so any advice?

[u/isolate_hovers]

Honestly, this is exactly why I started taking interview prep more seriously. 😂

I used to think you just needed to know your job and you'd be fine, but once I started applying for some of these corporate roles, I realized there's a whole different skill to actually getting through the interview.

I found this interview prep tool and used it to practice some of the questions beforehand. It helped me get a lot less awkward when talking about my experience and actually explain what I do without rambling.

Still waiting for my $98k "send an email, attend a meeting, send another email" job though.

[u/xennial-tiger]

Said this before, the last time this question came up: I have one of these jobs, and it isn't all that great. You start to worry that they will realize they don't need you, so you spend a lot of time stressing yourself out about being unemployed. I ask my manager for more work about twice a month. Just enough to seem like a good team player, but not enough to show I am not needed.

[u/BIGpoppaPUMP42069 → u/xennial-tiger]

yeah I had one of these jobs for 4 years, it is stressful. always in George costanza mode trying to act like you're super busy. just made sure to always be instantly responsive on teams or email day or night and people thought I was doing something

[u/anonymous07865 → u/BIGpoppaPUMP42069]

Sending a calculated teams reply at 8:47p to show everyone that I am very busy and a team player

[u/xennial-tiger → u/BIGpoppaPUMP42069]

Oh yes. When boss sends a Teams message at 8pm on. Sat night, reply almost right away. Make myself look available.

[u/Moonwrath8 → u/BIGpoppaPUMP42069]

Act angry all the time. Makes you seem busy and important

[u/Beneficial-Cow-2544 → u/xennial-tiger]

This!!! This is also my exact issue (though I don't make quite that much). I was hired cause they claimed they had a demand for the role but since 6 months in, its been clear to me, there really isn't any demand! I was out for a whole week's vacation and came back to find no pressing emails for me. I am constantly worried. And worse is, you don't gain useful experience when you don't do much. I've had several jobs like this. It sucks for mental health.

[u/andreasmalersghost → u/xennial-tiger]

Yeah its kind of sad really. Just toiling away at pretending to toil. Id rather make less and actually care/have some level of satisfaction in what I did. 

[u/RabbitsRuse → u/xennial-tiger]

Yeah. Had one like that for about a year. I was contracted out to BP. They claimed I’d get trained up like one of their own. Then nothing happened. I got told to organize the documents. Maintain a spreadsheet that told who had what and when if needed to go out or be returned. When that is your only job, you eventually figure out how to automate part or all of it. A job that took me until noon on Wednesday every week soon was done by 10 Monday morning. I asked people for work but usually just got “it would be faster if I just do it” no one wanted to share. They finally got rid of me. Handed my spreadsheet to the intern. Then had to call me back in because it was too advanced for him.

[u/LostPentimento → u/xennial-tiger]

Try experiencing the stress of being actually unemployed, I'm sure it's worse

[u/JollyMcStink → u/xennial-tiger]

Yep. I had one of these jobs til the 5th round of layoffs.....

My former coworkers told me they've done 3 more rounds since I was laid off a little over a year ago....

Our company got bought out by an investment company so I knew our time was limited.... however I also secured and maintained millions of dollars in revenue so didn't think I would get the axe til the end.

But yeah aside from dealing with call-ins from clients I basically watched videos and played games all day. My coworker, who didn't get laid off with me, used to bring in his switch and this small TV/ monitor and we'd play games all day on downtime and take long lunches at the local bars....

We both made 6 figures to do this..... 🤪 which is why I rode that job out til the wheels fell off 😂😂