I need to resign today and I'm a coward

[VeganAvoToast]

I started a role with local government mid January. I've been offered a role at a university in the field I have a qualification in and used to work in, and I pays more.

My current job is much much more payroll/pension heavy than I was told instead of HR, I knew quite quickly it wasn't for me. But it's permanently working from home and I'm a single parent so I felt I ought to take it at the time.

Anyway, I need to let current post know today. New offer wants me to start on the 28 February. A colleague I'm currently working beside described a teacher as "disgusting" for leaving after 6 months due to the admin that entails. I'm leaving after 5 weeks. I'm so worried about the reception I'll get and causing more admin work for the small team.

How do I put on my big girl pants?

Good luck OP, if it makes you feel better, I recently resigned after 4 weeks in the wrong role, to take up a better offer. It happens, don’t feel bad about it. I felt terrible about resigning, almost had a panic attack, but I have zero regrets now I have moved on.

Lots of people leave jobs in the first few weeks, particularly because other jobs they applied for at the same time came to fruition. Dont give it a second thought. Its business - you have a better and more suitable offer. Hand your notice in. Acknowledge the inconvenience and thank them for the opportunity and how welcoming they've been. This is advice from a senior manager who deals with type of thing frequently x

I did it. But they want me to work my full notice which I Will do. LM offered to move me to another part of the team.

It was almost comical, we've just been approved funding for 3 new starts and LM said (who is really lovely) she is looking forward to having her life back and I was like "well that leads me to why I requested a call" !

Well done! Feel a bit relieved?

Yay! Good work OP. Sorry you’ve got to stick around quite a while though.

Just be honest and say the job isn't for you. Go on, it can't be worse than childbirth x

People change their minds - this happens. Will be they delighted, probably not but not really your problem. You are in a job which is not exactly what was described on the tin so you are entitled to say thanks but no thanks. I suspect a weeks notice is all that is required.

@HollowTalk

If they say anything, I would say, "If the job was as it was described to me at interview, I wouldn't be leaving..."

Exactly this. A couple of years ago I left a job after 6 months. I felt bad as it was a new team that had been set up there was loads of work gone into it as it was a pilot, we'd had loads of training etc including them putting us up in a hotel for 3 weeks. However, the job was not as we were led to believe. When we started they hadn't secured somewhere for us to work from at the hospital we needed to be at so had to travel another 20 odd miles away, the boss was a bully . I left just before probation ended.