New job update

BensonE

Who would like a update on my first day of work yesterday

anastasiahar_

Good evening @BensonE
It would be great to hear about your first day of work

Maisy

I'm sure many of our members (including me) would like an update on your first day of work!

sinead276

I'll also add my name to those who would love to hear about your first day - i hope it went well for you

BensonE

I've been mental trying to figure out how to do flexi hours around fixed sessions

It's not as fun as it sounds especially since my work load is low and I have remote working as a option.

First day went well, had todo load of training and got todo some detached too and had to get my work laptop and have building induction

Yesterday was working from home and had session in evening (I was sitting in on)

Today was a blend of remote and in office working (I wasn't suspose to remote work I was suspose to have time off I think) I also had to pick up rest of my equipment and did some more detached youthwork where I got alot more hands on

ebyrne556

Hiya
I just wanted to say that I am so proud of you for getting through your first day of work it’s not easy and it’s such a big adjustment for anybody and just wanted to say sending you so much hugs and a big well done. I hope you get some time at the weekend to just relax and do something nice.

Amy22

Hey @BensonE that sounds like a great day to have especially as it sounds like you may be doing remote and office work too. I also do something similar but in the creative industry where it is both remote and on site hybrid working style. How are you finding your work place at the moment?. I hope everything is going well. It sounds like you are doing something you do enjoy as well which is quite important when it comes to working as well. It definitely sounds like a busy job but very interesting. I do hear though that your work load was quite low and I am thinking that maybe they could be slowly introducing to the workload (similar to what they did with me basically in my job role). I hope you are enjoying your new job and I am super proud of you for going to your first day .

BensonE

Amy22 wrote: »

Hey @BensonE that sounds like a great day to have especially as it sounds like you may be doing remote and office work too. I also do something similar but in the creative industry where it is both remote and on site hybrid working style. How are you finding your work place at the moment?. I hope everything is going well. It sounds like you are doing something you do enjoy as well which is quite important when it comes to working as well. It definitely sounds like a busy job but very interesting. I do hear though that your work load was quite low and I am thinking that maybe they could be slowly introducing to the workload (similar to what they did with me basically in my job role). I hope you are enjoying your new job and I am super proud of you for going to your first day .

Low work load is common for new guys plus I don't think they've had a full time detached person in a while

Jayn21

Im glad that your first day went well

Amy22

@BensonE I get you I can imagine that being quite common given it was your first day on the job as well. However, maybe the work load may be getting better as you go along?.

BensonE

Amy22 wrote: »

@BensonE I get you I can imagine that being quite common given it was your first day on the job as well. However, maybe the work load may be getting better as you go along?.

You should see my calendar for this week, got alot of sessions and a few meetings

My paperwork load is low but that's expected due to it being todo with session planning etc. Mostly

Amy22

@BensonE It seems like a bit of a quiet ish week then which isn't too bad.Ah I see so you do a lot of session planning and stuff then?.

Azziman

Hey @BensonE, well done on starting your new role in a positive way! I can hear that things like flexible hours can be tricky to navigate - is there a colleague/manager that you could speak to, to get their advice? Hope that the rest of your first week goes well - would love to hear how you get on

BensonE

Amy22 wrote: »

@BensonE It seems like a bit of a quiet ish week then which isn't too bad.Ah I see so you do a lot of session planning and stuff then?.

Yes and no, atmo I'm getting to know the sessions

BensonE

Azziman wrote: »

Hey @BensonE, well done on starting your new role in a positive way! I can hear that things like flexible hours can be tricky to navigate - is there a colleague/manager that you could speak to, to get their advice? Hope that the rest of your first week goes well - would love to hear how you get on

My managers only advice to me was watch your hours it's very easy to over work

Luckily though we are able to work from home which helps with flexi hours and we all often work from home from looks of things

JustV

BensonE wrote: »

Azziman wrote: »

Hey @BensonE, well done on starting your new role in a positive way! I can hear that things like flexible hours can be tricky to navigate - is there a colleague/manager that you could speak to, to get their advice? Hope that the rest of your first week goes well - would love to hear how you get on

My managers only advice to me was watch your hours it's very easy to over work

True story. Also easy not to notice, then to suddenly feel exhausted and not know why.

Even those moments where you're like "I'll just throw an extra 30 mins in here to get this done" can add up over time and bite you later if you're not working sustainably.

BensonE

JustV wrote: »

BensonE wrote: »

Azziman wrote: »

Hey @BensonE, well done on starting your new role in a positive way! I can hear that things like flexible hours can be tricky to navigate - is there a colleague/manager that you could speak to, to get their advice? Hope that the rest of your first week goes well - would love to hear how you get on

My managers only advice to me was watch your hours it's very easy to over work

True story. Also easy not to notice, then to suddenly feel exhausted and not know why.

Even those moments where you're like "I'll just throw an extra 30 mins in here to get this done" can add up over time and bite you later if you're not working sustainably.

For me it's sessions over running

JustV

BensonE wrote: »

JustV wrote: »

BensonE wrote: »

Azziman wrote: »

Hey @BensonE, well done on starting your new role in a positive way! I can hear that things like flexible hours can be tricky to navigate - is there a colleague/manager that you could speak to, to get their advice? Hope that the rest of your first week goes well - would love to hear how you get on

My managers only advice to me was watch your hours it's very easy to over work

True story. Also easy not to notice, then to suddenly feel exhausted and not know why.

Even those moments where you're like "I'll just throw an extra 30 mins in here to get this done" can add up over time and bite you later if you're not working sustainably.

For me it's sessions over running

Ooooh, that makes sense (and is a bit of a different thing lol)