Struggling in work training, any tips?

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The good news is there are only just under 2 weeks left of it because I have got a promotion in another department and a confirmed start date.

I've been in training for 3 months and worried it's going to be the same in the new role! So I know it sounds like I'm moaning for nothing but just don't want it to continue.

We are 100% office atm, on Teams all day every day, cameras on all day. We are being watched all day, because if anyone so much as isn't looking, looks like they are talking or gets up even for a second the trainers are on their case.
I do get the camera element but I have found it tough having to be 'on' for 3 months straight.
I haven't been able to get on with anything independently except for the odd e-learning package, it's literally just been having to share our screens on Teams whilst we navigate an incredibly complex system and complete tasks with 20 others watching.
Or us watching them. All day every day. Breaks are good but I'll admit this has been so mentally draining.
I know I sound ungrateful but I can't face another 2 weeks, any tips?

I am so relieved to be moving roles because the training has been sub par. The trainers are hybrid and the job will be once passed ao I don't understand why we have to attend the office every single day to sit on Teams all day. All for under 28k!

I don't have any tips sorry, but as someone who delivered online training, we very quickly decided half days maximum unless it really couldn't be avoided (if there was a need to include people from a large geographic area) It's really difficult for most people to concentrate on a screen in that way for any longer, and I sympathise!

I know many people work at a screen for long periods but there's a big difference to text compared to a sea of faces and being on camera.

That sounds like absolute shit training, what kind of role is it?

It's a civil service AO role, basically front line telephony

I am considering asking if I can take unpaid leave even. I am doing training for a role that I won't be doing, and it's sole destroying!

I think I know the role and the training is mind numbingly boring and very poor quality. Although we only had cameras on for the morning catchup so your role seems intense. I didn't actually learn much about the role until I was finished training and doing the job live.

Hang in there, it does get better they have a lot to cover before they can let you free to work alone. And once you're cleared for home working you will feel much better about it all.

I'm kind of amazed they can staff that level of training - have you not being doing any actual work for three months?! Is the job really complex enough to justify that? And are you actually taking in and retaining it if it's all training without actually putting it into practice?

Can you try putting in place a few things that will make the next couple of weeks bearable for example if you’re sitting at a desk can you have a heated mat under your feet or a foot roller that can make you feel better or put photos of your family in your view but out of view of them so that you can feel you’ve got support around you even if it is just representation of people you have. If you don’t have to be on your keyboard all the time, you could have some lovely handcream. Iced water, mint tea etc. I’m just trying to think of small ways u could make the day more bearable.

you will get through these two weeks you’ve got something to look forward to. Just make the decision to get on with it but make it as pleasant as possible.

That’s my thoughts
i am doing a new, complex job with systems I have never used before. Started off watching and listening then I was typing while my manager was talking
it has been 6 weeks and I’m about to go solo next week

Yes, I started late October and the first week was general e learning like fire safety etc.
Christmas did slow things down a little but otherwise yes it's been 3 months next week.
I do think it's ridiculous for an AO role.

Very high turnover, there are new training cohorts starting regularly.

That sounds dreadful.

what is AO?

Put it another way. Why would you take two weeks unpaid when you can sit for 10 days and get a bit bored.

Cameras on is no more being watched than being in the office.

I’m pretty sure you can tolerate being a bit bored for a fortnight for half a months pay and leave accrual. Look at it that way.

This is mental. So the situation you're in - where they've spent 3 months training you and you will never actually do a day of the job - isn't even unusual?! Madness.

I sort of agree with the poster above, that it might be worth sucking it up for two weeks' pay - but then I also wonder if you feel that will really impact on your state of mind to start a new job. Presumably you're not able to book leave? Are the training cohorts entirely separate from the team who do the job? As a manager I would stop training someone who had handed in their resignation for the role we were training for immediately - it's a total waste of our time - and find them other things they could helpfully do instead. I can't help but feel there must be some better use they could put your (taxpayer paid!) time to. But it doesn't sound like a system with that kind of common sense flexibility?

OMG this sounds horrendous, any more that 2 hours of training online and my brain starts to rapidly shut down!