New jobs not quite what i was sold....
I know things take time to settle in but I'm currently repenting at my leisure. Think ive been sold a pup.
I'm not regreting leaving my last job as that had run its course. But a bit miffed I've wound up here!
Still what is done is done
Still what is done is done
But can be undone if needs be. If you hate it, start looking for a new one.
I am.
Just disappointed in my own judgement
Yup. I ended up staying 15 years 😅
I got 2 weeks in and realised it was nonsense. Spent 2 months trying to fix it but it was pushing water uphill so pulled stops and was out and back in my old job by 3 months
I lasted 6 weeks in one job, then walked out.
I took a job, realised it wasn’t for me after 3 weeks but my contract said 3 month notice period for me and a week for them during probation. Got it down to about 6 weeks but was on my notice period longer than under my own free will!!!
Yes, started at a new job that sounded awesome, got shipped one of their products to develop on and it was such an aweful experience trying to get it running told my partner I had made a terrible mistake and started looking for something new. I was there a total of 4 months but most of that was job hunting!
Oh and in that job I was in 6 weeks, someone else had started just before me, who I was working with, and they walked out just before I did !
COVID Testing. GOOD money and when we started we spent at least half our 13hr shift sitting outside in the sun and drinking free tea, coffee and soft drinks as we had no clients. Hot food delivered on a regular basis too.
One lad turned up. Did the first short briefing, was shown the job and went for his first break after 45 minutes. turned to fellow new recruit and said "Not for me, I'm off."
Yep. About 15 or so years ago I moved to a big national co. After 2-3 months I thought I was in the wrong place. Role not as advertised or discussed. Control over key aspects sat in other departments (and an empire building attitude in those - despite not having the skills in those depts to do what was needed. And irrational knee jerk psychos in senior positions making dumb-ass decisions. After a few more months I was certain - especially when I got drawn into a project (for a single day meeting only !) where those managing it had the square root of fheckall idea what they were doing technically - in the area of my expertise). And for about the only week's worth of work I did that I thought was actually useful, I got told I shouldn't have been doing it.
I got out to a company / role on less ££, fewer holidays, no bonus scheme, and more responsibilities. Not one day do I regret getting out since.
I took a job, realised it wasn’t for me after 3 weeks but my contract said 3 month notice period for me and a week for them during probation. Got it down to about 6 weeks but was on my notice period longer than under my own free will!!!
Lolwut?
More fool you, what were the possibly going to say that a 3 week long job on your CV didn't?
Started a job, thought the team dynamic was all weird, realised one of the people I managed had a) gone for my role b) had complained about me and c) was shagging my boss. Director did an enquiry on her complaint, ended up firing them both. Never looked back.
Yep member of my dept is moving on after 5weeks. But to be honest I'm not sure what they expected. It'll be the same in next job exactly same position and contract in an different establishment. Youngster finding out that 50mins commute ain't fun. After what was promised and not delivered in interview I'm not overly bothered.
I once had a contractor report for duty on the first day of a six month contract [9 am on a Monday morning]
I was ostensibly managing him but I had no say in hiring him.
Anyway, when I discussed the team structure, the type of work and some expectations about time recording, he decided it wasn't for him and he had left by 11 am!
My boss at the time had some choice words and there then followed a angry phone call to the recruitment company we used...
But, I'd rather not have to deal with someone who doesn't want to be there and, frankly, lack of resources wasn't my problem anyway so I wasn't unhappy he left.
Conversely, I've been in my current job (a completely different job to that above) for over 16 years now and felt from the outset that the job was no more than "ok" and that I should pull my finger out and find a better job, but I never have done. I'm now just riding this job out until I retire...
(I'm never been particularly career-driven and have just plodded along without any great life plan 🤷)
Hard luck Duncan. I'm sure you'll get something else lined up quickly.
Early on in what I laughably call a career I was fed up with a 1 hour commute so I got a job with a more local company. Within a couple of weeks I was job hunting, but I was rather more cautious this time so it was 18 months before I actually moved on. I learned that there are more important things to worry about than the length of the commute.
In my last job, had a new recruit who went out at their first lunch break and never returned.
In my previous at the time temporary job to that, told my boss that I was planning on leaving he said he didn't like having a pistol held against his head, I had to explain I was leaving not opening a negotiation...
Yes. Currys when I was about 23. Was promised every other weekend off. Turned out to be 6 day weeks and no weekends off. Everyone at the store was OBSESSED with their job which I just found wierd. I left after 6 weeks and the manager wondered why.
I once recruited a guy who handed in his notice on the 3rd day. He'd been used to working in the city centre and just couldn't hack being in an industrial estate. His previous employers took him back on.
