Has anyone else started a new job and instantly regretted it ?

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

Long story short -private hosp to a general Nhs. same department and better pay....

But the staff are bitchy about eachother when one leaves a room. The training on their systems and knowledge is not being shared. Process are similar but completely different platform uses. No one is fucking helping despite asking. Day 4 in and I feel like crying. Never felt so lost.

I'll give it til Monday, if no different ok asking for my old job back. My boss said she will keep my role open. The extra 4k a year is not worth working like this.

Please say I'm not alone

[FFSAllTheGoodNamesAreGone]

Yep me. I walked in and instantly knew I had made a mistake. I used to go outside on my breaks and cry thinking what have I done. Luckily the people I worked with were lovely but I hated the job. It wasn't for me. I stuck it out for a year then got my dream job in the same company just a different dept. Been there 10 years now.

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

update

Tried to stick it's 4 weeks. There is one girl that openly bitches about me with another person and my boss daily. It's horrendous so bad. Apparently even though I have only been there 1month, NHS contract say I have to give a month. I broke down on the phone today when HR told me. My old job is very happy to take me back. I can't take one day let alone a month xx

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

And I must add, the stress had triggered my bulimia.

[TravellingSpoon]

Could you not get a sic note to cover your 4 weeks? I hope you are okay.

[LoveFall]

I was head hunted for a job I thought would be a good career move.

I left a job I loved and took a small pay cut.

I knew within a week at the new job I had made a huge mistake. My boss had a huge office next door to mine. He would call me on his speaker phone rather than come and talk to me. I could hear myself talking through the wall!

So very rude and actually demeaning. I left after 4 months, much to the disgust of the employer.

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

I'm going to email my Drs tonight and hopefully get a note and resign. It just means I can't get back to my old place for a few weeks xx

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

I've just binged Every sweet carb in my house and then chucked it up. I'm exhausted

If you are reading this and currently bullying someone then I hope this gives you a reality check to the soul you are destroying.

[Queenie6655]

@Borisjohnsonshairbrush

I'm going to email my Drs tonight and hopefully get a note and resign. It just means I can't get back to my old place for a few weeks xx

Do not put yourself through that hell

Resign !!

Poor you xxxxxxxx

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

I want to resign but it's NHS and apparently even though I have worked a month a have to give a month.

[tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz]

Aahhh luv I'm sorry, that sounds utterly shit. I agree that you should try and get signed off. You're already not well and another 4 weeks is going to hell.

Sending you very un-MN hugs

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

Thank you XXX

[KatherineJaneway]

Just walk out. They can't do anything if you say you're resigning with immediate effect and nevergo back

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

@KatherineJaneway

I know but it can affect my pay if I just walk can't it?

I can't believe the NHS have staff like this?

[KatherineJaneway]

It's been a while since I worked in HR but they have to pay you for the days you've worked.

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

Notice written.....

[DontBeADodo]

@Frostine

Yes Thames Water , stayed 1.5 days.

Oh no! I've just got a job here!! I start in 2 weeks. Can you tell me more please??? DM me if you like!! Please!!

[ChippyChipper]

Going back to work after 6 years as a SAHM, I got offered a pretty good job, so I thought, in the local authority in my town (10 min commute) at the same time as being offered a job in a big financial services firm which was an hour commute. The pay difference was about £10k but I decided being close to DC’s school and not having a long and expensive commute was a much better option.

I had only ever worked in the private sector (big firms) prior to that and I’ll never forget the agency who got me the financial services job telling me to be really careful about going into the public sector and she hoped I wouldn’t regret it!

Well I did, big time! On my first day, I was told I wouldn’t be working for the person I though I’d be working for (a Director, I was a PA) so had never met the person I would be working for (the Chief Executive) who turned out to be the biggest arsehole I’d ever met!

At first I though I thought it was a promotion only to find out shortly afterwards his last PA had resigned on the spot and he’d gone through 4 others in the preceding two years. Everyone hated him so therefore hated me! Constantly ignoring requests to do stuff that I needed to carry out my job, reports, budgets, agree to meeting requests etc. He would then get aggy with me. The staff were all nice and smiles to his face and swearing openly about him as soon as he was out of earshot. Telling they wanted to spit in his sandwiches which I had to go out and buy and put on a plate with a serviette!

