Feeling guilty for quitting a new job after a month
Leaving a new job so soon creates intense anxiety because of the personal relationships built with coworkers and the investment leadership put into onboarding and training. This emotional burden makes the prospect of giving notice feel deeply awkward and leaves people questioning whether their distress is unwarranted.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Resigning via email on the first day of the new job instead of giving two weeks
- 2Leaving the short-term job off the resume entirely
- 3taking medication like Valium to get through the workday
- 4increasing alcohol consumption to unwind after work
- 5working long hours including Saturdays to try to keep up
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I genuinely would feel bad leaving. They’re all super nice to me and have put a lot of effort and cost into my training and onboarding.”source ↗
“Also I’ve never had to put two weeks in to an accounting job before and it feels like it’s gonna be super awkward. Am I stressing for no reason?”source ↗
“Considering leaving but my TL has put so much work into me and I feel really guilty and a disappointment (I really need advice)”source ↗
Where this came up
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