(NOTE: For the purposes of this question I'm defining work as "actively contributing through some skill to a task that directly furthers your goals in your job as they are understood between you and the company/your superior")
Typing this as I start my shift at my wfm job, where I'm feeling a little lost. Part of the issue is that I basically made the job up - I used to be part time contract until I pitched my current role to a superior during a talent inquiry a few months ago and then she decided it was a good idea, so there's no well defined list of tasks I can latch onto. Don't wanna go too much into it but half my time is spent doing the stuff I was doing on contract, which takes basically little to no effort, while the other half is left unstructured to me where I'm to do research, gather and consolidate feedback about user experiences, and act as a generalist "fixer" type for intermediate level tech and workflow stuff.
I feel like I spend so much time in my workday doing nothing, and I'm both scared that will reflect poorly on me for my continued prospects at the company and guilty that I might be slacking (only because it's nonprofit, otherwise I wouldn't care). Also probably a bit of :among-drip: syndrome mixed in there because this is my first non grocery store job.
Idk I just vomited all that out there. It's a free website :shrug-outta-hecks:
My job is pretty much dependant on how busy it is. I'd say on a good day I might have 4-5 hours of actual work. Smaller tasks that actually matter might make up another 30 minutes to and hour if that. Most of the rest is sitting around being bored or fighting with the company's systems since they haven't been working too well since late last year.