A little background. 20+ year veteran of IT, early 40s. After a decade and a half at old company, position was eliminated last year as part of company downsizing. Searched for 4 months, and wound up landing the job where I'm at now. It's on a contract to hire basis, and I'm making more money than I ever have before.
My immediate manager is incredibly nice and supportive. My co-worker who I work closest with is also very helpful and we get along well. Our team leader is a gruff older fellow...I actually get my workload from him.
The problem is, in the last few weeks, the workload has been very light and I have been incredibly bored at work. Tedium makes the day go very slowly.
I've had to invent work for myself, things like verifying IT inventory, reviewing and updating documentation. It's produced value, but not what I was hired to do. I've been asking the team leader for resources to build a couple of new systems since Wednesday morning...nothing yet. To be fair, he's had some other issues to tend to, but he is the bottleneck. He has a host of health problems and tends to forget things. And he has all the keys to the kingdom and he likes it that way. I get the sense he doesn't always like to share, or at the very least he doesn't remember to give me enough to keep me busy.
I always produce timely, quality work and they have no complaints about anything with me so far. The thing is, 2 1/2 months in, I'm starting to get the sense that this job may be a stepping stone. I have addressed this with my direct boss in team meetings as well, and so far nothing has come to increase my work.
I'm a motivated go-getter who likes to get things done and make a difference. It feels like I'm commuting 55 minutes in the morning to be bored much of the day at work. I'm not sure if I see this changing any time soon. I had lunch with my co-worker the other day and he shared similar frustrations (he has been there less than a year and was hired on when my contract started).
At this point...I'm not sure how long I should stick it out and wait and see if it improves, or if I should begin hunting again. The job is fine when there is enough to do, but it makes for a very long and slow day when there isn't.
I'd like input. What do you think I should do, particularly if you've been in a job where there hasn't been enough workload. Since this is a contract-to-hire position, sort of a try-before-you-buy...I wouldn't feel so bad about that part. If an interviewer asks why I'm looking so soon, I'll reply honestly not enough work, not enough of a challenge. If at any point I do leave, I, of course, would give two weeks' notice.
Thoughts, please. Thanks.
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