for wanting to quit my supermarket job after a week?

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i know that i probably am and in fact i won't quit just yet as i haven;t even worked a proper shift but i just feel that i won;t like it

we have done the training etc and that all went fine but i just don't know i get the impression that i will not like it part of it is the hours but that;s not the job thats just when i cn actually work but oh i don't know

will give it a month or so and a proper try but am going to see if they can give me more hours at my other job

but then i feel awful to ds as i wouldn;t be home after school b4 he went to bed apart from on a friday! but would be there all weekeend

am doing my first shift tonight and have spent most of the day trying to work out where else i could work

sorry this is a bit long but not sure what to do

Well it is worth giving it a try. I have done jobs that I hated in the past but the money always ruled unfortunately. It is coming up to Christmas and just to see the kids faces on Christmas Day made it all worth it. I used to sell Wills in the evening (telephone sales) - I hated every single second of it but to see their faces with their new bicyles on Christmas Day - well just filled me with joy. Taking some of the pressure off my husband also helped - he worked long hours (often 18 hour shifts) helped me come to terms with the situation.

Why don't you give it a try, see how it goes and if you don't like it keep looking for something else. I am sure something will come up.

Will your partner/husband be putting your ds to bed - he might love having someone else take care of him in the evening and he will love you even more when he sees you again.

Most of us have to do this sort of thing when the children are young to help to make ends meet!!!!

Good luck whatever you decide to do.

i know your right and that is why i'm doing it we went on our first family holiday last year (ds is five and dd two) and they really enjoyed it - dh is self employed and hasn't been able to take any holidays forthe past four years and it was lovely so thought would get a second job forthe holiday cash so we could go next year

will definately have to keep the job until something else comes up

you are probably right about ds just can;t help feeling bad about it but i suppose i am these all day most school hols and every weekend - i suppose unless you are lucky you have to make a compromise somewhere and once dd starts school things may change we were thinking of having another baby but don;t know now with this struggle over jobs etc

I know where you are coming from on all fronts. Us Mums just get on with it. Just keep on thinking of the children and the holidays. You never know, you might make some nice friends and have a laugh - that will make a difference.

I work full time now and are friends with a girl who I used to work with. We have coffee one day every week together, just to keep in touch and catch up. It is lovely. We have been friends now for about 30 years!!!

if i can arrange more hours at my other job and they want me to start straight away how can i quit

we have had 20 hours of training what can i say? if i give it a week and then say it's not gonna work out

part of me would love to just not turn in but that's not fair on everyone else that works there

could i do a week and then call in and say that my child care has fallen through or that i have been offered a job that is more suitable etc - i guess you can see the way i am leaning here dh has been great and has basically said it is up to me but don;t expect to get away if you don;t cover the money with a different job

also if i quit here will this affect (effect?) me getting a job elsewhere i don't have to mention it on application forms etc do i when applying for work elsewhere as i have the other job for a reference?

sorry to go on and on but the thought of even having to go in tonight fills me full of dread and i haven't felt like this about a job since before i had ds!!

Poor you I would advise you try to stick it out and look around for something else.
If your other job is going to give you more hours, suggest that you need to have a week's notice (I presume that is how long you'll need to gove the supermarket job) in order to sort out childcare arrangements. This will allow you to give proper notice to the supermarket job.

i'll try that i need to ask my other boss first and say to her that if i get extra hours they need to be in my contract so i get holiday for this etc as they have promised extra time before and then taken it back when work has been slow

I hope things work out for you one way or another - obviously, it'd be great if you could get more hours where you're already happy, but fingers crossed, the new job might not be as bad as you fear. Maybe you'll hit it off with some of the others there whose friendship will make it a bit more bearable ?

Working anti-social hours sucks (as I know too well), and all too often the people doing them have little alternative .... I mean, most people wouldn't choose evenings/nights would they ?

Fingers crossed for you. Providing you work notice and don't leave them in the lurch I shouldn't think that quitting would reflect badly on you in the future - after all, if a better opportunity comes along you'd be stupid to stick with a crappy job.

that's true well am going to ask again at work and give the supermarket at least a week and see how i get along

ok had my mind made up for me anyway

dh was told he had to work away or there was no work so cannot go in

phoned and told them and she was like so you arenlt giving any notice and i said well i wasn;t actually working just training and there's no point wasting anymore of your time - and she was like well you do know that we will put this on your reference

i just won;t put them down on future application forms etc and it's not like their a staff member down realy

i feel a bit bad but at least things are sorted out

asked at my other job and they think they can sort something out so hopefully shouldn;t be too out of pocket