How long would you stay at a job you hate if you just started?

[baydude]

Say if you started a mid career job a month ago and realize you hate it, how long would you wait until securing another job?

 

[SillyOReilly]

Career job with a supersize conclusion or other?

 

[baydude]

Career job with a supersize conclusion or other?

What's a supersize conclusion?

 

[ultimatebob]

Why wait? People leave new jobs that they dislike all the time.

 

[SlitheryDee]

The last job like that I had, I kept until the company went out of business. So the answer to that is unknown.

 

[baydude]

Why wait? People leave new jobs that they dislike all the time.

Because of the negative perception it'll have on your resume for staying at a job for less than a year

 

[ultimatebob]

Because of the negative perception it'll have on your resume for staying at a job for less than a year

It depends on how you explain it during the job interview. Most employers will understand if you tell them that "I was told that I was going to be working on Important Project X and hot new Technology Y, but they assigned me to Busy Work Project Z and 10 year old legacy product Q instead".

 

[xSkyDrAx]

I believe if it's not a consistent thing on your resume then it shouldn't be a red flag. Of course YMMV.

 

[JTsyo]

As long as it took me to find another job.

 

[manimal]

Had to stay at one job for 4 years that I hated. Just made to damn much money.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Because of the negative perception it'll have on your resume for staying at a job for less than a year

As long as you don't make a habit out of it, you can explain it away in an interview.

My wife's retarded cousin has had like 6 or 7 jobs in the past 2 years. That is going to catch up with her and she won't be able to explain it away.

 

[DigDog]

i start looking for a new job after about a week i start one, regardless of wheter i love it or not.

 

[Fritzo]

I give places a year to see if they grow on me. However, I tend to stay at places for a decade or more at a time, so every place grows on me.

 

[shortylickens]

The last job like that I had, I kept until the company went out of business. So the answer to that is unknown.

Me too. Hynix was a horrible place to work, but the pay was decent, the insurance was awesome, and I'm not a quitter. I held on until they closed the plant.

 

[Ketchup]

Just don't put it on your resume.

 

[Ketchup]

To answer your question, it depends. But a simple answer would be 'until I had another job lined up.'

 

[Matthiasa]

As long as you don't make a habit out of it, you can explain it away in an interview.

My wife's retarded cousin has had like 6 or 7 jobs in the past 2 years. That is going to catch up with her and she won't be able to explain it away.

Well she can always just omit them from her applications and resume.

 

[Stayfr0sty]

Heart would tell me to quit ASAP
Brain would tell me to find another job first so I dont end up flat out broke.

 

[FoBoT]

just long enough to get another job

 

[Tencntraze]

I started a job last Sept at a big bank that I ended up not liking, both because of the size/red tape as well as that I was moved to a different office than originally promised (30 minute extra commute) and not working on what I was originally promised. After 3 months I decided to find a new job because it's my career, and I could easily explain why I left to a new employer. Am now extremely happy I left.

 

[trmiv]

Last place I worked like that I went a month. Hated it so much that I got my old job back and left.

 

[BoomerD]

As soon as I could find something else.

In my construction career, I walked off several jobs at the start of the first shift. "What? Fuck that...I'm outta here. Call the hall."
Others, at lunch on the first day, at the end of the first day...and yet a couple others, not until I was ROF'd a couple years later. (if the money is good enough to offset the bullshit...sometimes it's worth staying)

 

[HardcoreRobot]

depends on a lot of factors: income, commute, resume presence etc.
and it depends on how much you hate it

you really need to evaluate all the pros and cons of quitting early before you can make a true assessment. there isnt some magic number you are going to learn from ATOT

 

[Stayfr0sty]

Last place I worked like that I went a month. Hated it so much that I got my old job back and left.

How were u able to get your old job back? That is not easy dude.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

How were u able to get your old job back? That is not easy dude.

It is if you don't burn bridges and were a top employee. Every job I left promised me I could have my old job back if I didn't like my new one.