Anyone else been employed at a new job for 5+ months, but each day you still feel “barely employed” as if you aren’t settled in?

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It takes a year to figure out what you are doing and another year to nail down the how and the why. And yes, people drama and company politics always abound.

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I think this is fairly normal

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It's always about 2 years for me before I feel settled.

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