Should I quit my job after 7 days??

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First time poster, apologies if I’ve done this all wrong!

I’ve just started my first job after being a stay at home mum for many years raising my 3 children. I’m 7 days in and really don’t think this job is for me!

It’s a job in a nursery. I applied as the hours worked for me and I eventually want a career within a school setting. The problem is this job is meant to be a 1:1 Sen assistant and that doesn’t seem to be the case. I’m in my forties and surrounded by young girls who are very unprofessional, bitchy, disrespectful and all about the drama. I’m too old for this and feel deeply uncomfortable in the staff room. This really isn’t my scene and I feel about 107 years old! I’m also petrified that I’m going to be constantly picking up bugs(I have terrible lungs) and bringing them home to my children. I really didn’t think all this through when I applied.

My problem is a more suited job has come up. A job in a private school as a 1:1 special needs assistant. I really want to apply but feel
so guilty. I feel guilty as I have completed childcare courses online that my work has provided this week and DBS check.

Should I stay in my current job and stick it out? Or go for another job already? I would feel so bad for letting my new work down but I’m
really not happy in this environment.

Any advice appreciated :)

Go for the new job 🙂. The timing isn't ideal, but it happens.

100% go for the new job. I started a new job this week, and it's really not for me. It's only temporary, so I'll stick at it, but knowing it's not for me, I won't offer to go back next term.

Apply for the new job and keep the role you have until the outcome of the new job is sorted.

Apply. Keep this job until you get another one. But the germs issue will be similar in all school / nursery type settings!

Nurseries can be all about young girls bitching and constant drama. You get what you pay for. My room in my nursery isn't. It's happy, positive, and supportive. I'd go with job 2. Sounds much nicer.

Thanks for the replies! If I were to go for the other job, am I best mentioning that I’ve only just started the nursery job? Or not mention the job? Will it look bad that I’ve only been there a week and I’m leaving? The courses and DBS is from this job.

Apply, apply, apply.

You spend too much time at work. I wouldn't mention the job you are doing currently

Go for the new job. No worries about quitting. I would not stay in a toxic, petty environment, either.

Apply definitely. BUT there will be bugs at any school and the term times may differ from your children's.

Are you in a probationary period? If so, leave. The whole point of being in probation is to see whether you like the job enough to stay permanently and you don't so it's perfectly ok to move on

I’ve hated every job I had, but always said I would give it at least 2 weeks to see if I settled and in every job I did, but if a job came along which I would think I would be better suited, then I would definitely go for it. I would put down your current job in CV, but rather than actual dates, put 2024, then you can explain at interview the actual dates if necessary.