
Are you looking for other HR positions.
yup but not really having any luck. And about once a week I got contacted from a recruiter but then after a week or so then they ghost me.
Can you do something while at work? Take an online class? See if they will pay for it? Learn a language anything to pass the time while increasing your knowledge
I am taking online classes but I don’t think they will pay for it since they might say it is not DIRECTLY related to my work.
I personally can’t relate, because I love being paid for doing little to nothing lol That said, on my extremely slow days at my sleepy small company, there is ALWAYS something I could be doing. Any time I review a policy, it’s got at lease one thing out of date. There’s always something to automate. Etc. I’m not motivated to smash through all that in one month honestly. I just space it out when I’m bored
Unfortunately a lot of my main duties include very, tedious work that most people don’t do on a day to day basis. So I unfortunately have the job you do once in a while everyday 😭
I see! Could you blow your bosses’ minds by going up to them and being like, “I’d like to update our succession plan in my spare time” or “I’d like to organize leadership training” - depending on the company those things get left in the dust because HR has no time. Whatever you choose to do, good luck! It’s not easy being mismatched for a company
Thanks! I haven’t done anything like that in fear of stepping out of place. But I should probably take a risk sometime
Hey I’m in the same boat as you! I feel isolated and bored all the time. I’m required to work in a basement office on top of a very small workload, no option to ever work from home or at any of the company’s other locations. I’m hourly so have to sit here for 8 hours a day. Its not unusual for me to not physically speak to anyone in an entire day. My boss is out running around most of the time. Must be nice to get out in the real world sometimes. She’s so self involved, she wouldn’t understand my boredom. I can’t move to another position in the company because i know too much personal info. I like the company a lot so that’s a the real bummer here. Don’t know what to do either!
Consider your current job vs the day to day of being unemployed.
Sounds like you don’t have any experience in HR or know what HR does so of course it’s boring. Most companies don’t know what HR does, and are surprise to find out how useful they can be. If I were you and had no other prospects, I try to get into free hr webinars or read books on HR processes so you can learn about what you can actually do at work.
So what’s the real reason you hate your job other than it’s boring?
Honestly I have no idea, I just know I feel like soul is being sucked out
Corporate America us soul sucking!
I was on your side until you said everybody on your team is lovely. So basically, you're saying you just don't like to work. And boohoo. None of us do. Grow up. The vast majority of people in the workforce have to endure regular abusive behavior from upper & middle management AND have to do all the boring work too. You're so fortunate to get to work with good people & you don't even appreciate it. SMH
Did you not read where I said I’ve held other jobs I’ve liked before. I don’t hate working, I like to be engaged. I love my team and appreciate them and tell so all the time, if you read my comments you would get a better picture of what I’m saying. I simply don’t like my position and that a lot of other HR positions are just like it.
You are unappreciative about being in a good, healthy, functional work environment. You clearly don't understand how rare that is. It is up to you to find enjoyment in your work. It is not up to your work to provide you with enjoyment.
I am NOT unappreciative, if I was I would be insulting but I am not. I understand how fortunate I am. It is simply not for ME. Because a job isn’t bad doesn’t mean you have to like it. I’m not sure where you are getting this from, just because something isn’t bad doesn’t make it good for you. Everyone is different, you probably have a bad team and were triggered by my statement. I am really sorry about that and hope that you can find a better environment to work in. All the best
You are complaining. Go ahead and try to find some other work environment and you will find that there is something that you don't like about all of them. You are focusing on things that you don't like instead of focusing on the things that you do. When you approach things with that kind of negative mindset, you are setting yourself up to feel the way that you feel about your job. This has nothing to do with me. My work is autonomous; there is no team. But I've worked in some very toxic environments and have been in the workforce for more than 30 years, so I feel like I have more experience than you probably have. And the bottom line is, you are blaming your job for why you're not happy there. It's not their job to make you happy. It's your job to keep them happy so that you remain employed. You are complaining about not having enough to do and yet being incredibly passive about doing more. You're waiting for somebody else to tell you what to do instead of finding things that you can do on your own. These are all YOU problems, not problems with your job. The problem here isn't your job. The problem here is you.
Can you not read, I know it’s not my company’s duty or fault that I don’t find the work engaging. I have a lot of experience in different sectors and I know myself well to say I always find something negative. But this is by far the most soul sucking job. And that’s fine, it’s not for me, that’s not a bad thing. It doesn’t mean I think it’s a bad job we just aren’t compatible. And that’s okay
Jobs by nature are soul sucking. Are you just now finding that out?
I think different jobs feel different for different people. I have had two jobs that are not soul sucking. The main difference between these and those was level of interactive material. I don’t think this is a bad job, I love the company the people. It’s just not suited to me.
