I hate my job one week in-cs

[Nualabbe]

I want to leave a job in civil service, I started last week. AIBU to want to leave, how much notice do I have to give?
I was told the section has a really high turnover of staff. The culture seems to be very much leave the work phone on and answer emails on annual leave and all hours of the day.
Not much guidance or support as everyone in meetings all day and I have anxiety over it all.
Do I give it more time or do I leave?
Really need some reassurance and I feel like a failure after such a long recruitment process.
Thanks in advance to everyone

DWP?

Honestly you can leave a job anytime you like but one week is barely enough time to even know what you're doing. What has happened ??

I think I might be out of my depth. I will give it more time to adjust. It's just a culture shock at the moment

What department are you? Some are great, some are vile

Good guess

I hated every job I ever had for at least the first year. Managed to stay working for several decades by just putting it up with most of them and as I got used to them it got better. I don't think a week is long enough to decide. Give it three months at least.

@Nualabbe Home Office?

Stephen Bush of the Financial Times once said that department had a rep for mainly staffed by thick racists (at least i think that’s what he said) so if you don’t fit in there it’s possibly a good thing?

Good luck, hope you find your way. Sounds like you done good landing the job in the first place so don’t beat yourself up if you decide to leave early, life’s too short.

There are a mass of acronyms and weird rules and cultural norms in the CS that can make it hard to settle.

Two things to remember:

• acronyms, rules, norms - they're not skills, they're just knowledge - you're not out of your depth, you're just getting to know those specific ropes, which will take time
• if you really don't like it, then leave - give it a decent go, but don't let it make you miserable, or doubt yourself for not wanting to make it work, if you know it really won't

Once you're in the CS it can be easier to transfer to a different role/team. I'm sorry the working culture of your team doesn't sound great. I've always been in supportive, flexible teams. The work life balance is the thing I like most about CS. Varies by role and department though.

Agree with PP, you can't possibly know what the job is really like only one week in. You need to give it at least six months, ideally at least a year. It will look very, very bad to future employers if you leave after only one week, especially with no other job lined up. Feeling overwhelmed and out of your depth in the first week is unsurprising, it's not a sign you can't do the job. Can you pin your manager or a more senior colleague down and say that you need some more guidance on A, B and C and you are sorry to bother them when you can see how busy they are but it will help you support them better and so save them time in the long run?

I think I will give it longer to try but NOTHING is worth my mental health and sanity. Feel like future employers will understand too as my reasons would be genuine and considered.

It's the lack of support and assumption that helping a new employee is such a chore when they are so busy, then don't recruit then if there is no process in place for induction.