Anyone taken a job and 2mths in gone WtF is this madness?
I misread this to be a nefarious practice I recently learned about:
"Anyone taken a job and 2mths it's gone WtF is this madness?"
Some companies have a constant need for new and replacement staff of a certain profession, but they can't be sure what role or skills, and business is up and down, so they hire all the time. If they don't find a long term use for you in a few months, you don't pass probation and are let go. Dirty move especially if it's not made clear up front, say for people leaving secure jobs for it.
Work in IT (surprise!). Day 1 in a new job, replacing a guy who had already left. Arrived onsite, no HR welcome, no onboarding, no handover.Escorted to the data centre and was asked to start by upgrading all the network switches and telecoms servers in advance of a change that had been agreed for the following day. Lasted 12 months, mainly through stubborn pride, before calling my old boss to ask for a job.
Royal Mail postie. Handed my notice in after three weeks when I realised what a dysfunctional workplace it was. Two weeks into my four week notice I was offered a better rota so decided to give it a bit longer...then Covid hit, and I was trapped for another 18 months until the job market started opening up again! Managed three days of my second period of notice before telling the manager to get ****ed and walking out...
Had an agency worker quit inside an hour.
To be fair, her skillset/experience was not what we asked for, the agency had ****ed up.
She just came up and said she couldn’t do tne job and she thought she'd better leave rather than waste our time and hers.
Quite admired her for that.
Yeah, after 2-3 months had not seen my boss, not sat with any of the team I worked with (except one weird young fella who did f-all). Mostly given the work I didn't like while the good stuff was done by others in a different area.
8 years later, still there... love it.
Yep, didn't get a new offer in writing until the day after my notice jumped to 3 months, so I ended up there for 6 months. No regrets though, getting out was the right decision.
Yes. Not that there was anything particularly wrong with thre employers. ( for their sector) but that I was a square peg in a round hole and the skills I was gathering were for a career path that obviously was not for me. I did 18 months in the end but I knew well before that.
Started and for various reason was goldenballs, very matey with the owner/director.
We had a tech issue on a project which a previous employee has developed before he was made redundant, he was brought back, apologies all round. Promotion, upgraded company car, fancy new office etc etc.
"As soon as he un**** that he's gone again"
And tbf, he was.
I stuck it out a few more months and decided I couldn't work for somebody who did that.
Yup. Graduate training scheme. It felt wrong in the first month and I was out of there four months into a two year scheme. I even placed the golden handshake into savings so I could pay it back when I left the scheme early as per the TnCs. Gut feelings should be followed.
feel like Erik ten Hag should be in here😂
Yep, couple of weeks into my current job. The problem was I was drip fed the tasks and became more aware of the way things are done over a few weeks.
I was assured at interview that they acknowledged there were better ways of doing things and were prepared to change. Told lots of other things that turned out to be BS.
I wasn’t allowed to even change the shading of 2 cells in an excel spreadsheet! Culture of fear.
Locked into a 3 month notice period I gave in my notice and finish in 2 weeks. So glad I’m leaving.
Will probably go temping for a while
Yep, about 15 years ago and still working there!
I'm a contractor I've been through this a few times 🤣
The longer in the tooth I get though, the less picky I've become.
Same car crash different victims is a phrase that gets used quite a lot.
She just came up and said she couldn’t do tne job and she thought she’d better leave rather than waste our time and hers.
Quite admired her for that.
Very admirable. Too bad Liz Truss didn't have that level of self-awareness...
I once left a job then got another one, after that I stayed a bit then got another job which I only started after I left the previous one.
Yep, lasted 3 weeks. I'd had a couple of months off after getting married so figured it was worth doing an interview at least. They seemed good, talked up the big projects they had that fitted my CV, but was actually pressed straight into doing basic IT MSP grunt work. Actual office (not the bit I'd interviewed in) was awful, desks barely wider than a laptop. Twice in that time was asked to attend a team meeting at 8pm - couldn't happen in the day as "everyone is too busy", and both times I politely declined as I had other plans.
Had the "we don't think this is working out" meeting one afternoon, I wholeheartedly agreed, grabbed my bag and left. They paid an extra 4 weeks notice, and I got the interview a couple of days later at the company I've been at for more than a decade now.
A few times now.
