I recently started a new job about two weeks ago and I’ve had a terrible experience so far. I haven’t been given anything to work on, most meetings I’m excluded from, I’ve been given terrible electronics to work on (my keyboard is filled with peanut shell crumbs), none of my coworkers are friendly or outgoing, and my boss seems unorganized and is a terrible teacher in the 3 hours of training I’ve gotten in the past two weeks. Most of my days I spend looking through social media just to pass the time. I’ve made an effort to try and take the initiative but get shut down every time. Will it look bad if I leave this early? I’m worried other employers will look down on leaving after just a short time. I’m just now starting my career and this is not what I had in mind. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Everyone here will tell you that employers won't see that you've only been there for a few weeks, but they live in bubbles. Most will see and most will care. That said, if you've only been there a few weeks and you hate it that much, you can always start looking for a new job, bail when you find one, then just exclude your current job entirely from your resume.
Nice logic bro
^show me the flaw(s). Have you ever been a decider on any hires? Holding jobs for short periods of times are instant red flags. Onboarding isn't free. That said, it's not always a deal breaker.
If you find something quickly, within a few months, you don’t even need to include this position on your resume. Don’t stay at a place that will not properly onboard you or entertain your taking initiative and wanting to be productive.
Exactly. You can make it look like this never happened.
Won’t it show up on the background check?
Depends. If you held a position three years and bail on the next one in a month it'll look better than four one year stints
Same thing here when I was a new grad joining Oracle. I was given a used laptop. My schedule has been 10am to 3pm and pretty much chilling and leetcodimg at the office. My coworkers were too busy taking care of babies and watering plants so they all work from home. I jumped to a unicorn startup and they have free lunch + dinner, which beats Oracle's shit cafe a lot. Better yet, the comp is even higher except I need to work from 9 to 6.
Which unicorn startup?
Based on his name, I’d guess Uber. But Uber is known to have pretty awful food so now I’m confused.
Which company btw, can you share? Maybe useful for others
If the next place hires you it wasn't too early. Start looking, and leave ASAP. Heck, saying "I'm not allowed to take initiative on things" in an interview with another place will score some points.
Your future, your life, your career comes first. Be kind to yourself and get another job. Then be nice to yourself again and quit in a polite but decisive manner.
Ask for a raise
Grow up, go and start talking to people. Learn about the business domain, ask your boss for expectations, invite yourself to meetings, figure out the difficult problems and start solving em. Make yourself useful damnit. You're an adult.
You dont owe them anything. If they arent including you in meeting then gtfo and lc