I got a job in my chosen field, but the way I'm being trained is making me miserable
Hello! I'm a long time lurker and listener of reddit. This is my first ever post, but I'm interested in getting perspective on my weird work situation. I have a degree in Data Analytics, persuing another in Computer Science. I recognize that I am extremely lucky to have my job as a full time data research specialist. I graduated in December and got this job in January. It doesn't pay as much as I'd hope, but it's entry level and when I got it I was so extremely excited despite the fact that I am not very familiar in the market I am in.
My supervisor has been training me via intuitive training and it's been making me overwhelmed and miserable. I've been left to input data that I have no idea what it means or why I'm doing it leading to me obviously mess up data in our databases. When we do an audit on data every week, I am always coming back with edits that stack so high that I can never get them finished by the end of the day.
On top of that I keep getting trained on new things. First it was data entry, then request tickets, then payment vouchers... All having to do with a market I'm still learning. When I was hired there were three of us on our team. Now one researcher left last month and the other is leaving in about a month so I have to learn all the processes. It's extremely overwhelming every day. My supervisor hired four new summer interns and although they've been some what helpful, they are also new and will be leaving once Fall semester starts.
My supervisor sent a Teams message about a week ago saying that if we have questions we need to list them down and schedule a meeting with her to discuss them, because she's been too busy answering questions that she hasn't been able to do any of her other tasks. We are not supposed to ask questions out loud to each other, or through Teams chat anymore. She said we need to be conscious of the managers time.
I am so frustrated because the training is so disorganized! It's a phone call and shared screen about how to do something and then I'm kind of left to figure it out from there. Every time I ask questions I now feel like I'm interrupting something. If I ask a quick question over Teams she calls me and we discuss that one question and of course I end up having more after the call. I am so frustrated and I don't know how to bring this up to management, because I also have no solutions.
I can see that it's structural, but it's making me emotional because of stress, frustration, constantly worrying about failing or what my boss is thinking. I've never been in this kind of structure before and I am not having fun, lol. Im a nerd and I love data and computers, but this job is making me feel like I'm too busy trying not to drown that I'm forgetting how much I love swimming.
I am struggling at work, because I have so many tasks that I need to do in a day and there's not a set schedule on when I do them. I can't set a schedule because the priorities are constantly changing throughout the day and it's super frustrating. Not to mention my boss doesn't communicate well and goes back on deadlines. Sometimes we'll be training on something and I feel like she it's chill and doesn't have to be done right away, but then at some point in the day several things are suddenly due and I'm left scrambling and a lot of my daily tasks are slipping through the cracks.
Anyway, I'm hoping to get some good advice about where to go from here, because if things continue this way I don't think I can stay at this job. I need the money and definitely the experience though. I want to work as a data analyst one day. This was a great place for me to vent it all out.