New job encouragement. Can I do it??

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I started a new office job yesterday. I was bombarded by training of new packages/processes/logins and passwords. My brain is frazzled 🤯. It all seemed sooo complex. I'm in my 40s and the younger one's pick up all these computer processes so quickly, but I just stared at the screen feeling anxious and stressed. I'm doubting myself. It's a different line of work to what I've done before (medical environment)

Has anyone else felt this way after starting a new job? I will obviously give it time, but I came home feeling like crying I was so worried. On the plus side everyone seemed so lovely that worked there, so that's a bonus 😀

Just wondering if anyone else has felt anxious after starting a new job - thinking there's no way they can do it?

I work in a medical NHS setting and honestly only 50% of employees stay. The fact is unfortunately we have so many logins and processes that it is overwhelming to begin with.

It certainly is overwhelming! I'm just hoping if I keep at it, it will eventually start to sink in. I guess repetition is key

Honestly, I can only go by my own experience which is the first day I was thinking 'why do we have so many different systems which each require different logins etc'. It's so antiquated.
I'm glad I stuck with it now though as I'm building a career there.
Maybe give it a bit longer and see how you go?

Get a notebook. It's very normal to need to make notes for any new job, so just embrace it.

I have 40+ logins for work and they are all in the back of my notebook - not the actual password but I use three variations then numbers then an exclamation mark, so I can write:

• Venus - one13!
• Pluto - two11@PreferAnimals

Gah, posted too soon! So it runs:

• programme name - password 1/2/3, number, variation on a punctuation mark

Passwords stay in my head.

Let’s hope you don’t lose your laptop and notebook with that unbreakable code 🙄

if that is any consolation I feel the same. Started a new job recently and the IT and induction are a bit of a mess and that is starting to put me off.

I am also being bombarded with endless meetings that all clash with one another.

I am allowing some time to settle as a new job is always overwhelming but it just does not give a good impression.

This is totally normal. New jobs are overwhelming! Stick with it. Depending on the job I usually find I need about 3 months to feel comfortable with everything. Good luck :)

It will take about 3 months to settle in, during which you will feel like a deer in headlights. It gets better.

Definitely take a notebook...and coloured pens.

Definitely normal. My last job was a new industry to me and it took me 6 months to truly settle in. The first few days in any new job just fry your brain.

My current job took 9 months as I'm working remotely so it felt even harder to learn anything.

And yet you won't know what the passwords are... A mix of words and numbers, followed by the two variations.

If any business is stupid enough to have, 40+ systems, they should have a method of securing the passwords. No one can remember them in the long term.

I agree make notes

Do not use passwords that you use outside work

3 to 6 months to get used to a new job

Day 1 of my job I felt the same. I just sat there like "I can't do this"
4.5 years later in the same job and I wonder why I doubted myself

I started a new job 3 weeks ago and I'm still in hyper anxiety mode. I felt ok last week but it's been a crazy amount of pressure to deliver in such a short space of time. I'm taking comfort in some of he comments on here that it will settle down...

I had been at my previous job for 10 years before I started a new job in April last year. The first month or so was really hard and such a change. I had imposter syndrome and didn’t believe I could do it. This is really normal but OP, you can do it! Let yourself settle in for a couple of months xx

2.5 weeks into my new job… industry I’ve been in for years. The overwhelm is exhausting!! But as each day goes past it’s starting to get better…

You can do it! I'm in month 4 of a new job, and I'm definitely still asking stupid questions! Yes to a notebook, write EVERYTHING down (and if you have time at the end of the day, go through your notes, and re-write them into sensible notes if they're a bit incomplete or rambly). When you learn a new process, write process notes to refer back to - everything you're being taught I can almost guarantee you'll have forgotten how to do when you need to do it yourself.

I keep a list of various passwords too (on my phone). They wouldn't be much use to anyone if I lost my phone (but they'd be backed up and I'd be able to restore on a new device). As a team, we also have a password-protected document on our shared drive with shared passwords that we all need to know.

Keep going!

I felt the same in my last job and got completely stressed initially, but I was there for 7 years. Hopefully it's just self doubt and maybe we just need to give things time and get used to it rather than expecting to know everything straight away. I hope everything works out in your job :-)