Ask Women on Sidechat | If I wanna leave my job because it sucks but I feel like I have to justify leaving it to other places i apply to because I don’t want to be viewed as job hopping, is it a good idea to lie about wanting to leave because of harassment of any kind?

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Ask Women 6w

If I wanna leave my job because it sucks but I feel like I have to justify leaving it to other places i apply to because I don’t want to be viewed as job hopping, is it a good idea to lie about wanting to leave because of harassment of any kind?

Anonymous 6w

No you should absolutely not make up a reason to leave especially one like that. If you have genuine reasons to leave, then put in your two weeks and start looking for other places immediately. If and when those other places ask why you left, bring up the issues in a genuine and mature way. Dont tell your new potential employers anything such as “ugh they were just annoying” or “they just suck”. Say something real such as “the management system was ineffective and harmed productivity”

Anonymous 6w

Wow you’re terrible

Anonymous 6w

No. Also they can check if you are lying

Anonymous 6w

Was it by a male coworker or owner

Anonymous 6w

So are you making up the harassment or making up something to say instead of harassment

Anonymous

#1 6w

Nothing happened. I am planning for the future.

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Anonymous

OP 6w

Why

Anonymous

#1 6w

I need an excuse to be able to leave a job after a few months if I hate the job.

Anonymous

OP 6w

You don’t need an excuse to leave the job. If you don’t like it after a few months, you out in your two weeks, and if they ask why, you say that the job wasn’t for you. That’s it

Anonymous

#5 6w

Inventing harassment so that I have an excuse to leave a job without being viewed as a job hopper. I’m scared that if I have to take a bad job I will have to stay a certain amount of time before seeking a good job because I will be viewed as a job hopper and therefore unreliable unless I have a good reason to leave a job after a few months.

Anonymous

#5 6w

There are a lot of ways to say you left a job that puts the onus on the job rather than on you, usually valid reasons like unreasonable managers or company structural issues, overworking employees while refusing to hire more people, etc. Something like that will sound a lot better to future employers than harassment, and avoids some potential legal issues that could arise from making accusations like that, even informally