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To quit after a week?

26 replies

Qu1tter · 05/10/2019 08:29

Started a new job this week. It's not what I expected, the travel is too much and everyone I've met is really negative. Would I be being unreasonable to chalk it up to experience and move on now rather than waste even more of everyone's time. And how best do I do it?

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HippoClampus · 05/10/2019 08:31

I'd prefer the security of another job before quitting, can you afford to support yourself while you find another one?

I quit one job after three hours once

TheSquashyHatOfMrGnosspelius · 05/10/2019 08:36

I managed three days once. The culture was awful. The other staff were so rude to me I thought I was going to be physically attacked and the mould on the walls and ceiling were making me wheeze. I had an email from the manager asking me to return and discuss it but I didn't even bother to answer.

This was two years ago and they are still advertising for staff in a sector that loads of people want to get into.

I will take a lot more notice of things when I go for interviews in the future and not just be greatful to be offered a job.

hamstersaremyfriends · 05/10/2019 08:43

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GameChange123 · 05/10/2019 08:46

Yes I left a job after 2 days. Toxic workplace culture. Found out the person who interviewed me who was ace would have been my line manager but replaced by another person who refused to be my boss! The job bore no resemblance to the job description and the person who thought they would get the job (and their friends) was horrible to me .

Sometimes it's important to fail quickly!
I then did some tempting and got a better permie role.

GameChange123 · 05/10/2019 08:47

Oops temping!

KUGA · 05/10/2019 08:47

Agree with HippoClampus.

Original poster
Qu1tter · 05/10/2019 08:52

Yes I can afford a gap. I just feel a bit daft. I was so excited about it but it's just awful.

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mrsk28 · 05/10/2019 09:04

If you can afford it and there's other options out there then I would just leave. Life is too short.

MarleysGhost · 06/10/2019 05:17

GameChange123 tempting would pay better! Grin

Cordial11 · 06/10/2019 05:29

Yep I just quit after 2.5 weeks, was tempted week 2!!!!

The MD Sacking the only person bothering to help me (young teenage girl) and laughing and joking as she packed her bags into a black bag was the last straw for me.

I have a second interview and another first round next week at amazing companies.

Don’t waste your time on them!

Cordial11 · 06/10/2019 05:29

Sorry tempted week 1 *

CloudsCanLookLikeSheep · 06/10/2019 05:44

I've done this. Twice. Better out than in, if you can afford not to work for a bit. Sometimes you just know it's not right. It's a horrible feeling.

Jammydodgerdunker · 06/10/2019 06:21

I quit a temp job after a week without notice, pissing my agency off, but I'd told them by day 1/2 I didn't like it & to find me another role, they didn't so jumped ship when another agency did. It was just a horrible atmosphere, job wasn't what I was expecting or suited & had boss moaning all the time even though I was trying really hard.

I've also stayed far too long in job I hated as felt I should, it cost my mental health. By the time I did leave with intention to take short break the resulting drop in self-esteem meant it was much harder finding work. I had applied for other permanent jobs during my time there but wish I'd gone back to temping to escape quickly.

MySonIsAlsoNamedBort · 06/10/2019 06:38

If you can afford it then yes! Your happiness is the most important thing!

IAmNotAWitch · 06/10/2019 06:46

I did this once. I almost picked up my bag and left on Day 3. Should have done. I finally walked out on Day 6.

It was bizarre. I just left it off my CV all together.

Rachelover60 · 06/10/2019 06:55

Yes, leave if you can afford it. Don't put it on your cv, say you were having a career break and looking around.

Palaver1 · 06/10/2019 07:05

Why wait even if you can’t afford it leave now.
You move on ,they will move on regardless.
I would never advise one stays in a job that’s just been started just for the financial aspect.
The job you need is out there

MyCatPeedOnTheCurtains · 06/10/2019 07:07

Left one job at lunchtime on day 2. Strange office culture, nobody spoke, not offered any training whatsoever.
Manager sent me an email giving me grief, I didn't respond.

Left another job after 6 months because of bullying and the role being nothing like described.
Just picked up my bag and keys and walked out.
Manager called me when I was half way home and I gave him both barrels.
He said sorry later but I never went back.

MyCatPeedOnTheCurtains · 06/10/2019 07:07

Oh and I left both jobs off my CV.

Stuckinanutshell · 06/10/2019 07:26

Total sympathy here. I once left a job before it actually really started during the training day. What was ‘sold’ to me during the interview unravelled at training. The route to promotion etc wasn’t as stated, the time/location was ‘variable’ and that wasn’t shared previously. The people
I was training with seemed awful. I also realised at the very last minute - having sat there and felt trapped and panicked - that I really wanted to be in a different sector entirely that I didn’t want this to be my life.

So I left.

I had to explain to all who had excitedly wished me good luck in the run up to the job starting and it was a little awkward BUT anyone who truly cares will just be happy you’re happy.

As long as you can afford the break then chalk this up to experience and move on.

ContadoraExplorer · 06/10/2019 07:58

I was the same, realised within the first week I'd made a mistake and started looking immediately. I held out for the right role so was 9 months in total (3 months notice period which was crazy given I was so bored 95% of the time because they didn't have work for me to do!) before I got away.

Even if I could have afforded to be without work, I wouldn't have left without another job though - I recruit in my current and previous roles and I'm always suspicious of gaps.

FunOnTheBeach20 · 06/10/2019 07:59

I once stayed somewhere 6 weeks. It was hell. If you can afford to go for it.

WonderTweek · 06/10/2019 08:13

I quit after three days once. I had my interview in a café which I thought was unusual, but I was young and inexperienced so didn't think more of it. Got the job and got to the company office and it was essentially a storage unit that my boss and her friend were hiring and they used it as an office. It was cold and damp and my boss said that you have to take till you make it and she took me to her client meetings where I watched her pretend she was running a successful company. Grin It was weird and I had zero training and I left after three days and started temping.

I thought about leaving my current job after day 1 but I was aware that I was incredibly anxious about everything and that it was clouding my judgement, so have given it six months before deciding on anything. I'm actually quite enjoying the job now so I might stay. Smile

Good luck with whatever you decide OP.

Basketofkittens · 06/10/2019 08:19

I’ve left one job after a week, two after a month and one after six weeks. Left them off my CV and never had any problems finding a better job after!

BikeRunSki · 06/10/2019 08:22

I had suspicions in the lift to my floor in my first morning in a job once. Suspicions confirmed and worsened within 48 hours. I rang my old boss to ask for my old job back (he refused even though I hadn’t been replaced)., it took 18 months for me to leave, but we couldn’t afford a gap. I’ve been in the job I went to for 15 years, so I always look on this “blip” as a positive in the grand scheme of things.