In a new job for 3 months but they really don’t give me much to do all day. I’m a Sr Strategy Analyst at a Fortune 20 and they forget about me a lot, haven’t provided a lot of guidance, or work, forget to add me to meetgs. However, they’re always complaining about how much work there is but say they don’t need help. I get that I’m new, but like I didn’t have anything to do for 3 days. I also don’t have enough knowledge to just take up some of the outstanding projects. What can I do?

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Wow Fortune *20* so prestigious 😉

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Talk to your immediate supervisor about projects you'd like to be involved in or actually lead in a 1 on 1. Look at new initiatives that are in the pipeline and tell them that you can start on that.

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I’d say just take up an outstanding project but verbalize your concerns that you’ll need a point of contact for a week or two at the start

A good reminder that not everything in industry is better!

In this case WLB seems to be, for many, that’s more than enough. Not everything needs to be about work (even though for OP work seems to play an important role which is of course fine).

In my new job, I had much less work and was clearly understaffed for 2-3 months. I was able to start writing a novel, baking pastries and taking longer walks and I felt so much better and alive

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Walgreens bro?

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