How to Quit a Job You Just Started Professionally
It’s official — you’ve passed all the interview rounds, accepted the job offer, and done a new professional title. You should feel as happy as a kid on a sugar high (especially in the current job market). Instead, you feel as miserable as if you’ve been stepping on a Lego brick every night for three weeks in a row.
And here comes the tough, but possibly right decision: Calling it quits. But how do you quit a job you’ve just started without leaving a foul first impression? Here’s our take.
Is It Bad to Quit a Job After a Week?
The decision to quit a job you’ve just started is neither particularly bad nor uncommon. Almost 30% of workers decide if the job is a right fit for them in the first week and another 40% — during the first month.
From an employer’s perspective — yeah, losing a new employee in a week feels bad, given how much time and resources they’ve invested in hiring one.…