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Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Mubarakmahruf(op): 12:05pm On Mar 30, 2024
Have you ever left a job within a month or less? What made you quit so quickly? Share your story and reasons below. Perhaps it was a mismatch in job expectations, a toxic work environment, or unforeseen personal circumstances. Your experience can offer valuable insights and help others navigate similar situations.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by anu3:
It happened a couple of times... The demands were too much than I could handle, or the employers weren't just very serious enough...
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Hamachi(f):
Yes, toxic environment.

I should have known the day I went for interview. I waited over 40mins before I was attended to, but as at that time I needed a job badly.

Wk 1 mail wasn't working, after series of complaints, in space of 3 days it was fixed.
Wk 2 I observe certain persons wouldn't attend meetings but if I didn't attend hell will break loose and I will be given query
Wk 3 I saw shege in the hands of customers because of inferior quality of products
Wk 4 it dawn on me that it was an animal farm because some staff get certain benefits and you get none with so much responsibilities, oya pay me my money it got to the 2 week of the following month. I got the salary and told them,I will return shortly and I never came back 🔙
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Octopusbottle(m): 9:11pm On Mar 30, 2024
Mine self no reach a month.. got my employment letter the day I waz suppose to resume. Got dere very early for work only to notice that most of their staff neva come office. When they finally came ,over hear one of them complaining he would not come to work the next day since they have not bn paid.
Omo and that waz the 2nd week of the month oooo. Just told the dude I needed to go and buy snacks na so I carry my bag run cumot dere...

Dat lyf ain't for me.... that waz how I japa from dat job
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by chyzoo4u(m):
After secondary school, while waiting to gain admission, I got a job in a church compound. My job was to cut grass. I left after the first day and didnt go back again.

After NYSC, tried marketing some premiums for Insurance companies. I actually like the job because of the commissions involved, but then, I left after few days to face my IT call.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Meerahbel: 8:59am On Mar 31, 2024
I have my peace
I can't not come and run mad in Lagos.

5:00am eyes don open, 600am you don road

5:00-6:00pm you close from work, 7:00pm-8:00pm inside bus you eyes dey blink, 10:00pm you finally reach house dey think of wetin you go chop.

Before you finally eat 11:00pm don nak.
12:00-1:00pm sleep don come,, you finally sleep by 1:00am.

4am you don wake again again. Hell no, I collected the salary and call it quit.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Hamachi(f): 10:57am On Apr 04, 2024
grin
Meerahbel:
I have my peace
I can't not come and run mad in Lagos.

5:00am eyes don open, 600am you don road

5:00-6:00pm you close from work, 7:00pm-8:00pm inside bus you eyes dey blink, 10:00pm you finally reach house dey think of wetin you go chop.

Before you finally eat 11:00pm don nak.
12:00-1:00pm sleep don come,, you finally sleep by 1:00am.

4am you don wake again again. Hell no, I collected the salary and call it quit.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by sageb: 1:43pm On Apr 04, 2024
Meerahbel:
I have my peace
I can't not come and run mad in Lagos.

5:00am eyes don open, 600am you don road

5:00-6:00pm you close from work, 7:00pm-8:00pm inside bus you eyes dey blink, 10:00pm you finally reach house dey think of wetin you go chop.

Before you finally eat 11:00pm don nak.
12:00-1:00pm sleep don come,, you finally sleep by 1:00am.

4am you don wake again again. Hell no, I collected the salary and call it quit.
The reality of life in Lagos
so stressful
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Daviestunech(m): 11:12pm On Apr 04, 2024
Meerahbel:
I have my peace
I can't not come and run mad in Lagos.

5:00am eyes don open, 600am you don road

5:00-6:00pm you close from work, 7:00pm-8:00pm inside bus you eyes dey blink, 10:00pm you finally reach house dey think of wetin you go chop.

Before you finally eat 11:00pm don nak.
12:00-1:00pm sleep don come,, you finally sleep by 1:00am.

4am you don wake again again. Hell no, I collected the salary and call it quit.
I hate this pattern of work life actually..
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Meerahbel: 9:21am On Apr 06, 2024
Daviestunech:
I hate this pattern of work life actually..
The person is actually dying slowly.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by drezzyx(m):
Newspaper job you resume earlier as fvck...

Factory work ,will never do it again no matter what they pay.
Except I just want to learn a skill..

Please I need someone to tell me a place I can learn solar panel installation..
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by IyaTola: 6:56pm On Apr 06, 2024
drezzyx:
Newspaper job you resume earlier as fvck...

Factory work ,will never do it no matter what they pay.
Except I just want to learn a skill..

Please I need someone to tell me a place I can learn solar panel installation..
People2profit -: adeniyi.people2profitng@gmail.com
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by anu3:
drezzyx:
Newspaper job you resume earlier...

