Help!

Anonymous

October 27,2022 at 10:03PM UTC

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Help! I’m less than a week into a new role and I have this pit in my stomach that they did a bait and switch on me and this is not the job I signed up for. This new role is completely technical and I do not have a technical background, something I was very transparent about in my interviews. The new role has had next to no onboarding and they have dropped me into the deep end. I feel like I am failing and don’t know what to do. My boss is pretty unavailable and I feel stupid every time I bring something up.

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Farah BajwaOctober 28,2022 at 12:11AM UTC
I'm glad to hear you're recognizing the situation early on. If you can't sit down with your boss, can you sit down and the conversation with HR?
AnonymousOctober 28,2022 at 12:28AM UTC
Did u get clear job duties description details. If so request a meeting with hr and mgr to get clarity on expectations. If that doesn’t work start putting for bids elsewhere
Eliza OmoOctober 28,2022 at 3:07AM UTC
Schedule a meeting with your boss and have a real talk before it gets really serious.