New first year- things incredibly slow?

Any other first years just not have much work to do? I've been on the desk since monday and have in total sent one calendar invite, edited 2 powerpoint slides (not decks- individual slides), and printed out one thing for a senior.


Is this normal for someone hitting the desk? Everyone at my bank constantly telling me how busy they are, yet it just seems like no one wants to take the time to actually get me up to speed and help. I talked to my staffer once but it's a bit weird because he's working remotely (on vacation maybe?) and I don't want to keep harassing him. 


Do I just bide my time and wait? Anyone have tips/tricks looking busy at the office when you have 0 work but don't want to look like a slacker and leave work? I've currently been sitting at the office everyday for 14 hours messing around in my email. 

 

Open previous project folders if you have access, and then check what's in them. Either genuinely study the materials, or put something on your desktop to pretend to be busy. I don't judge people on your motive.

Or, you can go to Macabacus or MultipleExpansion and learn to build models from scratch. The instructions are crystal clear. I guess you can also call that spoon feed, but it works. 

Persistency is Key
 

Was in the same boat last year and it made me pretty anxious. Looking back, I wish I would of sat tight. I would let the staffer know I had capacity any time we had a check in. I kept getting accounts that were slow / non active. A month later almost every account I was on blew up at once. 
 

i had a horrible 6 months after that. Lesson learned: don’t ask for work (excessively). It will come to you. 

 
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