First job out of college, I hate my job!?

Question

I just graduated from college in May of this year, I have a job that pays okay, and a neat title(Business Consultant) with a fortune 200 company.
Everything seems great from that, but I have literally nothing to do at work since I've started about 3 months ago, most days I can just work from home, where since I have nothing to do, I just watch tv and checking emails and staying on the company's intranet so that my boss knows that I am reachable. My manager tells me that this is only temporary since there isn't a whole lot of projects, but I really hate doing this, I feel like I don't have a purpose anymore, and I am living in a city which I don't particularly like. I am starting to feel like I should look for another job close to home.(NYC)

Is this a typical experience for a first time job, or should I start looking for a different job?

Answer 1

Welcome to the real world :-)

Do you know Robert Kiyosaki? Or have you heard of his best selling book, Rich Dad Poor Dad?

Well, working a job and climbing the corporate ladder isn't going to make you rich...unless you don't want to be rich...

Answer 2

Many people have trouble making the transition into the work place after college. Others find adapting to work fairly easy.

Now, if you have a job with no work, you should be worried. They will tell you whatever rubbish they want, but when someone realises that staff are doing no work, then there will be problems.

You could stay, relax, and maybe work will come along.

Soooo....what do you do.

1. Start looking for new work (including tranfers to a new department, talk to your manager or human resources)
2. Get the most out of your current job. Make friends in other departments. Tell them you have no work, see if they need some help. Learn about their jobs, help them. Maybe later transfer to their department. Use the time for self-training. Learn as much as you can.
3. Rip off the system. Some people feel the corporate world is truly evil and the humble worker can get revenge by finding the most useless job in the company, and spend a life time doing it. You can even use your free time to start your own business. Use company resources and fight the powers that be.

But in the end, those that succeed are those who use what they have to do the most.

Answer 3

I am not sure there is any such thing as a "typical" experience for a first job out of school. However, if you are unhappy and feel like you don't have purpose in your current employment situation, then it never hurts to at least explore other options (exploring other options and actually accepting a job offer should one come up are two different things). Also, these days we have sites like monster and careerbuilder which will at least allow you to see what jobs are available in other cities and what they are paying, so if nothing else, at least it gives you an idea of where to go from here. Either way, weigh the advantages and disadvantages of your job and take it from there. Your happiness in the long run is way more important than the paycheck you receive and keep in mind, many people end up not doing what they originally thought they wanted to do when in college (I am one of those people). Good luck..

Answer 4

i felt the same after a few days of starting sixth form college, just stick with it. it sucks at first- its boring, hard and tiring, and if im honest, for a while it wont get much better. work hard and keep at the work and it will improve. When youve met lots of new people, and know all your teachers and start to get into your courses a bit more it will start to get better. give it a while and if your still really unhappy then perhaps your on the wrong course? as for the job, just keep trying, write a letter with a cv and hand it in to anywhere you can and just keep hoping to find a job, but the main focus should be your studies. Maybe if you spoke to your parents you could arrange for a small allowance so that you can have a little spending money on the conditions that your going to college and working hard?

Answer 5

I think it actually is typical. My daughter is in her first job out of school and is questioning her career choice. It may be that you are just destined for greater things!!

I am a computer programmer, but I'm building my "fortune" quickly by working with Xango - I plan on retiring in about 18 months, with the help of Xango and just sharing my message about Xango to keep it growing.

If you'd like to learn more, visit http://discover.mymangosteen.com and you can click the e-mail link in the upper right-hand corner.

Good luck to you, whatever you do -be thankful you are young and healthy!

Answer 6

Maybe you should find something else to do, that keeps you satisfied or happy. Something that you can drop if you get work to do. Maybe a pushbike, lover, book, Maybe more education in a different area. 3 months won't look good on your resume. Employers like to see stickability in their empoyee's. If you really can't carry on after that, then come up with a really good excuse to leave like," A family member died....siff..sniff.....and I have to look after the kids now.....sniff...sniff", or some crap like that. Or you can totally disreguard all that I have told you, and become a bum or career criminal. Have fun and good luck old chap:)

Answer 7

You might want to consider a legitimate company that allows you to start your own business from home independently. I mentor people how to create income from home while they continue to work at their "main thing" to obviously support themselves. In the meantime, in 12-24 months, investing 10-20 hours a week, you choose the hours, I will mentor you to a $5-10K monthly income just answering the phone from home, it's simple and it is fun.

Hope this helps, let me know.

Scott

Answer 8

Might be time to look for something else. I would not quit until I have something sure..Good Luck!

Answer 9

what u have may be a sign of what u are lacking.