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

[Anonymous]

I knew it was a bad fit /misfire on my first day.

I said I needed to give it more time.

It's now 45 days in and still feels wrong. I dislike my boss. He doesn't share information and I have been excluded from meetings and information. For example, there are weekly status meetings and project meetings I should be in, but am not included. I learn about a change to one of my projects that I'm actively working on second-hand. I have to PULL information from my boss or others to just get informed!! I am tired of doing so. I don't click with anyone in My group or department. I'm bored at work because they don't give me anything to do. They say go look at this directory and it has information about our stuff and processes, etc.

I ask my boss for help on an issue and he either will fix the issue or will ignore my emails.

I've never had a bad start like this in over 15 years of working/jobs. The culture here is so different I'm not feeling it.

I've tried to reach out to my boss, my boss' boss an other lateral staff for information or help. Just not feeling it.

Finally, the facilities at my office are awful. It's overly cold, there's sometimes no parking in the lot and I have to park 1/4 mile away and walk, no cups or other basics in the kitchen (I had to bring stuff in from home, such as cups, utensils, plates, etc).

How long do I give it? I just don't know if it will turn around.

[Anonymous]

I can't answer how long you should give it, but I gave a job 45 days once. I'd worked at the job prior for years (over a decade) but, like you, on day one of the new job I knew it was a bad fit for many of the reasons you list (excluded, not given info, not given work, etc., and, although perhaps not as important, poor physical plant, no supplies, etc.) and it got worse not better. I just leave it off my resume now since it certainly didn't anything to my skill set. I'd factor in how long it will take you to find a new job. Can you go back to your old job or would you want to do that?

[Anonymous]

Yes I could but not sure I'd want to...

[Anonymous]

My answer:

If you can go back to another job immediately, just cut ties and go.

If you can't, stick it out a year or itll look bad on a resume.

[Anonymous]

I had a job that I knew was a bad fit from day 1. (Actually the entire company was a bad fit. Too bad glassdoor wasn't around back then.) Anyway, I gave it 1 year. It never got better. Trust your instincts and start to look elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

I stuck it out for three years at a bad job bc I didn't want to look like a job hopper. It never got better. I eventually was pushed out. Start yr exit plan now.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

2 years at my first job out of law school. I put up post-its on the side of my desk and made a tick mark on it every Friday, like I was in a prison movie.

[Anonymous]

I have been at my current job for 6 months and for the first 4 months it actually seemed like a good fit. Now that I have had more constant, direct interaction with my boss I realize that it is not the right style for me, which I realized about 2 months ago. I am currently looking, but since I'm already in it for 6 months I plan to stay until I find another, better job (not just any old thing), or until I go batshit insane, whichever comes first.

[Anonymous]

2 years at my first job out of law school. I put up post-its on the side of my desk and made a tick mark on it every Friday, like I was in a prison movie.

That is both hilarious and sad. Glad you made it out!

[Anonymous]

I've been here over 4 years. I can't find anything else that will at least pay me relatively close, and I'm miserable. Hope to spend some of my 'maternity leave' looking....sigh...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been at my current job for 6 months and for the first 4 months it actually seemed like a good fit. Now that I have had more constant, direct interaction with my boss I realize that it is not the right style for me, which I realized about 2 months ago. I am currently looking, but since I'm already in it for 6 months I plan to stay until I find another, better job (not just any old thing), or until I go batshit insane, whichever comes first.

Similar experience. It took me about 3-4 months to realize the job was a bad fit (and I also got a new boss during that time, and she and I really did not get along which of course made things worse). It was actually an inter-company transfer, but my old job had been filled by then so going back was not an option. I started looking around, first internally, then expanded my search externally and it took a few more months until I landed a new job. All in, I was in the "bad fit" position for a little over a year.

[Anonymous]

I moved to a new job about 6 months ago and pretty quickly new it was a bad fit. I told myself I had to wait 6 months before I could start applying for new jobs. I just started applying and I'm hoping it takes a few months to find something so that it will be almost a year on my resume.

[Anonymous]

Trust your instincts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

2 years at my first job out of law school. I put up post-its on the side of my desk and made a tick mark on it every Friday, like I was in a prison movie.

That is both hilarious and sad. Glad you made it out!

I work with a girl who has a post-it note on her monitor that says "THIS IS FUN!".

I practically convulsed laughing when I first saw it.