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Fist bump to quitting early. I am leaving a company after only 3 months (Edit-- I also will not plan on working for several more months!). My parents (both in t

Fist bump to quitting early. I am leaving a company after only 3 months (Edit-- I also will not plan on working for several more months!). My parents (both in their 50's, who are used to the idea of working all the way from 22 to 65 years old in your life) do not like it one bit. But then again, as Americans we all have some weird hardcore norms about work. That attitude is slowly changing I think. Funny enough, I had a bit of the opposite happen in the interview -- I was upleveled due to my performance, and the money was awesome. Just had a lot of reasons for feeling unfulfilled.

joshcsimmons 5y ago
Good for you. A lot of commenters getting hung up on the mechanics of the process. There’s a lot of cultural norms about what to do in this situation but at the end of the day you’re the one the one that has to live with your decisions.
jon-wood 5y ago
If I'm reviewing a CV I'm not going to ding someone for leaving a job a few months in, but I am going to be asking some carefully worded questions about why you left to work out whether you left of your own accord, or you were asked to leave before the probation period ended and the company were stuck with you on a three month notice period. (Its possible the US market is different in this regard, where as far as I'm aware everyone is on 2 week notice periods all the time)
- throwaway6532 5y ago
  I'm in the process of leaving a company after 6 months at the moment and I know I'm going to probably get this question forever now, but end of the day I have my reasons, and I think they're valid and will likely be judged as such. I think going in to any other job I'm equally as motivated as any interviewer to not have it happen again given how painful an experience this has been. In my case I wouldn't necessarily say it was bait and switch, but I wasn't made aware of something that would have led me to turn down the offer had I known about it beforehand as I knew it wouldn't be a good fit, but I also didn't think to ask because I was making assumptions based on all my pre-covid experiences. I guess I learned a lesson there.

joshcsimmons 5y ago

Good for you. A lot of commenters getting hung up on the mechanics of the process. There’s a lot of cultural norms about what to do in this situation but at the end of the day you’re the one the one that has to live with your decisions.

jon-wood 5y ago

If I'm reviewing a CV I'm not going to ding someone for leaving a job a few months in, but I am going to be asking some carefully worded questions about why you left to work out whether you left of your own accord, or you were asked to leave before the probation period ended and the company were stuck with you on a three month notice period. (Its possible the US market is different in this regard, where as far as I'm aware everyone is on 2 week notice periods all the time)

throwaway6532 5y ago
I'm in the process of leaving a company after 6 months at the moment and I know I'm going to probably get this question forever now, but end of the day I have my reasons, and I think they're valid and will likely be judged as such. I think going in to any other job I'm equally as motivated as any interviewer to not have it happen again given how painful an experience this has been. In my case I wouldn't necessarily say it was bait and switch, but I wasn't made aware of something that would have led me to turn down the offer had I known about it beforehand as I knew it wouldn't be a good fit, but I also didn't think to ask because I was making assumptions based on all my pre-covid experiences. I guess I learned a lesson there.