Message #73652

[Cathy S]

It sounds as if what might be happening is that your predecessor had established duties that were over and above the company job description ... this often happens when a proactive person is in role for sometime - they spot something that needs doing, take care of it and it just goes right ahead and slots itself in to the role ... often without anyone being aware it has happened.  Your predecessor has described the role with those additions in but since the organisation has never considered them an official part of the role you are doing everything they expect of you.

The other factor is that often when a boss and support work together for sometime and confidence grows additional things might start to be included eg: collecting dry cleaning - it is something I have never subscribed to in my career, but I have worked with colleagues for whom it was a twice weekly duty. 

It sounds as if you are doing all the right things, finding out about the organisation, clarifying that your work is to an acceptable standard so I think you have to wait it out and see what happens - perhaps set yourself a timescale that if things haven't changed in 6 months you will start looking at the job market? 

In the mean time I hope you will become a regular on DDNet and share your experiences with others.

Cathy