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[deleted] OP t1_iydjnjd wrote

Reply to comment by Yo_2T in Is 11% salary increase worth switching jobs? by [deleted]

Yep… and now I have very strange resume gaps because I don’t want to tell future employers I joined and left a company within 8 weeks

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Snarktoberfest t1_iydoxsz wrote

Nah. You be honest about that shit. Nobody cares about that anymore. "I went to the new company, the culture was not what I was expecting, I made a difficult decision and returned to my previous employer who welcomed me back with open arms." or just don't put it in. If they call your current employer that you returned to, all they can ask is if you are rehireable. Any place that won't hire you based on an 8 week job, isn't a place that you want to work anyway.

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[deleted] OP t1_iydp4qi wrote

Think so? If I had two applicants, one with a clean resume another with a job hopper blaming others for why it didn’t work out at their last job I’d go with the former, hands-down. Fewer risks

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Snarktoberfest t1_iydqbep wrote

If you had 2 or more 8 week jobs I'd ask a lot of questions. If you worked for company A for 5 years, then company B for 8 weeks, then company A or C for 2 years you're not a job hopper. I work for a very large company that promotes job hopping within.

Also you didn't blame the job in that scenario, you said the culture wasn't what you were expecting. That is an adult answer. Any HR/hiring manager in these times knows what you mean. I worked for a place for 15 years, left for what I thought was a better place, and left there 6 weeks later. I was hired by a well known company where I have worked for 5 years. They know it's not you if you sandwich 6 weeks between 20 years.

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[deleted] OP t1_iydqgln wrote

That makes sense, thanks for the perspective and taking the time to provide it

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Snarktoberfest t1_iydrewa wrote

You are most certainly welcome. I worried about it a lot, but the initial HR connection told me "things happen" and subsequent interviewers didn't even ask. "So you worked here for 15 years, tell us about it." The companies that you would want to work for know that things happen. As long as you don't come off like a raving lunatic about how everyone was out to get you, they are looking for the best candidate.

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ready-for-the-end t1_iydydvj wrote

I don't even know if they're allowed to say if you're re-hireable. I think they're only allowed to confirm the dates you worked there, now. It used to be different than it is today.

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kaygmo t1_iye5fro wrote

I had a guy apply for a position on my team, receive offers from my company and another, take the other job, work it for 6 weeks, decide he hated it, and apply for another position on my team. He answered very honestly when pressed about why he took the other offer and why he decided to leave that company. Hired him. He's been great. No regerts.

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zwygb t1_iydqd9g wrote

Honestly you can gloss over that after enough time has passed. If you’re working at a company for 5 years, you leaving and coming back after 8 weeks is not significant enough to mention or put on the resume. People take longer vacations/sabbaticals and don’t mention them.

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