Also on my first day, a colleague had a massive row on her phone in the office with her boyfriend who she’d recently split up with apparently. Full on shouting and calling him a fucking cunt. I was just . Colleagues told me she was diagnosed with MH issues so got away with it. She was constantly off sick and not doing her work and as she worked in parallel with me, I had to pick up the slack and deal with her outbursts. She actually made me cry one day which I was absolutely mortified about as I was definitely not someone who had ever cried at work!

No one could ever be sacked so it seemed. I put in grievances but they didn’t do anything about it. One time my boss screamed at me because I forgot to flip his desk calendar to the next month, literally turning the page. I raised a grievance but was told ‘well he’s the Chief Exec, what can we do about it?’ I asked to be moved to a different role but was refused.

I stuck it for 14 months. I don’t know how, then went sick with stress for a few weeks as I couldn’t face going back after annual leave. Then resigned. The job had a really good pension as well .

I have never known such unprofessionalism and incompetence in any other job. Absolutely shocking.

[Showmethefood]

Yes me. I’ve been here two months. Hate it. It’s in care - the atmosphere is depressing, I’m left in a room on my own with 13 dementia patients and expected to put the vast majority to bed on my own. I’m left doing all the checks, all the body maps and all the get ups. The seniors are rubbish and just sit there whilst I answer all the buzzers. We are understaffed and there’s no team work. I’m here because right now we badly need the money but I hate it. I feel so worthless, hopeless and cheated. After years as a SAHM I feel like this has been a massive let down. I feel so stuck and I don’t know how to get out.

[FitAt50]

I started as an NHS Admin Manager 3 months ago - its been hell on earth. No training, no support, everyone off sick. Yesterday was my last day as also had to give one months notice even though I had only been there 2 months when I put it in. Start my new job on Monday and can't wait.

[FrenchFancie]

Yes on the first day! The woman I was replacing (and vaguely knew) warned me that the new manager was horrible but I ignored her. God I wish I’d listened!! I lasted nearly 2 years, 12 months of which I was on maternity leave. I really really wish I had listened on that first day and run a mile but…🤷‍♀️

[TravellingSpoon]

@Showmethefood

Yes me. I’ve been here two months. Hate it. It’s in care - the atmosphere is depressing, I’m left in a room on my own with 13 dementia patients and expected to put the vast majority to bed on my own. I’m left doing all the checks, all the body maps and all the get ups. The seniors are rubbish and just sit there whilst I answer all the buzzers. We are understaffed and there’s no team work. I’m here because right now we badly need the money but I hate it. I feel so worthless, hopeless and cheated. After years as a SAHM I feel like this has been a massive let down. I feel so stuck and I don’t know how to get out.

Can you find another care job elsewhere? Its very common for people not to stay long in care jobs, and no-one would bat an eyelid if you put 2 months on your CV. It sounds awful.

[Showmethefood]

@Travellingspoon

I am currently looking for other work yes :) I applied to one today in fact. What really gets me is that I don't get an uninterrupted dinner break, meaning I'm answering buzzers when I'm eating ...but I don't get paid for it. Its ridiculous. I'm expected to be a carer, a cleaner (cleaning the lounge etc at night and cleaning residents rooms whilst I'm getting them up - otherwise the "day staff" report i've left the room in a mess) and an admin (making sure I fill in all the paperwork every night for each resident) They put residents on new medications and don't inform me...I have to go through all the careplans to find out...they put two new residents over my side without telling me, so I found out when I got on shift. One messes with electrics and has to be watched constantly, the other lady can't be left alone with a certain other resident and then they expect me to be able to put people to bed.....like how am I supposed to do this on my own????? They left me on my own on my second shift, after promising I'd be shadowing for 2 weeks. They all went outside for a smoke and left me in the building on my own. I didn't even know the code to get out of the doors and all the buzzers were going off. I should have walked out then.

[TravellingSpoon]

Fingers crossed you get it. I hope that you report this to CQC.

[RufustheBadgeringReindeer]

I knew after a few hours that my job wasn’t right for me

I started at 9am and at lunchtime I was back in the agency looking to leave

I ended up staying there for 10 months before i found a much much better job

[Borisjohnsonshairbrush]

Sock note and resignation is in. Never going back xx