How soon is too soon?

breadhead

Just wanted thoughts on how soon is too soon to leave a new job?

I started 6 weeks ago and know this aint the job for me. Without going into details you just know when something isnt right.
I dont plan on leaving without having a job lined up somewhere else but I am itching to get out. So only in the door I am every evening looking up other possibilities.
I dont see any change for the future based on what I ve learned in the first six weeks.

What do ye reckon? I appreciate the advice, thanks.

Dannyboy1987

Just stick it out till something better comes along i'm on the same boat as you.

Lynfo

From the employee point of view, you'd be better waiting til you have something else lined up.

However, from the employer's point of view, their time and effort is being completely wasted training you in if you're just going to leave, so the sooner the better so that they can get somebody else in.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

They say to give a new job 3 months before you make any decisions. I 100% hate my job, I cannot stand what I have to do, the pay is pathetic and it's a long way from home 3 - 3.5 hours commute a day. It still beats the dole though :P

OP, only ever think of yourself, to hell with the employer.

Give it a few months, as long as you're not actually really unhappy, remember flitting between jobs probably won't look too good on the CV as well

kippy

bluewolf wrote: »

Give it a few months, as long as you're not actually really unhappy, remember flitting between jobs probably won't look too good on the CV as well

Im not totally in agreement with that last piece of advice although it is a common one and is perhaps more relevant for certain fields.
Depending on how you can explain your "movements" anything not less than 6 months in a job could be "spun" as a good thing.
I went through 8 jobs in 7 years there in a phase and obviously if it was an issue I wouldnt have gotten the other 7.
I've also found myself in a job I detested, lasted 2 months and just left, didnt have anything lined up but the job was seriously bad and felt much better after leaving, had another job in Dublin in two weeks.

Maglight

Don't hang around OP, get another job and get out. If you already know that the jobs not for you, it won't get any better. Twice I have taken jobs that I knew immediately I would not be happy in. I was advised to stick them out so that it wouldn't look like I was jumping from job to job. The first one I stayed for two miserable years. Thought I had learned my lesson, but then later I took another job. Day one and I knew I had made a mistake. This time I stayed for four years. Yes, i got promoted and externally it appeared like a great job. But looking back they are six years that I wasted.

gandalf

I was in this situation last year. I joined an organisation that chased me, they made promises on what the position entailed but after I started it was obvious that they made a lot of promises that were vapour-ware. They were relying on the fact that some of the others hired with me were unemployed for a while and desperate. I left them after 4 months but I was lucky as someone I worked for previously came looking for me.

I would suggest trying to get a new job before moving but make sure you have a well thought out reason prepared for why you are leaving the job you are currently in for any interviews.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Maglight wrote: »

Don't hang around OP, get another job and get out. If you already know that the jobs not for you, it won't get any better. Twice I have taken jobs that I knew immediately I would not be happy in. I was advised to stick them out so that it wouldn't look like I was jumping from job to job. The first one I stayed for two miserable years. Thought I had learned my lesson, but then later I took another job. Day one and I knew I had made a mistake. This time I stayed for four years. Yes, i got promoted and externally it appeared like a great job. But looking back they are six years that I wasted.

Nobody suggested to the OP to stay in his/her job for 6 years... a few months at most so it doesn't look bad on his/her CV, also it's good for experience etc etc.

IF you don't mind me asking, why did you wait so long to change jobs?

breadhead

Thanks for the replies.

Plenty of thinking to do.
I can only hope to secure a few interviews in the coming weeks and move into a new role.
Otherwise I will take it day to day and decide whats best for me as time passes.

Mrs OBumble

If you hate it, then get out as soon as you can: if you're only there six weeks then you can lose it from your CV in a year or two anyway.

Maglight

Dustin Zealous Apathetic wrote: »

Nobody suggested to the OP to stay in his/her job for 6 years... a few months at most so it doesn't look bad on his/her CV, also it's good for experience etc etc.

IF you don't mind me asking, why did you wait so long to change jobs?

It's very easy to accommodate to a less than optimum situation after a few months. The situation becomes normalised and you forget what it's like in other companies. My problem/strength is that I'm hard working and diligent. So even though I wasn't happy, I still worked hard and got promoted. Suddenly I found that years had passed, I had progressed, but I had no joy my job. Obviously I suffer from a major catholic guilt complex:)

Hrududu

I was in a situation like that once. Luckily it was a 3 month contract so there was a light at the end of the tunnel but on day 1 I knew it was all wrong for me. It was the longest 3 months ever so I swore if I was in that situation again I'd get out.

I'd be a bit worried about leaving too soon, just because it would be tricky to answer the questions about that in the interview. Leaving that early will probably piss off your employer but then its your life, why spend time being miserable?

So I'd have a good reason ready like "Once I started I realised the commute would be too much." Or something similar. You should never bad mouth a previous employer in an interview.

Eoin

Hrududu wrote: »

Leaving that early will probably piss off your employer but then its your life, why spend time being miserable?

Actually, you might be doing them a favour. If there's a lengthy enough "bedding in" period for the job, then they would probably want to cut their losses sooner rather than later and start over.