Years ago early in my career I took a job that I realized during the first week was a mistake. It wasn't until I got embedded with my team that I realized how t

Years ago early in my career I took a job that I realized during the first week was a mistake. It wasn't until I got embedded with my team that I realized how toxic the environment was and no real work was getting done at all. Everyone just sat around doing -- I don't know -- it was pre-web so I really don't know what everyone was doing with their time. I was going nuts just sitting there. I told my boss at the end of that week I couldn't do this. He pleaded with me to stay another week. I did and it was no better so I left and didn't come back. I wasn't sure what to do either, so I left it off my resume. I don't even recall the name of the company anymore. As you would expect they ended up going bust. Nowadays I bring this story up in interviews if possible and I find most everyone has a similar experience if they've been doing this work for awhile. If you can afford it I'd say just quit and get looking. The job market seems pretty hot right now if all the recruiter spam I get is any sort of measure.