My boring job

[Elias824]

So Im the only IT guy for this company and I pretty much have gotten to the point where I come in and do nothing most days. When I first started working here there were quite a few problems and most of them have been resolved. These days I pretty much end up sitting here reading Atot most of the day being bored out of my mind, feel kind of like a bum sitting here but there really isnt much to do. What is your usual level of activity at your work, bouncing off the walls trying to get things done or are you bored like me?

 

[nick1985]

Some day's Im really busy helping people, other days I sit on ATOT. Varies

Im also IT

 

[mb]

Same here, except I'm not in IT.

I spent 4 hours today making minor tweaks that no one asked for to a bunch of our PDF forms I was so bored.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

I'm also IT

Mondays and Tuesdays are insane. I'm doing *something* 95%+ of my day.

Wednesday are hit or miss, usually have some time to browse AT but not a ton

Thursdays are usually slow, I deal with backups, updates, checking logs etc

Fridays are generally almost dead.

 

[RKS]

was in IT and busy but the job sucked. now with a JD my job is busy and exciting but the office atmosphere is like being in a freak show.

 

[nboy22]

I'm in 3D Animation, I'm usually pretty busy but find time to get on ATOT and other forums while I'm rendering/calculating different things.

 

[rcpratt]

Varies wildly based on the day (licensing engineering). Today I have been working pretty hard and in and out of calls most of the day.

 

[BoomerD]

Simple solution...tell your boss you need more work.

 

[dfuze]

I just usually BS with cube mates or float around the forums.

 

[highland145]

Busy, busy, busy printing my own $$ in the back.

Actually work ~3hrs per day.

 

[onza]

Accounting -

4months of hell.
8months of ATOT.

 

[Elias824]

Simple solution...tell your boss you need more work.

On average I probably only talk to my boss about once a month, I have however asked our 2nd in charge person several times for more work which is kind of hit or miss if she can come up with anything, though at most its maybe an afternoons worth. My only fear is that IT is going to be eaten up into the accounting department and ill end up getting stuck with a bunch of their data entry or just get stuck working under the accountant here whom quite dislike.

 

[vshah]

i'm in development...it's pretty busy as we release to production every week or two. lots of juggling smaller ad hoc requests with longer term projects. i spend a few hours every week just keeping the branches up to date.

i nef while compiling

 

[IndyColtsFan]

So Im the only IT guy for this company and I pretty much have gotten to the point where I come in and do nothing most days. When I first started working here there were quite a few problems and most of them have been resolved. These days I pretty much end up sitting here reading Atot most of the day being bored out of my mind, feel kind of like a bum sitting here but there really isnt much to do. What is your usual level of activity at your work, bouncing off the walls trying to get things done or are you bored like me?

I'm a developer. Most days, I have multiple meetings and am loaded with work and at least 1 new project comes along every week, it seems, and usually they are "urgent" and I have to rearrange my whole schedule.

You should just look for another job. Sounds like you work for a very small shop and if you have that little to do, your job may not be that secure.

 

[Malak]

I used to do IT and found it terribly boring as well.

 

[AstroManLuca]

This thread makes me think of this: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2093225

 

[Trey22]

4 hours of work spread across 8-10 hours in a day... sometimes I just put my head on my desk.

 

[Dankk]

I'm in 3D Animation, I'm usually pretty busy but find time to get on ATOT and other forums while I'm rendering/calculating different things.

I'm in a similar situation, my employer is pretty adamant about staying on-task but sometimes I'll browse around the forums or other places on the web while rendering/encoding video.

 

[Elias824]

I'm a developer. Most days, I have multiple meetings and am loaded with work and at least 1 new project comes along every week, it seems, and usually they are "urgent" and I have to rearrange my whole schedule.

You should just look for another job. Sounds like you work for a very small shop and if you have that little to do, your job may not be that secure.

Reason im working here right now is because im also going to school and its one of the few part time IT jobs that will actually have some meaning on my resume. The sad thing is they used to have 2 people doing this job so they could have someone here all the time, and even with 2 guys they didnt fix any of the actual big issues that were going on, so I think im safe for now.

 

[mrCide]

Sys Admin here too. Some weeks I work maybe a few hours total, some weeks I'm working all week. Almost always I multitask and surf while I work though unless I'm testing/working on something heavily. When I first started there was always shit to do but now I wait until my boss approves projects for me otherwise I just wait.

I spent the first couple years tweaking/automating/scripting and simplifying all the processes that I could, after that..

I did work in small companies where I was the only IT guy before this job -- it's even worse. Try to keep yourself busy doing the things that I did, or at give yourself some learning projects, like C#, mssql or php/mysql.. anything helps. Or just surf the web all day til you're numb.

 

[polarmystery]

Simple solution...tell your boss you need more work.

It is the job of the boss to assign him work, not the job of the employee to find work to do.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

was in IT and busy but the job sucked. now with a JD my job is busy and exciting but the office atmosphere is like being in a freak show.

Are you at the patent office?

EDIT: NM. I see you are in SE Ohio.

Are you with patent agency?

 

[BoomerD]

It is the job of the boss to assign him work, not the job of the employee to find work to do.

That explanation should work well when they decide to lay him off because he doesn't have enough work to keep him busy...

And you folks bitch about lazy union workers...

 

[Drako]

It is the job of the boss to assign him work, not the job of the employee to find work to do.

Bullshit. A good employee will let his/her boss know if they are under tasked.

 

[BoomerD]

Bullshit. A good employee will let his/her boss know if they are under tasked.

Agreed. A simple, "Hey boss, I've run out of things to do for a while. What can I help you with?" goes a long fucking way.
Hell, as a crane operator, I almost always had plenty to keep me busy. If I wasn't hoisting, there was always plenty of maintenance-related things to do, but when everything was caught up, and I still had time on my hands...I always found other things to do...or asked the boss if he had anything I could do to stay busy. Hell, I'd run forklift, dozer, whatever it took to keep busy. I'd rather be so busy I don't know what day it is, than to be so bored at work that it feels like every hour is a full day.