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Returning to work has been a disappointment

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NKffffffff92293e93X122aa86c438 · 25/03/2010 10:48

I've been back at work for just over 2 months now and I have NOTHING to do.
I am client-facing and work in the financial sector but none of my old clients have been re-assigned to me and there are no new clients on the horizon.
I am constantly asking for things to do but to no avail. I can spend DAYS doing absolutely nothing and I am finding it incredibly dull and mind-destroying. I am really concerned that I will lose my job - I need to bill at least 1200 hours in a year and in 2 months I've managed only 10! I really want to work and in the past I have really enjoyed what I do but I am starting to feel compeltely demoralised (I also did not received a pay rise this year when everyone else did - are they wanting to get rid of me?) . Add to the fact that I know that things will not improve once I tell work that I am pregnant again - eek! I just don't know if I can sit at my desk for another 7 months doing nothing.
Am I the only one this is happening to?

OP posts:
juneybean · 25/03/2010 10:50

How come you have only billed 10 hours? Presumably you're showing up available for work?

minipie · 25/03/2010 11:59

Oh dear. I know how depressing it is doing nothing at work. My guess is that there is a shortage of work in your team at the moment and people are hoarding it, and you as new mum are seen as someone less likely to complain.

Sounds like you need to make this more official. Set up a meeting with your boss, explain your concerns, ask why you are not getting assigned clients/work and why you did not get a [pay rise when others did. Emphasise that you want to play a full role, just as you did pre-children. Don't mention you are pregnant again (legally it shouldn't make a difference but obviously it will). If there is no real (i.e. performance related) reason then he/she ought to pull their finger out and get you some work. (And if they don't then at least you have a record that you did everything possible).

good luck

SPBInDisguise · 25/03/2010 12:03

minipie is right, i assume the lack of billed hours will reflect badly on you when it comes to performance checking?

NKffffffff92293e93X122aa86c438 · 25/03/2010 13:30

Yes, the lack of hours will look really bad. I like what minipie says and I will go ahead and set up a meeting, that way everything is offical (although I'm not hiding the fact that I have nothing to do!). Thanks for the advice.

OP posts:
minipie · 29/03/2010 13:58

good luck

vanitypear · 29/03/2010 20:31

Is it fair to say you are quite deliberately not being supported since your return from ML? It sounds that way.,.

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