Background: I have an IT degree and then went on to work in education (primary and nursery). Did numerous additional qualifications (management, computer science etc). However teaching is just awful so I got out and did some IT contracting work for 6 months - IT training specifically and loved it. Due to irregular nature of contractual work (although well paid!) I decided to go for a permanent role.
New job is fully remote with a large company (worldwide) and the role was advertised as basically creating e-learning content and delivering training which, given my background, really appealed to me.
However, the reality is - they have BASIC software (think powerpoint) and seemingly don't have the money to invest in any industry standard e-learning or video editing software. So any training I create takes me next to no time as I'm VERY limited in what I can do. My manager fills in the gaps by assigning me drudge work - e.g. proof reading SOPs, checking on peoples work etc.
I have my 90 day review coming up and I'm dreading it. The role is not what I imagined - I honestly feel cheated. Some tasks I'm assigned are just ludicrous (e.g. could you set up a meeting between XYZ about ABC). I'm not using my decades worth of knowledge about teaching and learning or getting to play with cool software. I'd love to tell them to shove it however there is not much out there at the moment and I'd honestly rather be on the street than go back to teaching.
The people I work with treat me like some sort of office junior (asking me to proof read items etc). Feeling like my career was on the up for years then, with this role, I jumped off a cliff.
Any advice?