I just joined a company on Wednesday of last week.  I've been there ALMOST five days, so not even a full work week.

I already hate the place.  I love what I do as a career, but the on-boarding process feels, in hindsight, like it was a bit of a bait and switch.  The sort that redefines the responsibilities of my role after bringing me on.  It's to a significant enough degree that, had I known what the role was actually going to be, I wouldn't have accepted the position.

My question is this: Do I just keep looking, and then nope the fuck out when I find something better?  Is there any advantage to staying or disadvantage to leaving?

Stay until you find something else then get out. No reason to stay if they weren't upfront to begin with. 

Sounds like it's bothering you. I'd first start with a lengthy and honest conversation with your manager. If that doesn't resolve it, then GTFO.

posted by iclfan2

Stay until you find something else then get out. No reason to stay if they weren't upfront to begin with. 

At the moment, that's the plan, and I've got a couple prospects lined up already.  Just wanted to get some other perspectives to see if there's a reason I shouldn't.

Obviously, you don't put this short a stint onto a resume, as I'm pretty sure that wouldn't look good, but I wanted to be sure there wasn't any other reason to stick around.

SIDE NOTE: Another issue I'm having is that our Director of Marketing, my immediate superior, is not the best at the English language, and they insist on phone calls as opposed to Slack messages or emails.  I only pick up on about 40-50% of what they say, but I'm not sure how to tell them that.

Make no mistake, I'd want to leave either way, but that doesn't exactly make things more bearable in the day-to-day.

posted by O-Trap

At the moment, that's the plan, and I've got a couple prospects lined up already.  Just wanted to get some other perspectives to see if there's a reason I shouldn't.

Obviously, you don't put this short a stint onto a resume, as I'm pretty sure that wouldn't look good, but I wanted to be sure there wasn't any other reason to stick around.

SIDE NOTE: Another issue I'm having is that our Director of Marketing, my immediate superior, is not the best at the English language, and they insist on phone calls as opposed to Slack messages or emails.  I only pick up on about 40-50% of what they say, but I'm not sure how to tell them that.

Make no mistake, I'd want to leave either way, but that doesn't exactly make things more bearable in the day-to-day.

1. Take care of yourself and do what’s best for you.

2. Communicate your issues with management

I hear ya. I wouldn’t put it on the resume at all. And I report to some Montréal folk and some of them are almost impossible to understand, I totally get it. Unless the pay is amazing, get out and replace it on your resume so the month and year all line up in the future. 

unemployed is a scary situation. you gotta stay to find something better. the fear i would have is not finding something better than the job you left for this current gig.

posted by Commander of Awesome

Sounds like it's bothering you. I'd first start with a lengthy and honest conversation with your manager. If that doesn't resolve it, then GTFO.

I've been mulling this over.  My only concern is that they take it as a reason to replace me before I find something else.  I don't know that they'd do that, but I don't really know that they wouldn't either.

Should it take awhile to find a new position, I'll probably take this advice, assuming it seems like they'll be understanding about it.
 

posted by iclfan2

I hear ya. I wouldn’t put it on the resume at all. And I report to some Montréal folk and some of them are almost impossible to understand, I totally get it. Unless the pay is amazing, get out and replace it on your resume so the month and year all line up in the future. 

Yeesh.  Yeah, I've worked with a few affiliates and vendors up that way.  The owner of one in particular was fortunately born in New York, but I have flat-out told him that I have to talk to him, because I can't understand his people.

If you've ever done business with someone who was raised a Piker in England, it's the same way.  They might be the hardest to understand that I've dealt with.  If you've ever seen Snatch, think Brad Pitt's character.

posted by j_crazy

unemployed is a scary situation. you gotta stay to find something better. the fear i would have is not finding something better than the job you left for this current gig.

From a standpoint of job enjoyment, it's a pretty lateral move.  Different "goods and bads," but it's about a wash.  Much better pay, so this job was still a positive move, even though it's not a good one.

I would go to whoever hired you and tell them that you are doing something that you did not get hired to do.  Tell them your expectations.  Then look for another job and leave

Wait a sec - are they paying you "stupid money"?   If so, does that make the job any more bearable?

posted by Zunardo

Wait a sec - are they paying you "stupid money"?   If so, does that make the job any more bearable?

No, no.  It's not stupid money.  It's okay money.  Industry average, or so.  The last place was getting me for a steal, and I'd had a couple conversations with them about it, but there was no movement, so I opted for this move.

It's still as true today as ever - it's easier to find a job when you're employed.

As for whether to have that conversation with your boss/hiring manager...if any changes you expect to reasonably come from that still doesn't make you want to stay, then what's really the point of having that conversation?

You could leave the job off your resume, but be advised if you leave the position off an employment app then you're lying. I don't know how they do it or if they really do, but I always thought that was one of the easier things for them to check.  Pretty sure a standard background check pulls all your past employment based off of W2's.  

So if you need to put it on an employment app, then it might as well be on your resume.  And then you can just explain it up front and control the message.  I don't know or have the answer here, but people leaving a job after a few months or even a few days in some cases is not that uncommon.

Didn't you say a couple weeks ago that you have your dream job?

posted by like_that

Didn't you say a couple weeks ago that you have your dream job?

Yep.  Just shit pay.  The "job" part of it was perfect.