How do you know when it is time to quit a new job? Untrue probation feedback

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I started a new job and am approaching the end of my probation. I’ve found the new place to be a real sweatshop with very little support or guidance. Management are unwilling to take any blame for things going wrong and rather blame the most junior team member (me).

I have received criticism for asking too many questions and a criticism for not asking enough questions.

I have received really good feedback from senior managers who say whilst I don’t have much experience, I am trying very hard and things will fall in place in time.

A mid level manager has taken a dislike to me and wrote in a formal HR process that they did not believe I was suffering tech issues when I said I was.

The same manager also told HR that they thought I was lying when I told him that I couldn’t work on his tasks because I was working on an urgent task for someone else. These claims are categorically untrue but HR are unwilling to challenge them.

Because of the bad feedback, HR are thinking about extending my probation.

I'd start job hunting again tbh.

He won’t have been the only one to with input regarding your probation performance

and *senior managers who say whilst I don’t have much experience, I am trying very hard and things will fall in place in time.*is not “really good feedback” in my eyes. Very far from a ringing endorsement in fact.

‘Better to admit you have walked through the wrong door, rather than spend your life in the wrong room’

If its starting to shred your confidence and health probably start looking to leave. If its new job learning curve and you know you can deal with it maybe stick it out longer.

If you read your post - and concentrate solely on your current experience of the job/company - it’s all very negative and this is the reason you should move on. It’s not compatible with your expectations and needs. Your confidence will benefit from looking for a new job rather than fighting a manager, having an extended probation - which is the usual legal advice to manage someone out.