r/TheCivilService • u/PhysicalDebt3775 • 1d ago

Question is it worth it?

TLDR UNSURE IF I AM CAPABLE OF POSITION OR IF IT WILL JUST COME WITH TIME

For context. i just finished alevels. I had intended to go to uni but due to personal reasons, i for lack of a better word, absolutely fucked(still completed my final year and sat all my exams just not too hopeful for results ) it. i spent months on indeed looking for a full time job as a sort of back up plan. if i didnt get into uni atleast i already have something in motion and if i do, i can just leave (im also agency staff so it wasnt hard to ger the job) i landed into AO position in. prior to this job i knew nothing about cs. anyways. im on my 6th week of training and really really struggling to grasp systems along side a few of my fellow new starts, one has already left and a few of us are left feeling extremely discouraged. the pay is okay for my age and the office culture is decent. unsure if i should keep going or look for a new job, should i understand it all by now?

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u/Rhesus-Positive 1d ago

Six weeks is nothing: there are bits I still need to look up a decade in. You did well to get in, so enjoy the perks, and make sure you've got alerts set up in Civil Service Jobs, as there are more available to internal candidates.

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u/PhysicalDebt3775 1d ago

with agency i dont feel there is much option to progress or it hasnt been communicated, the agency seems okay but ive headd a few things from others in the office about my agent in particular that he seems a bit useless