New Job a bad fit?

joonwatch

New Job a bad fit?
I was wondering if I could get some advice about what to do about a job that just doesn't fit.

I was just hired over a month ago as an engineer at a major defense contractor and I don't think I really like the job. Here are the reasons (In no particular order):

1) Horrible health care plan- All my coworkers constantly complain how nothing is covered and how all their claims are randomly denied.
2) The job doesn't really expect any individual free thinking.
3) Uninteresting work. Most of the time I fall asleep at work and get so bored I overeat.
4) I am getting shunned from some of my coworkers for not having lunch with them or hanging out with them outside of work. I mean seriously?
5) My coworkers are more concerned about appearing nice to the heirarchy than getting things done.
6) Corporate doesn't seem interested in addressing any concerns, even though plenty have been complaining about various things.
6) I had offers from companies that were a better fit.

Is this what I should expect, no matter where I choose to work? It honestly feels like I am working at Dunder Mifflin, Scranton.

Is it a good idea to stay for 3-6 months, and am I judging them too quickly?

marybelle01

joonwatch wrote: »

New Job a bad fit?
I was wondering if I could get some advice about what to do about a job that just doesn't fit.

I was just hired over a month ago as an engineer at a major defense contractor and I don't think I really like the job. Here are the reasons (In no particular order):

1) Horrible health care plan- All my coworkers constantly complain how nothing is covered and how all their claims are randomly denied.
2) The job doesn't really expect any individual free thinking.
3) Uninteresting work. Most of the time I fall asleep at work and get so bored I overeat.
4) I am getting shunned from some of my coworkers for not having lunch with them or hanging out with them outside of work. I mean seriously?
5) My coworkers are more concerned about appearing nice to the heirarchy than getting things done.
6) Corporate doesn't seem interested in addressing any concerns, even though plenty have been complaining about various things.
6) I had offers from companies that were a better fit.

Is this what I should expect, no matter where I choose to work? It honestly feels like I am working at Dunder Mifflin, Scranton.

Is it a good idea to stay for 3-6 months, and am I judging them too quickly?

So go find another (6). Sorry, but if you don't like the job, that's life. It happens. The answer is go get another one.

DVardysShadow

If you have been there just a month, leave and lose it from your CV

marybelle01

DVardysShadow wrote: »

If you have been there just a month, leave and lose it from your CV

Assuming you can afford to quit your job, of course. There are no benefits for resigning.

art_for_arts_sake

marybelle01 wrote: »

Assuming you can afford to quit your job, of course. There are no benefits for resigning.

I left a job once after just two days. Health and safety was a joke and the company basically lied to me about the job. I was worried sick about losing my benefits and rather stupidly tried to claim I'd done the two days as work experience. I had to go through a lot of form-filling but my benefits were reinstated and the JobCentre staff even got the employer to hand over my 2 days pay, which I'd written off.

marybelle01

art_for_arts_sake wrote: »

I left a job once after just two days. Health and safety was a joke and the company basically lied to me about the job. I was worried sick about losing my benefits and rather stupidly tried to claim I'd done the two days as work experience. I had to go through a lot of form-filling but my benefits were reinstated and the JobCentre staff even got the employer to hand over my 2 days pay, which I'd written off.

I'm sure that may have occasionally been the case - but do you realistically think that will be the case these days, when they are doing everything they can to get people off benefits? Besides which, there is a huge difference between "the employer has no regard for health and safety" and "the health care plan isn't to my liking".

Zekko

Take the money, run, and start looking for another job.

art_for_arts_sake

Reading the OP again it appears they may be based in the US, where employment rules might be different, though I might be wrong. Perhaps the OP could clarify this.

Slinky

I'm suspecting a troll/spammer given his other posts.

Fiddlestick

art_for_arts_sake wrote: »

Reading the OP again it appears they may be based in the US, where employment rules might be different, though I might be wrong. Perhaps the OP could clarify this.

From the tone and the language used, I'd tend to agree with you.

Notmyrealname

joonwatch wrote: »

New Job a bad fit?
I was wondering if I could get some advice about what to do about a job that just doesn't fit.

I was just hired over a month ago as an engineer at a major defense contractor and I don't think I really like the job. Here are the reasons (In no particular order):

1) Horrible health care plan- All my coworkers constantly complain how nothing is covered and how all their claims are randomly denied.

We have the NHS so its not the end of the world.

2) The job doesn't really expect any individual free thinking.
3) Uninteresting work. Most of the time I fall asleep at work and get so bored I overeat.

Its defence contracting - it is par for the course.