Boreout

Currently, I am working as a Content Marketing Specialist at a very well-known tech company. The salary is good, my manager is very soft and kind, and my colleagues are also great. However, I have nothing to do. It has been four months, and the only things I have completed are two press releases, one blog post, and a landing page. That is it. Here is the main problem: my manager wants every piece of content to go through her for approval, but she doesn’t actually want to do the work. Furthermore, she has no experience in content or digital marketing and has no interest in learning. Whenever I suggest writing a blog post, she asks, 'Is it going to be too technical? Who is going to review it?' At this company, I am also prohibited from sending my content to the engineering team for review. We have a subscription to Mailchimp, but she doesnt like paying for it with her credit card because we don't have a company card, and she doesn't want the hassle of applying for a reimbursement. This is my second job. Honestly, the company is doing extremely well because we are in the AI niche. At my first job, the salary was terrible, and I even had to pay out-of-pocket for travel. However, it was my first role, and my goal was to stick around for a year, do a great job, put it on my resume, and then negotiate a better position elsewhere. I did exactly that. I was a top performer at my previous company despite the intense workload and weekly one-on-one meetings. Things are completely different now, and the 'bore-out' is destroying my mental health. On a usual day, I just reshare LinkedIn posts or upload pictures of exhibitions if the sales team is traveling abroad. In four months, I haven’t had a single meeting. I feel invisible, and I don’t know how much longer I can take it. My friends advised me to be grateful because I am getting paid to sit around, but I feel like my skills are getting rusty, and I want to sharpen them. What would you advise me to do?