Internal hiring/promotionI think it' s way too soon to jump ship on this new job. You' ve barely been there a week! I think you owe it to yourself to give this job some time, get used to it, and see how you feel in a month or in 6 weeks. Plus the fact that you' ll loose any chance you may have to move to corporate if you quit now. I sincerely think you need to stick with this job for a while and see what happens. Perseverance is a virtue and sometimes putting up with a short-term inconvenience produces long-term benefits. Besides, what will you tell a future employer about your short term with this particular employer? "I had to work too hard and the hours were too long," is not the sort of response that engenders confidence in a prospective employee' s willingness to do what' s required. Not only would you screw any hope of working at corporate, you'd be taking a serious hit to your resume for any other employer either. Suck it up for a year. They're not beating you in the basement and you can focus on it being a stepping stone to your other goals. Tess I posted to you on the other thread you started, but since you added more info here, I would like to add a couple of comments. First, it is way too early for you to even determine for sure whether this position is going to work out--c' mon, it' s only been a little over a week. So, it' s hard, it' s long hours, it' s a pain. You say you' ve proven yourself at this position in other companies. What you did at other companies got you this job--you are going to have to prove yourself in this job, for this company. Lots of people work long hours, for days on end--being uncomfortable, working hard, and not particularly liking what you are doing right now are not reasons to give up your dream--at least, IMHO. If you want what you want, then you are going to have to stick it out. Sounds to me, at least from what you have written, that you aren' t willing to do the hard work you need to in order to achieve your dream. Or, change your dream and find a job that fits what you immediately want. Look, lots of people don' t "like" their new jobs at first (my husband has almost never liked any of his jobs at the beginning, but has ended up really liking most of them. He doesn' t like being "uncomfortable," but if he' d given up on these jobs so quickly as you' re thinking of bailing out on this one, he' d have missed some wonderful career opportunities, and would not now be in a great job with a great company, with great benefits, and great advancement potential). And yes, I know how hard it is to work long days and not have your weekends off. But that is nothing more than what millions of other people do every day.... And I hated, hated a job I had early on in my career, but I managed to stick it out for 3 months--until I got so physically sick from the dusty atmosphere that I had to quit for health reasons. So it' s not that I don' t understand how it is to be in a rotten work situation. I interviewed for a position at the corporate headquarters of a company that I really want to work for. My goal was to work for this company' s headquarters, as it' s located right where I want to live and the hours are standard M-F. I was rejected for that position, but at the end of the rejection call,I was asked if I wanted to apply to another, entirely different open position - call it ata satellite office. When they offered me that position, they stated to me that they were aware that I was interested in working at their corporate office, and that that was feasible for me & them at some point due to my proximity. We did not discuss promotion timelines, as I didn' t want to appear disinterested in the position that I ended up taking. Now, I' ve been in the job for a week - I' ve lost all of my weekends (I was told in the initial interview that weekends were alternated); I' m on my 8th nine-hour day in a row working and am already burning out. I dislike the position I' m in - it' s management and although I' ve got a long history in this type of position, I don' t like it. My thought was that I could suck it up for 6 months to a year, waiting for a promotion to the main office - but I' m already unhappy with the pace and the job, and that' s no way to get oneself promoted! BTW, the two jobs are unrelated - there are several tracks at the headquarters that I would take, and I' ve already proven myself in this current position in other companies. So - any advice out there? I' m thinking of just giving up on my dream of working for this company (at the home office), and looking for something that doesn' t make me miserable. I can' t see having a talk with them now, it' s only been - well - 8 straight days in a row of working in this position. So far they are happy with my performance, but I am unhappy and know that soon it will reflect on my performance and promotion will fly out the window - job enjoyment and enthusiasm can' t really be faked and is no way to live. Should I just be extremely honest, and tell them that while I want to do a good job for them and love the company, I feel that the position just is the wrong one for me? I would need another job first before I do that, I suppose. | |
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