First was when I went to work for Barclays on the counter. Was sold to me as a non-sales role and more focussed on customer service but by the time I'd done 5 hours of the induction training I got to the sales part and instantly knew I'd made a mistake. Unfortunately I was in a bit of a financial hole so had no choice but to stick it out for a while. Was there 3 1/2 years before I agreed with the manager to mutually leave without anything to go to. Thankfully worked out as a chance chat with our Cash Delivery Driver the day it was official I was leaving (negotiated an longer notice period so as to cover holidays) got me a new job two weeks after I left, a job I did for over 12 years and loved. Only lost it down to the pandemic, still miss it now.
My first job after passing my HGV test, working for Palletways via agency. Was told as soon as I arrived that as long as I didn't smash the truck up there was a guaranteed job there for me at the end of the day. Got through the first 2 hours before the crap of managers chasing you up, the complete lack of planning on the runs and no consideration given to the customers you were delivering to meant I knew it wasn't for me. Got back to the yard for the manager to ask if I was staying as the job was mine if I wanted it and gave him the full truth about why I wouldn't be back the next day and he genuinely was shocked.
My second job on agency was another one where I was guaranteed a job if I just behaved, working for Bidfood. Lasted a week before I knew I wasn't staying but they were paying £19/hr for the first 12 weeks and buddying you up with a regular driver the whole of that time as an incentive to get drivers (£1k a week!) so stuck it out for another 2 weeks before having enough of the chaos in the mornings, the unachievable routes and the general state of the place. Even the transport manager tried to get me to stay saying I could have the prison runs (easy work but long days) as I had an SIA license from my old job, but that wasn't enough to make up for the other stuff that screamed at me to get out. This is another time where I left a crap job and ended up at a job I eventually ended up loving (I say eventually as I couldn't take it when first offered but circumstances changed a few months later so asked them if it was still available and got it) but guttingly had to give it up a few weeks ago due to rental costs and the massive commute.
I just don't think I'm ever destined to keep a job I like!
Yeah, once. It was using Illustrator creating graphics for printing on cardboard boxes, for things like TV’s, etc, for a large packaging company. The way the graphics were scaled up from the original artwork was completely different to anything I’d done before and I was struggling, the people who ran the office, (we were working for a different company with an on-site office), were complete assholes, they’d hold back jobs deliberately then send them across with a couple of hours to do a three hour job. One of the other guys, who had lots of experience signed off work for two weeks a week after I started with stress.
I made it clear I couldn’t do the job, and after a month or so just worked through the rest of the probation period at the main office and left. When someone with lots of experience in the type of work is taking time off because of workplace stress, it’s pretty clear the place is deeply and institutionally toxic.
Not really madness, just crap. Was waiting for a job I wanted (insider knowledge that it was perfect for me but admin problems meant they were slow to recruit) so I took something else which could have been ok but turned out to be rubbish with a poor boss.
lasted about 5mo in all, the good job turned up eventually, I got it and moved as quick as possible.
the good job wasn’t all that either but it set me off on the right track for my career. Did 5y before heading off for pastures new. Actually the job there wasn’t the problem, it was more the future of the company that scared me off.
Yes. Sounds like it is time to move on. Good luck.
Back in the 90s I got a post in a large teaching hospital.
Should have realized the not-good-fit on arrival.
Every month I stayed made me more unhappy to the point where about 18 months in I did not want to get up on a morning.
Was eventually saved by a chance meeting with a former colleague who introduced me to another option.
Yes OP i am in that position at the moment. Started at the beginning of June and by mid July I realised I had made a huge mistake. I am the fifth person in the role in three years! The issues were hinted at during interview but the sheer scale of the toxicity was hidden.
I intend to get out as soon as I can OP. No job is worth destroying your mental health for.
Yes, took it as a stop gap measure, knew it was going to be a disaster before we even had the interview. But a) needed the money, sort of and b) needed something to do.
Realised within about 48 hours that the problems that the general public were aware of was probably 5% of what was actually going on and those within the industry (me included) could only see about 25% of them. Suppliers needing payment in cash before unloading parts was one of the minor issues...
Started looking for a new role about 3 days in. Eventually got headhunted to the company i'm in now (but had three or four internal moves since).
The original company went under about 3 years later, after taking millions in bail outs and then had the longest and most embarrassing death of any company i've ever seen.
My ex did the same with another place. Took a role as a senior software developer, should have been tech lead for a group of 6-8 devs. Got there for her first day to find out that she would basically be doing software documentation and release sync, no dev stuff at all, no lead role.
We then had the busiest week of job hunting we'd ever done, had a new role/company and job offer within 72 hours. Before she had the opportunity to hand her notice in, the company announced that all contractors would be leaving next friday and about 15% of the staff would be made redundant over the next 3 months. So handing her notice in was not appreciated and they made her work her notice. She's been in the current role for over a decade and is the corporate "go to" for software strategy and development...