So I’ve been out of work since October, I left my toxic work place of two years, and I finally landed a front desk job at a hotel. My first day was on July 7th, so not even a week ago. The staff seems super nice and friendly.
The only things I thought were weird is that two of my coworkers told me that often times, especially when you’re by yourself at the front desk, there’s no one to cover your lunch break so there aren’t really any guaranteed lunch breaks. The other thing is that there aren’t any chairs for people who work at the front desk, so you’re essentially standing for like 8 hours, which is weird because my last front desk job, and all the other front desk jobs i’ve seen have chairs. The job description also said something about joining their “family”, which I heard was a red flag.
When working from 3-11, there’s some stuff you’ll have to do that wasn’t part of the job description, like plunging guests’ toilets because housekeeping, maintenance, or the person who runs stuff to the rooms isn’t there, going to get pillows, sheets, and blankets from the laundry room, and other stuff.
It’s just really tiring doing all this and having to interact with people and worry about being personable, as well as catching social cues. (I’m autistic) At my last job I could manage because I had a chair and my energy wasn’t drained by standing all day. But at the same time, it took me so long to actually get this job, or get any job to be honest. I’ve applied to almost 90 places and this was the only place that offered me a position. I’m so desperate for work, and I’m scared that if I quit this one, I’ll be out of work for another 9 months.
Should I quit this job? And when applying for other jobs, should I put this one on my resume? I heard it’s easier to get a job when you have a job, but won’t it seem like red flag that I’m looking for a job when I just started this one? Any advice or help is greatly appreciated!
TLDR: I’ve been out of work since October, just got a job a few days ago, it’s so exhausting and I kinda wanna quit but I’m scared I’ll be out of work for several months again. I don’t know what to do.