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Quitting a job after only one month
If you’re already thinking about it, the job probably isn’t a good fit.
When interviewing for a new job, you’re excited. You’re a yes-man in the interview to every responsibility and task because you know what getting this job represents. It means you can finally stop checking your e-mail every five minutes in hopes of application callbacks.
One issue though, your now new job fucking sucks.
Maybe it’s your cold offensive co-workers, perhaps the work environment doesn’t click, or maybe the actual day to day is just not something you can do. The honeymoon phase lasted all of one single morning, and you now stress every waking minute about going to work.
For the most part, this was me. I was on the job hunt on and off for about eight months when coming into a new role. I said everything I needed to say to get the job and never thought about the long term. This was stupid of me because again,
The job fucking sucked.
There were a lot of things I didn’t like about it, but none of it lead to me quitting outright. I didn’t relate to my co-workers, but they weren’t hostile. The pay was terrible, but more than I was making as a barista. The work space was fairly run-down, but I had my own office.
