New job not as described

Moonshine14

I’ve just started a new job a few weeks ago and the duties are a lot lower level than described in the job spec and also in the interview. I’m basically the team assistant to 5 people and there was no mention of this. Is there anything I can do. I’ve spoke to my manager but she seemed annoyed that I wasn’t happy in the role.

Masomnia

If it's just a case of them easing you in then stick with it.

If it's not that and the job really isn't what was sold to you then stick with it... while you look for something else.

Really nothing else you can do unfortunately. Keep your head down and get on with it; better to find something else and resign than be sacked. You'll find it easier to get another job while you're in one rather than when you're unemployed.

[Deleted User]

Don't know what your manager thinks a probation period is for? The opportunity for both sides to see if it's working out - Do you get one?

I can only relate to time when I was new in my longest job that the manager said I'd be like her secretary until I found my feet. Or perhaps it is just a quiet time for your sector and they really do want to ease you in.

If it starts affecting you outside work, eg overly snappy with family you are best looking for another job.

Moonshine14

Thank you for the replies and advice. I was actually brought in to do a specific project with a senior member of the finance team but instead I!!!8217;m basically doing PA type tasks for 5 members of the team. I get sent constant emails to book rooms, taxis etc and have touched on any specific workload. I!!!8216;ve had no training but instead get emailed instructions of how to book rooms and then get asked to do it for multiple people. It just frustrates me as I would never have accepted these types of duties as Im not good at them and its not where my skills lie.

I have got a probation period of 3 months and I agree it should work both ways as the employer also has some responsibility to ensure a new employee is satisfied and happy.

I!!!8217;m tempted too speak to my boss again. I don!!!8217;t like to be negative especially when new but I!!!8217;m already feeling fed up going in and not looking foward to the next day.

Moonshine14

Apologies for the above every time I type I!!!8217;m it!!!8217;s changing to 8217?!?!

jobbingmusician

Not your fault! It's a known forum fault - affects some users but not everyone.

Moonshine14

Ah thank you! Thought I was going mad.

LadyDee

Look upon your time with this company as an opportunity to gain extra skills, expand your CV, so you'll be in a much stronger position to look for another job in the future.

Many years ago, a friend who was a trained nurse, no vacancies near to her home needed to work and the only position she could find was as a carers assistant and general dogsbody in a nursing home. Within 12 months she was managing a new nursing home for the company. Due to her more "lowly" experience added to her professional qualifications she was a very valuable employee - she knew exactly what all the staff she subsequently was responsible for hiring should be doing.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

This once happened to me. I didn't find out until the second day. It took me until the 3rd day to arrange a meeting with a senior manager where I pointed out the problems and said I would be handing in my resignation if nothing could be done. They asked me if I would leave immediately but as I had signed the contract I insisted that I would stay for a month and serve out my notice if required, so they agreed to pay me for a month in lieu of notice.

I left the building and from the car park phoned the agent I had been dealing with about a different job which I had been offered but turned down on the basis of this one, as described, seeming better. By the time I had driven home he called me back and asked if I could start there the following day. So I got paid by both places for the next month, which was nice.

The relevance of this is that because they had misled me they didn't argue about paying me for a month in lieu of notice despite me only having been there 2 and a half days. But I think that is the limit of any compensatory action you might expect from the company, and you may have been there too long already for it to fly.

Of course this relies on you knowing that you have other opportunities you can easily take up.

But the answer is, leave. Dependent on your degree of confidence about getting another job, either resign immediately or just start looking for others.

p00hsticks

jobbingmusician wrote: »

Not your fault! It's a known forum fault - affects some users but not everyone.

I think it's mainly affecting apple users with some particular 'smart punctuation' setting turned on...

ReadingTim

• Job adverts are like any adverts - they accentuate the positives and gloss over the negatives. Even in an interview, the company is selling itself and the job, as much as you're selling yourself and your suitability for the job.
• Job specs need to be kept up to date, as jobs change and evolve - often to fit the skills and interests of the person doing that job at the time.
• You rarely will be doing the whole job in your first few days/weeks at it - you're new, learning the ropes, the company, its people, policies, procedures etc. Sometimes, you need to see a full year/annual cycle of a job before you get to do everything you're supposed to do.

Only you can decide the extent to which things might improve and they've just got you doing the easy/simple stuff while you get settled/find your feet, or whether you've been genuinely sold a lemon. Dunno how long you've been there, but if things aren't looking up after a couple of months, and your manager doesn't seem bothered about it, then it's probably time to start looking elsewhere, or get used to what you are actually being asked to do.