Great new job but not feeling it

[KurriKawari]

Hopefully I'll be able to articulate this well :) I started a new job a few months ago, main reasons for changing jobs was location, pay, development. The role is exactly the same as my last job, the team are lovely, the organisation does amazing work, but I find it hard to get 'excited' by it. If I were to give an analogy, imagine you were a secretary in a hospital and you got a buzz from the environment, the pace, everyday is different etc and then you became a secretary in an accounting firm (no offence to anyone, just using as an example!) and the pace slower, long projects, same same stuff most days... in my last role I felt like I wanted to be creative and innovative, take on extra and make things better, here I'm just want to get the job done and not much more. Like I said everyone is lovely, the organisation really makes a difference to people's lives, pay is £10k more etc etc, but I am so bored :/ is that good enough reason to start looking elsewhere?

What plans do/did you have for the development? Maybe once that starts, or you start it, moving you’ll feel more inspired?

If you're bored try and get more involved. Ask for more work. Meet people and learn things.

Get more involved at work, or look for that creativity outside of work. Personally I wouldn't switch roles until I've been there at least a year, especially if everything else is grest.

If everything else is great then I'd stay put for a bit longer. You sound like you've got a great job and most of the boxes have been ticked. A lot of people would do anything for a job like yours, great environment, great colleagues etc.

Give it time and speak to your manager about getting more involved.

Definitely don't look elsewhere just yet, as you could end up being in the same situation elsewhere, or worse, as you never really know until you start somewhere.

Plus, if you resign, your manager will surely ask you why. So you may as well have the conversation about your issues now rather than later.