I have been at one of the big large megacorporation "brand-name" companies for almost two years now, and in the last year I have become incredibly bored with the work, due to most of it reducing to "add a field to this class, make a PR, wait two hours for it to be approved, repeat".
In a bit of irony, I have trouble actually completing these tasks because I find them so boring that I can't actually focus on them. With COVID exacerbating things, I am afraid that I'll be fired, or arguably worse, "professional purgatory" with no chance of ever being promoted to receive more interesting work.
I plan on talking to my manager about this, but due to past events that would be too personally identifying to go into, doing this is likely not going to lead to an optimistic outcome.
I guess I have two questions:
1) what do people do to stay motivated if you're given work that doesn't interest you in any capacity?
2) What do you do if your manager is uncooperative with you? Do you quit your job? Do you look for a transfer within the company?
2) Not sure "how" your manager is being "uncooperative"... Is he/she only giving you boring work? Sometimes managers dole out boring work if they think the person cannot handle more challenging tasks. Have you proven that you can be Excellent (See 1A) at all times? Have you nicely asked to be given the chance for a greater challenge?
It is going to be a tough "sell" to your manager if you are not completing boring tasks because you cannot focus on them. You'll probably need to prove your competence and excellence before you'll be granted tougher assignments.
Best of luck!