Factory work ,will never do it no matter what they pay.
Except I just want to learn a skill..

Please I need someone to tell me a place I can learn solar panel installation..
You can try YouTube and google for a start...
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by drezzyx(m): 9:29pm On Apr 06, 2024
IyaTola:
People2profit -: adeniyi.people2profitng@gmail.com
Please can I write to him on this Gmail,
Or get his I.G handle or Fb pages.
Thanks
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by drezzyx(m): 9:31pm On Apr 06, 2024
anu3:
You can try YouTube and google for a start...
I seriously need the practical aspect
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by anu3: 4:47am On Apr 07, 2024
drezzyx:
I seriously need the practical aspect
Ok then... Sounds like you've seen lots of practical videos already... That's fine then...
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by IyaTola: 5:37pm On Apr 07, 2024
drezzyx:
Please can I write to him on this Gmail,
Or get his I.G handle or Fb pages.
Thanks
Yes
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Meerahbel: 11:04am On Apr 09, 2024
Daviestunech:
I hate this pattern of work life actually..
Unfortunately many are doing it in Lagos
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Oyindamolah: 4:40pm On Apr 09, 2024
So many years ago, I got a job in a company. My first day staff were complaining bitterly as to how they are treated but I felt well am built different and would be the change. When I saw when someone fell from a two storey building and the organization did as if nothing happened, nobody told me it was time to pack my belongings and leave.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by superintendents(m): 5:52pm On Apr 09, 2024
grin grin
Oyindamolah:
So many years ago, I got a job in a company. My first day staff were complaining bitterly as to how they are treated but I felt well am built different and would be the change. When I saw when someone fell from a two storey building and the organization did as if nothing happened, nobody told me it was time to pack my belongings and leave.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by 10billionDollar:
embarassed Due to joblessness & frustration I applied for a driver job at a hotel, during the interview with the CEO, he noticed I was well learned, he then requested for my credentials, after seeing degree certificate, nebosh certification etc
He said his conscience can't allow him to use a graduate as a driver. He then offered me the position of the hotel manager on a salary of 50k, I was very happy and grateful initially but I had to abscond after a month of working there without salary and fulfilment.

First the female supervisor managing the hotel operations before refused to handover critical management portfolios to me as instructed by the CEO, so I was still reporting to her daily.
The other staff complained badly of their meagre pay and some have not been paid for 3 months, they would not take instructions from me citing they have not been paid salaries. The hotel was like a porn hub, the CEO wasn't ready for a change, instead he will be telling me to create a better new work culture amongst the staff.

I would sit in the office with a non functional computer, move round the hotel daily, all staffs were still reporting to the supervisor.
I had no tangible task to handle as the manager. I later noticed my presence was a threat to the female supervisor's choppings shockedshocked

I took excuse from her that I was going to buy food outside and that was how I disappeared from there till date grin grin grin


I want to learn software testing oooo
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Rubyjade: 1:30pm On Apr 10, 2024
10billionDollar:
embarassed Due to joblessness & frustration I applied for a driver job at a hotel, during the interview with the CEO, he noticed I was well learned, he then requested for my credentials, after seeing degree certificate, nebosh certification etc
He said his conscience can't allow him to use a graduate as a driver. He then offered me the position of the hotel manager on a salary of 50k, I was very happy and grateful initially but I had to abscond after a month of working there without salary and fulfilment.

First the female supervisor managing the hotel operations before refused to handover critical management portfolios to me as instructed by the CEO, so I was still reporting to her daily.
The other staff complained badly of their meagre pay and some have not been paid for 3 months, they would not take instructions from me citing they have not been paid salaries. The hotel was like a porn hub, the CEO wasn't ready for a change, instead he will be telling me to create a better new work culture amongst the staff.

I would sit in the office with a non functional computer, move round the hotel daily, all staffs were still reporting to the supervisor.
I had no tangible task to handle as the manager. I later noticed my presence was a threat to the female supervisor's choppings shockedshocked

I took excuse from her that I was going to buy food outside and that was how I disappeared from there till date grin grin grin


I want to learn software testing oooo
grin
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by toujurs: 2:55pm On Apr 10, 2024
Meerahbel:
I have my peace
I can't not come and run mad in Lagos.

5:00am eyes don open, 600am you don road

5:00-6:00pm you close from work, 7:00pm-8:00pm inside bus you eyes dey blink, 10:00pm you finally reach house dey think of wetin you go chop.

Before you finally eat 11:00pm don nak.
12:00-1:00pm sleep don come,, you finally sleep by 1:00am.

