Currently sat in my car watching Netflix when I should be work

[Viheali]

Utterly under worked and I feel so pissed off and demoralised. I’ve have asked for more work repeatedly and get given tiny bits and pieces which soon dry up.

I’m so sick of sitting at my desk staring at the walls all day. Have told manager and managers manager I don’t have enough work.

What is the bloody solution to this?!

Go to work and tell them you'll have to find another job if they don't make better use of your capabilities. Maybe they could give you some training?

They all just make the right noises and then do fuck all.

Scouting the want ads as we speak!

Indeed.com is good for jobs.

Will they pay towards any training? Something that would help you in your —future— job?

Reed

OP I am in the exact same position. I have been in my role for 4 months. I have asked continuously for more work. I have asked continuously for more training. They make all the right noises and nothing changes. I will spend the full day browsing the internet.
In my 3 month review they had the audacity to call me a 'passenger'. I was furious and reminded them of my constant requests for more work.
I have a second interview on Thursday which helps. You are in a good position. You have the space and time to look for something new. This isn't your fault that they can't give you the bare minimum you expect from a job...work.

Also I don't think there is an actual solution. You have done all you can. The solution is you being satisfied with what you have and I don't think by the sounds of that's going to happen (and I don't blame you).

Work on personal projects?

Rooms you want to decorate?
Holidays you want to take?
Recipes you’d like to try?
Family tree?
Letters to friends & Family?
Christmas lists/cards/presents?
Learn a language?
Donan online course?

Take in your knitting 🧶🤣

Read

If they want to pay you to do 5 8ths of fuck all make the most if it!

It’s very hard. I run a business and at the moment we are extremely quiet and I know my staff don’t have enough to do. Equally I certainly don’t want to start laying people off because I’m hoping things will pick up again (they have ebbed and flowed before).

I don’t mind if my staff do personal projects at work while we are quiet. In fact my office manager is excellent and has arranged various projects around the office that we didn’t have time to do when we were busier.

Me again...

I have done a marketing course on Google Digital Garage. Applied for jobs. Started a free programming course.

I do surveys when they come in too earn some money.

@ozgirl75 that sounds brilliant and a good use of common sense by the manager :)

Yes she’s very good. We also let them stagger start and finish times when it’s quiet. There’s no point them sitting around with nothing to do. It’s sales so if the work isn’t there, it just isn’t there.

Maybe your managers don’t have enough work either and don’t want you to rock the boat?

Be there and got the t-shirt. Why not sign up for online courses, webinars etc and read blogs that are related to your industry. Also for personal development, Mindtools.com is a fab site. All useful for when you move on ;)

Can you ask to work from home? At least then you could put your free time to good use?

I have so little to do that on my two work from home days I basically do nothing apart from catch up on Corrie, listen to audio books and walk the dog. I always arrange any doctor or dentist appointments for those days too. Basically getting paid a full time salary for doing 3 days a week. Another one who has asked for more work but it’s not forthcoming. I’m job hunting.

Meerkat why job hunt?! That sounds perfect!!

@SuperMeerkat

WHY? Being paid for 5 days, working 3 sounds perfect to me. Only way to improve it would be working less or paid even more 🤣

So what! Think yourself lucky sounds like the perfect job to me.

@limpylegs

Do please proactively bring this to the attention of your HR department in writing [not an e-mail please] simply stating that you have constantly asked for more work and that you feel that your manager does not take account of this and that you are not a passenger. I would doubt that your manager will report it!

@ferretyone I never thought to do that I definitely will.

Should it just be a simple, 'On the 3rd of October 2019 I was described as a 'passenger' by my line manager even after constantly asking for more work. I refute this completely.'

My job is the same, I watch Netflix on my phone at my desk know one says anything! It's great but I only work part time. There are 4 more people including my manager that work full time and do nothing which feel more like you. We are just waiting for redundancy and have been winding down for years. I don't mind it's easy and fits in with the kids I'm in an industry that's becoming obsolete so I'm trying to think of a change. Can you ask for redundancy?