While it’s good to do your best, being a perfectionist can be a powerful stress generator. It couldn't be helped. It could be working with other teams to make their processes better. I'd jump on the computer and look at orders to make it seem like I was doing something.I've been in situations like this, usually because of a manager who didn't understand how to delegate. Chronic stress is …

Maybe that vacation isn't too much of a stretch on the wallet after all.Yup. Summaries of meetings?

While I am more expensive and often don't get enough work to do, the value I provide to the company is worth it.It doesn't hurt to bone up on what other DB administrators do at other companies. can’t find anywhere else.

Meetings about how to make meetings more effective?

Nor is Ted the intern.You say you want more work now, but I'm guessing you don't know what it's like to be in a very high-stress environment constantly. And a lot of that is due to people making suggestions like you are of, "well if you have nothing to do ask the boss what you can help out with. A company could find someone part-time for 15-20 hours a week, but chances are they won't be as good as you, or if they are, they will realize they could get more hours and more money elsewhere.So they hired you because there is a need. There are alternatives like outsourcing, but the logistics of that can be complicated and the company you work with might not understand their needs. What I got good at was looking busy. "If OP is finding that he is able to finish the job with plenty of time left over then he needs to focus on learning more about his job and not learning someone else's job. Do you think he will get a pay raise? Yes today might be boring.

It's difficult to decide whether to stick around or not at this point.As a DB Admin, this isn't too unusual, but there are a lot of downtime activities available to you. Is this a "normal" thing in an office working environment?Your situation does happen occasionally, but as a database administrator, it's not helping you learn much in the long run. You make a good point that it probably won't help in the long run as I don't feel like I'm progressing.The boss has been playing around with the idea of pay rises in September, but I can't understand why. Then you can help out IT and look more useful!No.

You may not like the job that much.

Most of the time I sat around waiting. pre and post meetings?

Spend time making your database better. Do you have backups? Everyone pitches in. But there is something to be said for having a qualified person on standby during business hours.Here is the thing. If the company works slow, you work slow.There are companies out there that regularly audit employees they could lay-off to save money, or reinvest into another department.

Do you actually test your backups to prove you can restore from them?

Yup, to fill in the 40 hour week.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castThe core mission of /r/jobs is empowering job seekers and employees through the promotion of: their best interests, helpful and sound advice, and encouragement.Press J to jump to the feed.
It will also poison the position so when OP quits guess what they will expect out of the next dba?

Jobs with 70% downtime get you nowhere in the long run.As a DB admin, if everything is working, you're doing your job.Maybe you can spend some time polishing up your coding skills?
Ideally, you don’t have to quit, but can use your ongoing time away from work (mornings, evenings, weekends) to bounce back.

If not, start building it. You could do this in your sleep. These employees are obviously not engaged at work.


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