I took a job at the end of January. It's a low-level job in the insurance industry, but with decent benefits. The individuals in my department are all friendly, courteous, and willing to help. I feel like I don't want to let them down, and I don't want to put them in a rough spot during a very busy season.
Things that are bothering me:
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“We do not take lunch” is what I was told on my first day. We can eat at our desks, but if we want to take a break from work, we need to request special permission.
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Last week, I was informed we would need to put in overtime because we were behind on work. I had no idea that overtime would ever be a requirement when I accepted the role.
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We have to go in to the office twice a week, even though none of our work involves physical collaboration, and even our conversations take place mainly through Outlook and Teams. Most of the managers are entirely remote.
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Any time we have to leave our desk, we have to request special permission beforehand and let everyone on the team know. I don't think this is an issue if you're going to be out for an extended period… but my manager insists on doing this even for a period of TEN MINUTES.
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Multiple people on the team are very unhappy with their work situation. This is not an inference… people have flat out told me this. The person who trains me directly tells me pretty much every day about how annoyed, overwhelmed, and undervalued he feels. He told me once, and very seriously, that he is afraid people deliberately go into his files and sabotage his work just to make him look bad.
The company itself has a lot of perks, and I've talked to people in other departments that are quite happy. So I think the problem is limited to my group, but I have to be with the company a year before I can start looking at other internal positions.