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Should I stay or should I go now?

  • 25-09-2008 11:00pm
    #1
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭


    I've been in my job for a while now, and my probation is nearly up.

    I hate the place and am so proud of myself for lasting as long as I have. I used to contemplate walking out in front of traffic on the way to work (aiming for minor injury rather than anything serious) to avoid going into the office. There's a horrid undercurrent that puts everyone on edge and there's only one person I trust working there. My supervisor also has an issue with me, which two other employees have mentioned (one from outside my department) so it has to be obvious as far as I can see.

    The problem is it's my first "proper" job, and I'm reluctant to have such a short term of employment on my CV.

    I've been looking for other jobs, and I've had one interview, but it's for almost the exact same job in a similar environment from what I can see. I'm not working in an area I intend on staying in long-term, but a few years of the kind of work I'm doing will be quite beneficial in most jobs.

    Any advice?


Comments

  • #2
    Westwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Westwood


    hand in your notice and apply to loads of jobs. when you're finished up you'll have plenty of time to go for interviews. just say you're still working there to a potential new employer. if it aint right dont stay there. their is more to life then work...


  • #3
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Can you give examples of what is making your work life so horrible? Also, let us know if you can think of any solutions to those problems.


  • #4
    sock.rocker*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭sock.rocker*


    Blush_01 wrote: »
    I've been in my job for a while now, and my probation is nearly up.

    I hate the place and am so proud of myself for lasting as long as I have. I used to contemplate walking out in front of traffic on the way to work (aiming for minor injury rather than anything serious) to avoid going into the office. There's a horrid undercurrent that puts everyone on edge and there's only one person I trust working there. My supervisor also has an issue with me, which two other employees have mentioned (one from outside my department) so it has to be obvious as far as I can see.

    The problem is it's my first "proper" job, and I'm reluctant to have such a short term of employment on my CV.

    I've been looking for other jobs, and I've had one interview, but it's for almost the exact same job in a similar environment from what I can see. I'm not working in an area I intend on staying in long-term, but a few years of the kind of work I'm doing will be quite beneficial in most jobs.

    Any advice?

    keep it while applying for new jobs. don't quit till you have a new one sorted.


  • #5
    Yogabunny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Yogabunny


    I was in a similar situation recently.I was in a job almost a year, my probation period was almost up, in 2.5 yrs time I was going to be coming out to lots of opportunities and good salary prospects but I was so unhappy in the job and it was affecting everything else in my life. I left the job and it was the best decision I have ever made. I am pursuing a totally different career now and going for loads of interviews at the moment. If you are that unhappy you should leave, life is way too short. If anything leaving a job which would have earned you alot of money will just push you to be more successful in other fields. Dont fool yourself into thinking the same job in a different place will be any different, if the job isnt for you decide what it is you would like to do and pursue that. Good luck!


  • #6
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    I'm not naive enough to hand in my notice before I've secured something else, given the current climate.

    AARRRGH, I am repeatedly spoken to as though I'm unable to understand basic concepts. I am continually given conflicting information by the same person and when I question which guidelines I should be following I am treated as though I'm mentally deficient. There is a prominent divide between the "old" members of staff (those there more than two or three years) and the newer members of staff. There's a stressful undercurrent that is actively fostered by some members of staff. In one department there have been eight people in one specific role in the past 18 months, and this isn't an isolated occurrence.

    I have no faith in recruitment agencies anymore either.


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