How long did it take you to fully settle into a new job?

[Rainydays55]

How long does it normally take you to fully settle into a new job? To know what you are doing? To have some work friends? To be in a routine etc?

Completely depends on the job. 2 jobs ago I had a very intensive induction (2 weeks away from home as I was going to be a home worker a long way from the office). Really high quality, understood exactly what was expected of me and got to know people really well. After the 2 weeks I went home and hit the ground running.

I’m currently 6 weeks into a new job. Much more senior, rather shoddy induction and it’s a new role. I’ve met some people and got some good relationships started but it’ll be a good year before I know the organisation inside out. I’ve identified some initial objectives though and as the job is new I do have some scope to make it my own.

I'd say it took about three months until I felt more settled and less nervous. It was quite a big change for me though (career change).

It took around 3 months for me to understand things and make 'work friends' and suss out who's who. I'd give a job 6 months before I started reconsidering my options. Any reason you ask OP?

Last job, had to really hit the ground running. It was sink or swim. Felt very confident very quickly.

Current job, 3 months in and still feel as if I have a million questions. Much bigger organisation. I think it will take a good 6 months to a year before I fully get it.

Depends on the job & people but I started my first new job in over 20 years about a month ago and I love it - everyone is friendly and lovely and I felt settled in pretty much straight away

One month-6 weeks to feel like a handle of the job and get settled, but probably 3-6 months to feel really confident and know all the ins and outs completely. Especially as in my line of work there are a lot of different tasks to learn.

Varies role to role of course, variables such as your experience level, if it’s a new area/industry for you or if you’ve been doing similar work for years can all impact it. Plus how helpful and welcome your team/manager are, and the type of induction you receive.

It varies, I started a role 3 weeks ago which is a step up, however I am not enjoying it at all. The previous person within my role left everything a complete unorganised mess, I have had next to no induction, we were off due to covid in the office and given no work goals and mixed messages the entire week. My own line manager doesn't seem to have a clue what they are doing. I am continuing to give the role a chance but have slowly been applying to similar roles within my local area to see if there are any other options than to stay unhappy.

About 3 months. That was with a member of staff who made me doubt myself constantly and was quite difficult to work with. They left and I instantly felt more settled and confident.

I would say about a year!

Is it in person or wfh?

I've been in a new job almost a year, FT WFH, and I feel like I've just started!

6 months to a year. I spend the first 6 months in buyers' remorse thinking 'what have I done'? Then Stockhom syndrome sets in.

You will be fine

I would have thought it takes longer to settle into a senior job since it is more complex and there are more relationships to manage and political winds to suss out.

I’ve just hit my year anniversary and still call it my new job. WfH hasn’t helped to be honest. Getting there now.

I work part time employed (also self employed). In my last job I was doing two days and was given a one month review, by that point I'd only worked 8 days and hadn't got to grips with things at all, another woman started the same time doing 4 days and it appeared to be doing much better than me but by the time we got to the 3m point we were performing the same.

In my current job again I'm doing 2 days but didn't have any kind of formal "How's it going" chat until he 3m point which I thought was much better

6 months to a year. However I’m in a senior role and feel I need a year and to do everything once to feel settled. I never feel settled where all the work I’m doing has been started by someone else and I’m fishing around trying to make sense of it. Once I’ve had a chance to start a piece of work myself and have some staff I’ve recruited I tend to feel more settled

I always think it is around six months. If you're working remotely I think it makes it harder - I found my last move really tough

It takes me about 3 months to settle into a new job; making friends depends on the work place. My current place is very cliquey and people often just move around the organisation rather than come in new so it’s taken much longer

A week but my job is very much the same whatever company I work in (governed and standards set by an overriding government body/council).

When I start a new place I just have to get used to different software they use, but wherever I am it's normally designed to be user friendly.

I’ve been eighteen months in my current job and still feel like it’s a new job I’m trying to get to grips with. There are several reasons for this, including the fact that my role covers many different areas and the tasks themselves can vary enormously. However covid has made it much worse because I spend a lot of time working alone, and because the colleague who is my official mentor is fairly unapproachable, so I don’t ask as often as I otherwise would. I’m also working in a language that isn’t my mother tongue, and with systems I’m less familiar with, because I’m not in my home country.

That said, I’ve had lots of other jobs in the past, and usually I slide into them quite easily after a month or two, even if some of those complicating parameters were still there.

So… it’s very job and situation dependent, I’d think. Maybe try to work out the specific aspects that might be making this job difficult, and whether they are something you can tackle, or which might change (covid, for example). Then you can try to work with it, or decide to move on, if that’s possible.

I can’t move on, at present, for reasons external to the job, so I’m just doing my best and hoping nothing goes too seriously wrong before I have the chance to reassess.

About 6 months to 1 year but I only work 2 days per week so takes a while!

Forgot to mention the friends aspect. That too is situation dependent and is wholly related to whether there are others working there who I click with, but covid isolation has made making friends much harder, for me at least.

Depends what you mean by settled really. I tend to feel comfortable after a month or two and when I get to about the 18 month mark I wonder if I am too comfortable because my feet start to get itchy!

3 months to feel comfortable and make connections.