Resign

DVardysShadow

1. It is always a fine balance between quitting and waiting to be fired. Personally, I would not want to hang around to be fired at the expense of not being able to lose the job from the CV. But this depends upon your economics for looking for the next job
2. It is your call. 8 weeks is probably OK to lose from a CV. Economically, better to be fired than resign, but from self esteem, better to walk out than be fired
3. At less than 8 weeks experience, better to start form where you were than to start from leaving/being fired.
4. No idea
5. No idea

I think this may be a classic for the wrong decision being better than no decision

Ma77h3w

Well I'm busy applying for jobs today.. with a CV that says i'm currently working there. Dont know if that's a bad idea. They might wonder why I'm looking for another job so quick.
My main problem (apart from the job) is my complete lack of experience. If you ignore the dates on the CV it looks like I've gained really good experience working from this one. Where as all I had before, was my unrelated summer work and degree projects.
If I somehow did stay there for a couple of months, would it still look better than nothing?

Zazen999

Yes, it would. And recruiters are more impressed if you stay somewhere and try to find something that is right for you than resigning in protest at numpty management. We've all had them - honest.

pinkshoes

Staying a couple of months would look MUCH better. There's only so much your degree will teach you, and I felt I learnt more in 6 months of my first job than I did in 4 years doing an MEng!

If I were you, I'd grovel, kiss !!!, work late, and do what it takes to stay as long as possible. Some relevant work experience will get you a much better chance of another job later down the line.

I graduated with 2 years of work experience (plus uni work placements), so had much more success job hunting than others did, and despite my desmond, I've never had any problem finding a job.

Ma77h3w

Say I just about manage to stay a couple of months (that'll be another 3 weeks - might be able to do) then get fired. would that be ok on a cv? I guess as long as I come up with some reasonable reason why I left at an interview it should be ok?

LittleVoice

Coming up with a "reasonable reason" at an interview might get you a job offer. You know that the job offer is going to be conditional - subject to satisfactory references. If the reference doesn't tally with your version of events, it is unlikely the "reasonable reason" is going to work.

Ma77h3w

True, that's something I've been thinking of. My co-workers may be willing to give me a reference though (2 nice enough graduates), but it's definitely not a sure thing. They may be too scared to do it, I don't know. Plus it'll be just a co-worker reference not a boss one, so not sure if that's a problem

DVardysShadow

Ma77h3w wrote: »

Say I just about manage to stay a couple of months (that'll be another 3 weeks - might be able to do) then get fired. would that be ok on a cv? I guess as long as I come up with some reasonable reason why I left at an interview it should be ok?

Basically your problem then becomes one of getting an interview after having worked a few weeks at the place. Your choice on the CV is whether to start again from scratch or try to get a job of the back of the current one. I feel you need much more time in the current job for it to be better than starting from scratch.

Ma77h3w

Well I'm going to see what happens tomorrow, and the rest of the week. Try and stick with it for a bit. Could use the money, going to be careful and save whatever I can, even if just another week. I'll complete whatever work is needed into overtime but I'll say no if they ask me to start new stuff late. I'll be prone to make mistakes if I do too much overtime, and that would be a bad reason to get fired compared to just refusing to do excessive overtime.
Probably not worth resigning as benefits would be useful. Is it still ok to claim benefits after being fired too? Internet tells me it could be a problem either way.

DCFC79

I feel for you OP, im in a similar position although im not a graduate