I was hired for a newly created job early this year, however my actual job responsibilities have not started.

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June 15,2023 at 4:10PM UTC

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I was hired for a newly created job early this year, however my actual job responsibilities have not started. In the meantime, I have worked on some short-term projects or projects I developed myself and feel are beneficial. I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes, but frankly I am not receiving the training I need from my co- workers who either have job security issues or seem to be setting me up failure. My manager is oblivious to this and I don’t want to start any drama. By the way, I’m 61 years old and finding another job is not an option, especially with age descrimination.

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Debra SesholtzJune 15,2023 at 4:43PM UTC
Have you and your boss put together an action plan for the next 3-6 months for your new position? If not, maybe you can start here. Bring some suggestions for action items you see relevant to the new role. Then if there are any training issues, you can bring them up in the context of getting what you need to successfully accomplish the action items.
AnonymousJune 16,2023 at 1:55PM UTC
Put together a 30-60-90 action plan for yourself then have your manager sign off on it. In this case, you may need to be really specific as to what goals you want to achieve. List out the resources that will need to be accessed, people and systems, then keep a running list of issues you are running into. Then when the problems continue, you have documentation you can take to your manager to get their assistance.
AnonymousJune 18,2023 at 2:41PM UTC
I’m 58. Honestly at 61 that’s the very last thing I’d do with a company that isn’t bothering to even help me out. That’s just putting yourself in front of the firing squad. Maybe there’s a reason they’re not helping. Sorry to say but ageism is alive and well and sometimes they let people flounder when they want to get rid of them. Don’t help them do that. By all means make a 30-60-90 plan but do it for yourself, and if it were me, I’d be looking for other work.
AnonymousJune 16,2023 at 5:59PM UTC
Well I would not wait to get trained, find a way to self direct even if it means making some mistakes. Stay the course and congrats on being an experienced employee in this very ageist workforce.
Zeecil KimmelJune 19,2023 at 11:52AM UTC
I started a new job and everyone was really too busy to train me. And then within a very short period of time they left and I became the senior team member. When you say I am not receiving the training I need - honestly you sound like you are whining. And I used to say the same things, so I know, but you need to take ownership of your own life and career and find the training you need. It might be in the Team space folder or posted on the internal sites - maybe watch old Webinars but it's somewhere. Find it and start teaching yourself whatever you need to be successful. It is a dog-eat-dog world out there but once you show everyone you are doing it on your own they are going to jump on the bandwagon of your success to help you so they can say they trained you.
Good Luck - you can do it.