To leave my new job after a day?

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I feel awful.

I hate it because it's just dull and the day drags. There isn't enough work to fill the day

The people I'm working with are lovely and I don't want to leave them in the lurch.

AIBU?

No one! This put added pressure onto existing staff and I'd hate to put them in that position again

It doesn't matter what they are.

Cripes. People don't usually get given a full workload on day 1 do they?
Give it a month at least! More like 3-6.

It's amazing because people are saying after one day she can't know the job and yet I've seen people get fired after a week for non performance 😳
Honestly OP you can leave for no other reason than you don't fancy it if you want, it's no big deal you'll get another job

If it feels wrong, call your old manager up and have a chat. Don't worry about the new place, they will cope.

No one gets a full, normal working day on the first day!

How long is your probation period? I suggest getting half way through that, and hopefully you will have a review with your line manager then anyway (if not, ask for one). If you are still unhappy, go armed with suggestions for what else you could do and see what their response is.

Is it the kind of role that they could/would have a temp in to do? The fact that no-one's been doing the role suggests not.

As a PP said, keep it professional. Say that you are apologetic but it's not for you but that you don't want to leave the role empty and you'll stay for two weeks. Would that work?

There's often little to do for the first few weeks while you're finding your feet. Sometimes when someone is new, the 'old' staff member might also be there so obviously there's not so much work for the newby. I remember a job where all I did for the first week was read documents on their server, but it became one of the busiest jobs I've ever had.

On the other hand, my predecessor in my current job told me on the first day that she was bored out of her mind and showed me all the work she had prepped for coming months because she wasn't busy enough. Some roles really are 'underemployed' but you have to decide which situation it is.

" I've seen people get fired after a week for non performance 😳"

Well they were obviously not given enough of a chance to learn the job. Having said that, I've seen a temp sent home after a week because she couldn't even send an email. Temps don't necessarily go through the interview stage so sometimes people are just completely mismatched to the job.

I did this once, but because on the first day I was told I couldn't have a lunch break, the one toilet shared by all staff was cracked, right down to the floor, and had not been cleaned in months at least, there were piles and piles of boxes stacked up over the fire exit. I quit very quickly. You can guess I wasn't interviewed in the shop where the job was to have been performed. I'd never have even finished the interview had I seen it. It was a jewellers, utterly appalling.

I started my job last year and was miserable after 1 day. I am still miserable now. I was doing agency work before then and can't go back to that, as it is just not secure. Sometimes you just know that a job isn't right.

I went to a job and I knew I had made a mistake leaving my previous job on the first day, unfortunately I couldn't go back as the girl I worked wasn't happy I left and shared some bad blood with me. I lasted 12 months before I got another job which was more suited to me. I was taken advantage of expected to work over time for no extra( I was on minimum wage) and not getting paid to mandorary training. Sometimes you just know, you've made a bad move, I actually cried it was awful.

I once left a job after a week. Got my pay packet (it was in the 80's) and just never went back.

Hello OP. Are you the person who posted about the dream job you have just been offered? The job that sounded to good to be true and is literally on your doorstep?

What were the reasons you started job hunting and why you left your previous job?

We had a woman in our office in the city of London who walked out on day 2, she said that she knew she had made a mistake straightaway and returned to her old job. I think she should have stayed for longer than a day, which was mainly induction and she hadn't even begun her day to day job.

If you know that you could take your old job back, then why don't you?

It's an almost no question.

In terms of leaving them in the lurch, a job that only takes 4 days to train someone; I should imagine they could replace quite quickly.

Oh my goodness! You know nothing about the job after a day, or even a week or month! You need to give it 6 months (unless you are being treated badly and it is affecting your health negatively) before you will have any idea what the job is actually like. The first days are simply filled with sitting around, getting computer access (if an office job), finding the toilet and other people trying to figure out what to include you in. It gets busier as you are given tasks and get involved in things.

We had someone work at my last place of work for one day. She was told on day 2 she wasn't suitable ( a massive understatement, obvious very serious issues etc) with her threats of litigation and so forth.
It took us the entire next day to coax her out of the premises.
Sorry for derailing the thread OP. I'm not saying you are in any way like this person.
I'd see the week out; chances are new employers are cutting you some slack because you are new and don't want to put you under undue pressure until you become well acquainted with their way of doing things.

My last job I knew on the first day I'd made a mistake. I was determined to give it time and I ended up with awful anxiety and stayed for 12 months in that role before moving departments. I should have quit the first day tbh. Do what you need to do OP

I ignored my gut instinct and didn't walk out of a job on day 1. A senior member of staff was having a major rant and throwing objects in a temper. I felt it was very inappropriate but it was the attitude of the other staff who seemed unconcerned about his seemingly 'normal' behaviour that really freaked me out. I stayed for a year and that day did turn out to be pretty representative of the place. I was a jibbering wreck by the time I quit. Duh.

Your situation seems quite benign by comparison

You need to give it 6 months (unless you are being treated badly and it is affecting your health negatively) before you will have any idea what the job is actually like

Nah - you don't. Call your old boss tomorrow. Use your gut - that's what it is there for.

Go back to your old place while you can! I jumped ship from a fantastic place thinking grass was greener, knew on day one it wasn't for me and regretted my decision ever since! Old work changed management shortly after I left and so couldn't easily go back although knew they'd have had me back if I'd wanted I'd have had to start on lower starting salary again and couldn't do that! Oh well you live and learn I guess.

For a whole host of reasons, like yourself including a bereavement, I once quit a job after only a few days because I knew it wasn't right for me.

Sometimes you just know. The industry I am in now the actual work to be done over an 8/9 hour shift, bar serving the occasional customer, can be done by one person in under an hour. I will admit that I find filling the rest of the time to be dull and procrastinate a lot. And there's a lot of working alone involved so not much team interaction. But then the customers are lovely and the job is easy and pays well so I put up with the daily monotony.

I managed 2.5 days in a job. I just KNEW, and also if I left straight away they could hire someone else from the same interview group. It was the best decision I've ever made.