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Probation should be as much for the employee as the employer.

I recently quit my job during my 3 month probation period because they essentially lied to me about what my responsibilities would be and because my manager was the worst manager I’ve had in my 10+ year career. I quit before finding new work because 1. Financially I can afford to be out of work for a few months and 2. Because I was working so many hours I found it hard to job hunt and interview. Now when I’m applying for new jobs I’m finding I’m not getting anywhere near as many interviews as I was before. The recruiters I’ve spoken to have all said the short time I was in the role is probably a red flag, but why should it be?! A probation period should work both ways. I even got rejected from a role and the feedback was that they were concerned about the reason why…


I recently quit my job during my 3 month probation period because they essentially lied to me about what my responsibilities would be and because my manager was the worst manager I’ve had in my 10+ year career. I quit before finding new work because 1. Financially I can afford to be out of work for a few months and 2. Because I was working so many hours I found it hard to job hunt and interview. Now when I’m applying for new jobs I’m finding I’m not getting anywhere near as many interviews as I was before. The recruiters I’ve spoken to have all said the short time I was in the role is probably a red flag, but why should it be?! A probation period should work both ways. I even got rejected from a role and the feedback was that they were concerned about the reason why I was in my last job for such a short period. It’s beyond frustrating, and every boomer age person I speak to tells me what a huge mistake I made. Guess I should have stayed miserable and lied to.

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