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Shortest amount of time you spent in one position...

What is the shortest amount of time you spend in a professional position and what was your reason for leaving?

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  • 18 months

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  • Since starting college it would be 11 months. Dept closed.
  • 21 months -- I left to move across the country.

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  • 9 months... they liked to fire people every holiday to cut back on paying for employee benefits. Rumor was they had a bowl with names in it.

     

  • Professional?  4 years.  Moved. 
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  • 7 months. I knew I made a mistake on Day 1.
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  • 7 months also, reason for leaving was that everyone there took their job way too seriously, there was one person with a sense of humor, it paid crappy, and the culture sucked.

  • mc12809mc12809 member
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    2 weeks  - payroll checks bounced. And what I learned about the finances of the compnay in the two weeks I was there was not good.
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    1 year 3 months.  Project was ending and although they told me there would be work, there wasn't any visible on the horizon. A strategic lateral move with another consulting firm opened up and I jumped.  Incidentally, it was the most important job of my career; it's led to all of my other jobs.
  • 9 months.  Last year.  It was probably one of the most effed up companies I have ever worked for and I am quite surprised that the hospital system they contracted with hasn't dropped them yet (and because of myu experience, I refuse to use that hospital system...the services this group provide are services that are an integral part of any hospital).  I only stayed as long as I did because there was really nothing in my area.  I finally left when I got the job I am currently in.
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    7 months. Toxic work environment, crude boss, and completely different job duties than I expected. It solidified my decision to switch careers, which worked out fantastically.
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  • 6 months.

    Things were not as they seemed when I interviewed. For one, within 2 months of starting work, they cut our pay and our benefits. But the clincher was that this was a clinical setting and they did not observe appropriate infection control practices and I did not want to be associated with that.

     

  • 10 months.  I got an offer for a job I liked better plus it was a telecommuting job.  Made it hard to say no.
  • 8mths. Worked in a trauma ctr and all the death got to me..the mgr was horrible, and i was offered my position back at my old clinic.
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    7 months. Toxic work environment, crude boss, and completely different job duties than I expected. It solidified my decision to switch careers, which worked out fantastically.

    EXACT same situation for me! Aside from the time. I was part-time for 6 months (less than 20 hours a week) and then bumped up to full time for 6 months before I ended up quitting to go back to school/change career drastically... a lot of things I didn't realize while part-time started to show themselves when I was there more often. It sucked.

  • 2.5 years.  Wasn't a big fan of the area, wanted to be closer to family.
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