Just began a new job at JPMC, & i’m very confused. I don’t want to get fired for doing nothing but they’ve literally delegated me no tasks so far. My days consist of meet & greets and meetings that i just sit in for. I have like 5 hours each day of completely nothing. I come from a very busy company so it confused me to have so much free time. my colleagues are always trying to get me to hang in the cafe or etc and it just feels wrong &I’ve been having to schedule my own training with teammates

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If you want work, you can just reach out to your manager. But I did nothing for like 8 months

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It happens. At one of my jobs I had to really pace my work. I have these 3 things to do today? I'll do this thing and take a break. This thing and take a break. And then this thing and take a break. Help others out if they need something. Read professional development materials. Etc.

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Exactly my situation when I first joined my current employer. You just have to take the initiative. Ask politely if you can do anything. But sooner or later you'll get lots of them so maybe enjoy your little free time for now.

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Spend this time to read your teams policies and procedures, manuals. Or any other key documents like risk assessments, audit reports. Do the company trainings. Study up the firm’s org charts. Review the company’s financial statements and letter to shareholders. Know where the company makes it’s most money, where your team fits in etc. Use this time to get up to speed on the company. Make connections, meet people, introduce yourself to remote colleagues. That’s basically the first 2 months before the real work begins!

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Thank you everyone! I guess you are right, I will just give it time, maybe they don’t want to overwhelm me

Ugh so sorry to hear this.

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