How long did you give a job that was a bad fit?

[Anonymous]

One job I lasted 1 week. It was just a happy circumstance. On day 1, I knew it was a bad fit but it was only the first day so I was going to give it a try. It happened to be early Aug. I had also been deferred for an MBA program. They told me that they wanted me to have one more year of work under me before coming. At the worst, I knew I would be in this job for 1 year. But at the end of the week, the school called and said there was space in this years class and could I be ready to start school in 2 weeks. I resigned immediately.

[Anonymous]

Same situation OP. I knew my current job was a hot mess from day one. I'm still here six months later and constantly working on getting out. I completely regret leaving my prior job, but it is what it is. I just have to resolve to do better research before jumping next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I left a bad job after 2 months with nothing lined up but I couldn't take one more minute. My situation sounds similar to what you described, OP. I decided it was better to cut ties and just leave that job off my résumé altogether, rather than have to explain why I was only there for such a short time.

In short, trust your instincts and get out as soon as possible if you think you can't make it work.

I did this too, except it was 3 months. I will warn you that depending on what kind of background check is done, even very short term jobs will pop up on your history. I had to explain my short tenure and abrupt exit in the first interview for the job I have now, but I have a variety of convenient justifications and explanations that made them willing to overlook it in favor of my other skills.

Ultimately, you should trust your gut. I felt like I was being constantly undermined at my nightmare previous job, but I was sure that I was being paranoid. I had a conversation several months after leaving with someone else who had left at approximately the same time who confirmed almost everything I'd suspected was going on behind my back almost since the day I started. My over-arching feeling was that there was no way things were going to turn around, and my former colleague confirmed that suspicion.