Can I leave a work trial?

Englisht_2

I recently set myself up a work trial through the Jobcentre with a local employer. Today was my first day and without going into detail I hated it and cannot seeing myself sticking the job at all.

My question is, will my benifit get affected if I leave the worktrial early or do I have to carry it through?

Many thanks

tomjonesrules

What is so terrible about it? I can't see how you could establish that a job is so terrible after a matter of hours?

pinkshoes

Why don't you just man up, grit your teeth, and get on with it? You can't judge a job based on one day! At least give it a couple of weeks before making a decision.

bluenoseam

Yeah because everyone who works just LOVES what they do on a day to day basis! It's been hours, frankly not long enough to really get your teeth into it and ditching it so quickly without valid reason (an example would be a vegetarian being sent to work in a slaughterhouse) can wind up with your benefits being sanctioned completely as you're refusing work, ergo not job seeking.

ellieellieellie

Basically, you have to carry it through.

That being said, if you and the employer can both agree that you and the job are not suitable for each other, you might be able to approach the JobCentre and end the trial early.

DON'T whatever you do, do anything without written say-so from the JobCentre. They take any opportunity they can to stop paying your benefit.

Good luck finding something more suitable in the future.

missjy

I would say give it more of chance. I remember when I started my first job after uni and I really didn't enjoy my first week but the more I got to know the people there I loved and ended up staying there alot longer then I expected and would have happily stayed there forever (if it hadn't been for the awful pay!) Good luck!

ohreally

Englisht wrote: »

I recently set myself up a work trial through the Jobcentre with a local employer

If you set this up yourself, surely you should have been aware what you were getting into?

missminx

Englisht wrote: »

I recently set myself up a work trial through the Jobcentre with a local employer. Today was my first day and without going into detail I hated it and cannot seeing myself sticking the job at all.

My question is, will my benifit get affected if I leave the worktrial early or do I have to carry it through?

Many thanks

Surely it is more important to stick the work trial out, and do it well, so that you can add it to your cv and stand a better chance of future employment?

BobQ

Englisht wrote: »

I recently set myself up a work trial through the Jobcentre with a local employer. Today was my first day and without going into detail I hated it and cannot seeing myself sticking the job at all.

My question is, will my benifit get affected if I leave the worktrial early or do I have to carry it through?

Many thanks

The pull your self together responses to date are possibly fair comments, but equally you may have very good reasons for wanting to stop and feel uncomfortable discussing.

If your reasons are good do not force yourself to go back. For example if the person supervising you has behaved inappropriately or bullied you just be prepared to explain this if asked.

If you simply do not like the job because you are not used to hard work or think its too menial maybe you need to re-evaluate your views.:)

MattLFC

It's always easier to get a job when you have one (ie. you have a proven track-record and an employment reference), than when you don't. As I understand it, the employer cannot take someone on for a work-trial, unless there is a job vacancy to be filled, and the candidate is basically being given a chance to prove themselves in that job without any financial risk to the employer, so make the most of it, try your hardest, you may come out of it with a job.

If you don't like it, as above, most people don't like their jobs. I've been in the fortunate position to have enjoyed all my jobs (I have an ethos whereby work is just what you do for the rewards it brings though so I'd probably be more forgiving of a job I hated anyway), however I know plenty of people who absolutely hate going to work, getting up for it, being in work, and if it were not for the fact they need to work, would leave tomorrow. But they continue to go to work everytday, because they'd rather be in work, than not be.

It may be a step on the employment ladder, it may end up as a stopgap, you may be unsuitable and in 7 or 14 days time even the company may decide not to choose to take you on, on the other hand you may actually grow to really enjoy it and become a loyal and reliable employee of the company.

As said above, you must have had some idea what the job entailed, you arranged the work trial after all. Work trials should not be arranged on a wim, there should be the genuine chance of a job at the end of it, and it should be something you have thought about. I said it before, but I thought worktrials were basically an employers way of trialling staff they are considering taking on, hence the name lol.

Make the most of the opportunity you have been given, a few hours is certainly not enough (unless the employer is treating you unfairly - and by that, I don't mean expecting you to make tea for all the staff every hour lol). I know I'm always ready to do allsorts of crap to ensure I became a valuable asset to every company I work for. When I was first starting on the ladder, I was prepared to do anything tbh, because I was thankful to have the job, and wanted to keep it, if only for the future opportunities it would hopefully bring with it.

Englisht_2

Thanks for the replys guys.

I'm not going into details here on why I want to leave the job early.

I read this on the JCP Website:

Your benefits will not be affected if you:

• want to leave the Work Trial early
• turn down the job if you are offered it at the end of the tri

I think I'll give them a call on Monday.