What’s the shortest amount of time you’ve ever stayed at a company and why

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1.5 hours. Looked around, got up, and walked out 10 minutes into a post-interview test.

Best decision I ever made.

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8 months, not a cultural fit.

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I took a full time role just to get out of freelance during Covid. I kept looking when I took it. left after 3 months for something more in-line with what I wanted.

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Two weeks, lol. I was interviewing with two companies at once, company A ghosted me while company B made an offer. Of course, I went with company B, however, two weeks later, company A came back with an offer that was significantly higher than company B, and not to mention company A was far more of a better look resume wise. I quit so fast, lmao. No regrets!

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45 days. I wrote my resignation letter on day 30 and had it sitting under my keyboard. I had a horrible manager that was a micromanager.
One day I was about to leave for lunch, and my gut said “today’s the day”. I didn’t have a job lined up, but it was the best decision I made!

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Not me, but… I got hired to work at an agency and my first day coincided with an ACD’s first day. We went through day 1 onboarding together. On day 2 his team was asking where he was because he didn’t show up for morning meeting. He no showed on day 3 as well. Down the road I found out that he never formally quit, just didn’t show up after day 1 and ghosted the agency entirely after that. Years down the line I had heard from someone who said he went to a different industry or something. Guess he hated the job.

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Not super short but 8 months. I received a better offer that they weren’t able to match.

I left a job two months in. vibes were off. was getting bounced around clients and not working on the client I was hired for. but the thing that sent me over was an ECD treating me like know-nothing junior writer. can't recall the exact comments but she said some very condescending/ageist stuff.

a month later I got hired by a much better agency to work on the competitor for the client I was previously hired for, so it all worked out.

1 month. It didn’t agree with me.

8 months. Sociopathic owner.

2ish months? Was early on in my career and before I realized some places use the word strategist when they really mean account. Left for a role that was wayyyy more in line with what I wanted to do. I felt bad at the time but it was a great decision.

My close friend left on the same day, onboarding was that bad (FAANG), I’m currently trying to leave soon, so will be 3-5 months in (leadership changes caused a mess, and not enjoying it).

I went to my first day of work to find the company gone, the domain up for sale and the building up for lease. 2008 was a WILD time to be a young person entering the workforce.

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