I’ve only been at this job for 3 months and already feeling burned out and stressed bc of lack of context, onboarding and confusing organizing. Is this normal?

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Yes. Exceptionally. I’ve know managers who intentionally leave things vague to see how well new hires can way find because that’s a huge part of the job.

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I really like how well you worded this. I don't know you but seems like you could teach a class or seminar.
This is worth remembering. There are times frustration rules over accuracy & writing things down even to look over later when in a better frame of mind would be helpful.

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Just use Claude/ChatGPT to explain things to you if people are not clarifying. They do a pretty good job if you know how to ask questions.

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