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To quit a job after 5 months?

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liverpool122 · 22/02/2022 21:37

I’ve posted before about my job - I’m a healthcare worker who works for a private company and go around different schools.

I’m at each site once a week and in that one day I’m expected to see students back to back, complete admin and reports, create any training that they request etc. There’s always disagreements about how my boss v the school want me to spend my time. It’s near on impossible to get everything done and I’m always behind. Not to mention most of the schools give me the most difficult way to gain wifi or printing! I’m not even enjoying the clinical side, I just feel like I can’t be bothered most of the time.

My company all work the same way and so I have no opportunity to ever see my team. I don’t really make friends at schools either as I’m not there enough. So it’s a very lonely unsociable job. I’m suffering really bad burnout and my boss isn’t particularly helpful.

I’ve only been there 5 months, is that way too soon to quit? I feel so unhappy and burnt out but I don’t know if I’m just being rash.
I’ve found a job which is more in the research side of the clinical work I do, which sounds really interesting but is risky as it is only fixed term.

Can anyone advise?

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LostForWords2021 · 23/02/2022 22:51

100% I reluctantly left the NHS after lots of training at 3 months.

I’m so glad I did, just for my own sanity and have a lovely, stress free job now.

It’s just not worth it

liverpool122 · 24/02/2022 11:20

Matters have been made worse, I’ve been paid £300+ less than usual due to “statutory sick pay”, as I isolated when I had covid but actually only took 2 days off work as it was in the Christmas holidays!

Sat here at work having a mini break down and feel I can’t cope - even if I did get a new job the notice period is 2 months ☹️

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LostForWords2021 · 24/02/2022 22:47

Bless you, that would be the last nail in the coffin for me.

Work related stress is a very real reason to be signed off for those 2 months of the notice period.

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