I started training this week for a new job, but am realizing its not the job for me. I went to school for early childhood education and human services to work with children and families. The job is an intake worker with families but it has to be alot of home visits. i have always worked with families in daycare centers and not in their homes. i am starting to realize this job is NOT for me due to weird things with certain families that can come up in their homes and some dirtiness in homes and other issues i dont feel i can handle. i am blessed because i have a job offer with a company i would feel more comfortable with on the phone this week. has anyone ever gone through this. realizing a job is not for them the first week???
Yes better to quit early before they spend to much time on you. Just tell them up front its just not what you expected but thank you for the opportunity. give them a chance to replace you if needed.
Yes I am sure that has happened to lots of people. Quit if you have another job lined up.
I suggest you see this thru for 90 days - you may find out this is exactly where you need to be. Sometimes the very thing we want to run from is the very thing we need to run to.
Social work is a lot of home visits.
Site visits.
It is not for everyone.
And yes, it can be... dicey to be in a 'strangers' home given the many circumstances and scenarios in which these children live. And dangerous.
Tell them now.
So they don't waste anymore time.
I am surprised, that their job description and ensuing interviews with you, never mentioned home visits.
I have not had that experience. However, if you know it's not something you can handle and you have another offer, then go to HR and talk to them lay it out that the home visits are different than you expected and you do not feel you are qualified to continue. Give them whatever notice they ask (be it you leave immediately or you give them 2 weeks to shuffle the schedule) and then move on. Tell the other job with the offer that you accept, but have to give your current job x notice.
Yep. I'm in one now. The best you can do is make the most of it and use it as an experience, especially if it is somewhat related. Good luck, don't quit just yet.
Oh, heck yeah. It was my first day at an insurance agency and the office manager was so rude to me that I literally almost picked up my purse and walked out. However, I was a single mom and couldn't afford to do that and I actually stayed there for two very lonnnnnnnnnnng years. I loved the work, just not the environment. When I finally left, 5 other people left at the same time. We'd just had it.
If you get the other job, problem solved. However, if not, you may just need to talk to someone about your not feeling comfortable with the home visits. If that is a requirement of the job, you may find yourself out of a job all together, but really it isn't fair for people to have someone in their homes that doesn't feel comfortable being there.
I hope everything works out for you.
Yes, I had that experience. I have an elementary (K-8) certification and I was hired to teach "kids of muliple ages from 10-14". I was hired and then had to attend a week of training. During that time is when I learned I would be teaching at an alternative school (major behavior issues). This was not made clear at the interview. By the third day, I knew this was not the job for me. The next day was supposed to be the physical "take down" training. I am pretty petite, so I gave them my resignation instead. I typed an official letter, but told the lady that this "was not a good fit for me". I thanked her for the opportunity. I was very upset about all of this because I am not a quitter, but I couldn't see myself doing this job. I knew that to be happy and maintain my sanity, I had to leave. Within a week, I had a job in a regular 5th grade classroom which I've been in for 11 years. Things have a way of working out the way they should.
You have to decide what is best for you based on your situation, but I wouldn't stay if you already know it is not for you. Good luck to you. I understand how difficult this is.
It happened to me once. I was there 2 days & hated it. No big deal, just be courteous & ask if they want 2 weeks.
No this has not happened to me, but glad to hear you realize it before you are stuck in a position you hate.
I work for the county and have seen many of people hate their job and express it in their day to day interactions. When I started, I could openly see everyone who had been there too long and hated what they did.
I had one period of time where I hated my job and come to find out, it was my boss I hated! She left and I have enjoyed it ever since and it is not really a job to love.
I haven't but should have at one and ended up getting fired.
I would stay until you find something else or your sure that other offer comes through. If you can be without a job with no worry, then I say go ahead and quit. I wouldn't feel comfortable having you in my home if you didn't like what your were doing or felt uncomfortable.
