Have you ever left a job after 1-2 weeks?

[Freak12345]

I'm considering it. In interview I asked what the shift patterns would be, they said 'you can do X to X, or Y to Y'. X to X suited me better, I can do Y to Y on certain days but not most of the time.

It turns out there are two of us who've started and the other person has instantly said 'I can't do Y to Y most of the time because I have children'. Which is fine, but that doesn't mean the onus is on me to finish late every evening just because I don't have children- this should've been discussed with the other person during interview stage.

The 2nd issue is that the role isn't really as I thought/or was advertised. I thought it would be more of a leadership/supervisor role but it's actually more quality assurance.

The work itself is fine but just not the direction I wanted to go in as I am aiming to move into management roles rather than compliance/QA.

I've got an interview tomorrow for a role which is closer to home, different hours and more aligned with my goals. I feel so awkward quitting job 1 because they've set up all my IT, lanyard etc. And I don't want to leave them hanging. What would you do? I've never done this.

I left a job many years ago after only one week. It was with a big, well known department store,that has now gone out of business. When I accepted the job,I was told that I be working 4 days a week,6 hour shifts,no evenings or weekends. When I was given my timetable for my shifts for the next 2 weeks,I was down to do 2 evenings and a Saturday afternoon,plus one of the shifts was for 10 hours! I'd specifically said before I was offered the job that I didn't want to do more than 6 hour shifts because of arthritis in my hip and knees making it difficult for me to be on my feet for longer,so it's not as if they weren't aware of the situation.
I also didn't like the fact that I was 'dumped' on the tills before I was trained to use them properly. It was embarrassing having to keep sending customers to another till.
The final straw was when I was told that they could not honour my week's holiday that I'd had booked months before applying for the job. I know it was only 2 months after I'd started the job,but I thought they were meant to honour pre-booked holidays.

I left a job after three days. It was 11-5.30, which would enable me to get the last regular train home. What I hadn't been told was that they expected another unpaid 15 minutes of cashing up and queuing to deposit the cash etc in the safe, missing my train. DH collected me on days 1&2 but I told them on day3 it had been a huge mistake.

Yes, a nannying job where the mum was more bothered about me cooking a meal for her perfectly capable husband, rather than comforting and cuddling their sick baby. That's not for me.

The reasons you’ve given are solid reasons. They need to hear the shift pattern feedback for next time they recruit multiple candidates.