To want more work

[Uhuhhoney]

Ive started a new job doing some admin work for a well respected company. The people i work with are lovely and i seem to have made friends with them already. Ive been here 2 weeks however and i still dont have a contract or a company email. I dont have a log on to the phone so i cant answer it. Can't use printer or photocopier without log on. I dont have anything to do. I have had bits and pieces from people but about 2 hours a day max. I keep asking people for work but i think im annoying them. They keep saying no thanks. I feel really aware that others aee working and im not. I keep asking my line manager and he wont give me any work. So i keep doing the filing in the basement even tho i shohld be on reception (we see about 2 people pee day so im waiting around doing nothing apart from 10 mins interaction fron these people!)

AIBU to think i should be given clear tasks to do per day? Or should i just keep quiet and look busy?

Something I've told colleagues in similar situations: always have a clipboard or a cloth to hand. Makes you look busy!

That must be totally demotivating though.

I left a job like this - it was demoralising as hell and killed my confidence.

I finished everything given to me quickly so tried to use my initiative but wasn't allowed to. I had to run every little thing by my manager and every time I told her I had finished my tasks she just looked at me like I was a numpty for asking to be kept busy.

I'd start looking for something else. The time in that job was so utterly depressing - worst 8 months of my working life.

I just feel reallt rubbish. Ive got my masters and starting a phd in sept but i just needed a job to keep me going. It seemed so much better than my supermarket job but i almost feel guilty that i get 12 pounds an hour doing not much

The thought of looking for a job again fills me with dread