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Discussion on: When would be the ideal time to quit your unhappy job to seek new one?

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Avalander

I think it's usually ok to leave a job early if you're not happy, especially after you have some experience. Everybody knows that there are bad companies out there and it is normal to find a bad apple every now and then. If you have a track of staying a few years at previous jobs and you are quitting this one after only a few months you can still prove that you are reliable given the right environment.

Or, to put it in another way, I would expect companies that think that leaving a job after a few months is a red flag to never have terminated any employment after just a few months. If employees are not allowed to make mistakes when choosing a company, neither should companies be allowed to make mistakes when selecting employees. So if they are concerned about that, well, you've just learned one of their double standards.

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Tahsin

Thank you so much for your considerate and attentive answer.

My other concern is actually that before research assistantship position, I was working for another job and I also quit that after 6 months again for the conditions that are not suitable for me.

I am not regretful about that decision but right now I am in a bit of a contrived and desperate situation, I even felt ashamed to talk about it in the post.