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Am I being impatient and unreasonable in wanting to leave this job?

I started a new job with a big company that supposedly had a good reputation. The job was supposed to be a practical job with proper training and a fair bit of hands on work. However, after 8 months there has not been any sign of that. My job feels mostly like being a glorified secretary, with me mostly taking minutes of meetings, submitting documents and other admin stuff that requires no brain function. Its boring and soul sucking. I've received no certified training as I was told I would. I haven't even received basic training in company operating systems despite them being quite complex. Nobody ever has. I hate the idea of jumping between jobs so quickly but I don't see anyway in my head how staying would do me any good. I'm at a critical point in my career and this was supposed to be for advancement but…


I started a new job with a big company that supposedly had a good reputation. The job was supposed to be a practical job with proper training and a fair bit of hands on work. However, after 8 months there has not been any sign of that. My job feels mostly like being a glorified secretary, with me mostly taking minutes of meetings, submitting documents and other admin stuff that requires no brain function. Its boring and soul sucking. I've received no certified training as I was told I would. I haven't even received basic training in company operating systems despite them being quite complex. Nobody ever has. I hate the idea of jumping between jobs so quickly but I don't see anyway in my head how staying would do me any good. I'm at a critical point in my career and this was supposed to be for advancement but I feel like I've been backed into a dead end.

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