4am you don wake again again. Hell no, I collected the salary and call it quit.
So what do you do now?
undecided. If you want a soft life you have to work for it
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Rubyjade: 5:56pm On Apr 10, 2024
Let me share mine;

I went as far as even giving testimony in church not knowing it was one chance I entered. Out over 134 candidates I was amongst the two applicants that got the job.

First day, introduction to the team and the office. Few minutes later 😉 staff meeting, the AC wan freeze me, all staff with smiling face not knowing it was part of their responsibility to make the new staff think it all rosey. 🤔

Secondary day, I didn't clock in, a mail was sent that it would be deducted from my pay, ah! Without no notifications ❌ 😔

Third day, I saw the boss shouting with careless abandon towards a staff, kini eleyi bayi?

Fourth day, there was a sent forth for a staff, I 🤔

Fifth day, I heard a loud slap, I had to ask the receptionist and she told me. It was a slap by the boss to someone

Day six, it was already passed the closing time and you expect me to say at least for a minutes behind, yet I cannot come in late irrespective of the circumstances

Day 7, I was on my way home this is 23 minutes past five, that I should submit a report before 6:00pm same day 🥺

I believe that as a person working in a place, the employer should have empathy on an employee
But alas, that's not what I got, in sickness I worked, the insults, like no tomorrow all for peanuts. I just stylishly left the place. Nobody stay there for more than 3 months.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Daviestunech(m): 5:11pm On Apr 11, 2024
Rubyjade:
Let me share mine;

I went as far as even giving testimony in church not knowing it was one chance I entered. Out over 134 candidates I was amongst the two applicants that got the job.

First day, introduction to the team and the office. Few minutes later 😉 staff meeting, the AC wan freeze me, all staff with smiling face not knowing it was part of their responsibility to make the new staff think it all rosey. 🤔

Secondary day, I didn't clock in, a mail was sent that it would be deducted from my pay, ah! Without no notifications ❌ 😔

Third day, I saw the boss shouting with careless abandon towards a staff, kini eleyi bayi?

Fourth day, there was a sent forth for a staff, I 🤔



shocked

Fifth day, I heard a loud slap, I had to ask the receptionist and she told me. It was a slap by the boss to someone

Day six, it was already passed the closing time and you expect me to say at least for a minutes behind, yet I cannot come in late irrespective of the circumstances

Day 7, I was on my way home this is 23 minutes past five, that I should submit a report before 6:00pm same day 🥺

I believe that as a person working in a place, the employer should have empathy on an employee
But alas, that's not what I got, in sickness I worked, the insults, like no tomorrow all for peanuts. I just stylishly left the place. Nobody stay there for more than 3 months.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Meerahbel: 8:26am On Apr 17, 2024
toujurs:
So what do you do now?
undecided. If you want a soft life you have to work for it
I 😉 am boss
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by toujurs: 1:10pm On Apr 17, 2024
Meerahbel:
I 😉 am boss
Business can be that time demanding, i can remember when my previous Boss started his business, i was his first employee. This man comes to the office as early as 7am, this is someone who lives close to his business.

But now, i heard he comes twice in a week, so leave these Boss thing, owning a business can be very demanding, unless you have one sugar boy, or daddy funding you when business has low sales.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by lavylilly: 2:13pm On Apr 17, 2024
SMH even big organisation experience low sales.
toujurs:
Business can be that time demanding, i can remember when my previous Boss started his business, i was his first employee. This man comes to the office as early as 7am, this is someone who lives close to his business.

But now, i heard he comes twice in a week, so leave these Boss thing, owning a business can be very demanding, unless you have one sugar boy, or daddy funding you when business has low sales.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Meerahbel: 8:56pm On Apr 17, 2024
toujurs:
Business can be that time demanding, i can remember when my previous Boss started his business, i was his first employee. This man comes to the office as early as 7am, this is someone who lives close to his business.

But now, i heard he comes twice in a week, so leave these Boss thing, owning a business can be very demanding, unless you have one sugar boy, or daddy funding you when business has low sales.
Send me your CV, I can fix you.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by toujurs:
Meerahbel:
Send me your CV, I can fix you.
fix who undecided.
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Meerahbel: 5:47am On Apr 18, 2024
toujurs:
if i nod you ehn..fix who undecided.
Fix in you to job, you graduated from Unilag, right?
Re: Quitting A Job Within A Month: Share Your Experience by Stargurl20(f): 6:54am On Apr 18, 2024
Octopusbottle:
Mine self no reach a month.. got my employment letter the day I waz suppose to resume. Got dere very early for work only to notice that most of their staff neva come office. When they finally came ,over hear one of them complaining he would not come to work the next day since they have not bn paid.
Omo and that waz the 2nd week of the month oooo. Just told the dude I needed to go and buy snacks na so I carry my bag run cumot dere...

Dat lyf ain't for me.... that waz how I japa from dat job
😂
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