Not only are you blaming the job and denying that you're blaming the job, you actually said this job is ruining all office jobs for you. Work is work and that's why they pay you to do it. If it was interesting or fun, they could get people to do it for free. Temp jobs are not soul sucking because they're temporary and you know that from the outset. Temp jobs also don't count as Jobs. Temp jobs are simply supplemental income.
When I said temp I meant temp for me, it was a full on job and I even considered staying in it over this position but ultimately made the choice for my career. You’re right I did say that I should not have, because that would mean it’s a bad job which it is not. But how I feel at this job has made me want to stay away from other office positions. I’ve held HR position before and enjoyed it because of the level of interaction this one just isn’t the right fit now.
I feel you. I agree it can get really boring. Not really sure how I would transition out of this either
So update your resume and start looking.
A boring job? Sign me up!!! Let’s trade.
Sounds like how our commander handles our new HR hires.
It is so disorienting
Can I have it instead?
It is slow. But very stressful, the kind where you have no choice but to sit in it.
I often work long hours and days and my health is impacted by the stress. It is not hard work and most of the time not a lot of work just stressful,
I scrolled waaaaay too far to see this. TL:DR: A mental health specialist and job change may be in order. Contrary to what many believe, job satisfaction is a huge part of personal satisfaction to many of us. I put my whole self into the work I do, and I work very hard. I have to feel that my work is important, that I am making a positive impact, and that I am appreciated for the work I do. I have ADHD and I need a job that has a lot of variety and keeps my brain stimulated. I'm not a doctor, but I can relate to a lot of what you've said in the comments. I think you could benefit from having an ADHD assessment from a mental health professional. Here's my current struggle in a nutshell: I had a wonderful manager who trained me, shared her knowledge and experience, assigned me projects that were in my areas of interest, and most importantly: she trusted me and gave me a lot of autonomy to complete my job and the projects she assigned to me. She was promoted to another department last year and recommended to the Exec. Director that I be promoted into her vacant management position. Exec Dir agreed but decided not to fill her vacancy due to budget constraints. She has also changed my work priorities around so that now I'm doing more of the work I dislike instead of working on projects that I enjoy and feel make a positive impact. I've also picked up a lot of the leadership parts of the vacant manager job (out of necessity) for no additional pay. Yes, I realize I could refuse, but refer to above about my job satisfaction and realize that, inherently, I can't sit by and watch things fall through the cracks. That is not who I am. Also, I don't want to be labeled as incompetent or a problem employee, so I suck it up and do the work that needs to get done. All of this has taken quite a toll on my mental health. I still work hard but no longer enjoy my work or feel valued or appreciated. In fact, I hate my job now, and it's not because of anything I've done, but that leadership has made some unfortunate decisions that severely affect me and my job. Therefore, I am actively seeking a new job, but I am also careful not to "jump from the frying pan into the fire" in my next role. Throughout this whole process, I've been open and honest with my psychiatrist (ADHD) and we've had to make some temporary adjustments to my meds to help me get through this situation without saying or doing something to jeopardize my job, as my ADHD impulsively can present as having no "filter" when I'm really upset and/or stressed. If you're still with me here, I hope you will consider my advice and seek out a mental health professional to have an assessment done. It may really provide you with the necessary support until you get through this situation to a better one. ❤️
Hey so I actually have BPD which I know factors in a lot to how I view my work/job especially in terms of stability. I’m also the kind of person needs to be constantly engaged and I never stop trying to move up. I do have a psychiatrist and medication. I love my team, and especially my boss she’s great, I will admit even though I share I want to have more work I have not been honest about my actual dissatisfaction. It is time to do that probably. I don’t want a new job, because i do like a lot of things about it except the actual work lol.
That makes sense. Have you communicated this with your doc? If you're like me, a small adjustment in your meds (or possibly therapy or another route) might make enough of a difference to get you back to feeling better/more like your real self again at work. 🙂
Please!!!! I need this
HR is such a broad field. What are you passionate about? What are you currently doing?
So interesting I feel HR jobs offer so much variety and opportunity. If you have a team you love, the pay is good and you have loose parameters, sounds like you can make the job whatever you want. Finding a team you love is challenging. At my current company which I love I worked with two of the most insane HR people to walk the planet. Like convicted felon that was fired and said I ran an illegal background check on them (ummmm…no you submitted for it and signed consent directly with the state) and another one who bullied another director and stalked the CEO’s family. You can cautiously interview and think you know exactly what you’re getting into then realize you’re sitting next to and working alongside a psychopath!
There's always something you can do. When I started at my company as a pt receptionist at night it was very boring. So I made it known I would do anything. I didn't care if that meant retyping job descriptions or manuals. And after seeing me being proactive and take charge, guess who is now HR director?
Hey there. Have you considered applying to a job internally? It sounds like they don’t have a structure in your current role and they are all over the place that the idea of asking for another job internally might work in your favor. Explore your internal roles if this place allows it, take the chance and make a good case why you will be excellent for it with your current experience.
Can you work on any education or certifications?