A few days into your new job, are you thinking "Oh my god! What have I got myself into?" This is not good and you may already be considering resigning from your new job. But should you leave a new job so soon? And if yes, how do you go about doing it?Think carefully before you take this step as it might affect both your immediate and future job prospects and have an adverse effect on your career. Also, your finances may take a hit. Here are some things you need to think about before you go in and hand over your resignation:
1. You would tick off your new manager and team mates. When you decided to join the team, they were have to have the position filled and get on with their jobs. Now, if you quit, they would have to begin the entire hiring process again and pitch in to cover your responsibilities until they find your replacement. This would set back their plans, and needless to say, they would not appreciate it.
2. The company may not re-hire you if you change your mind in the future. Most companies do not re-hire ex-employees who did not have a stellar performance record or who left the company on not-so-good terms. If you leave right after you joined, you would fall into both the categories and hence would be blacklisted.
3. By resigning very shortly after you took up the new job, you may end up hurting not just your future but also the job prospects of other people from your college. Yes, your performance and attitude towards work is reflective of the school you studied at, and many employers use prior experience for deciding whether to hire graduates from a particular college or not. Hence, if you leave a bad impression, it will hurt your school as well.
4. You may get used to doing this. If you jumping from one job to another without even giving yourself enough time to adjust to the new place, people, and responsibilities, you will end up developing an unhealthy habit that will cause considerable harm to your career. Further, you will find it very difficult to explain such jumps to prospective employers and lose value in the job market. Rest assured vary few of them will consider calling your for an interview, let alone hiring you.
On the other hand, the sooner you know that taking up your new job was a mistake and resign from it, the less will be the stress on your emotional, psychological, and physical health. Also, you will find another job relatively quickly as your job search was very active until recently.
Hence, make up your mind after carefully considering all of the above, and if you still feel that you want to quit your new job, do it right. Go and speak with your boss in person and explain to him why you feel so strongly that this is not the job for you. Convince him that you are not a good fit for the position. Do not make the mistake of having this conversation over the phone or via an email, and don't even dare to disappear without a word. Be responsible; your manager will appreciate it. Moreover, it would be nice if you offer to continue until he finds another person for the job. This would redeem you a little in his eyes and at least prevent a negative reference. He may also appreciate your honesty and understand your point of you better.
Further, ensure that the next time you decide to accept an offer, you have done enough research on the position to know that you would like it. You just cannot afford to move from one job to the next in very short periods of time irrespective of whether you have just started your career or are few years down the road.
