Is It Bad If I Quit My Job After 3 Days?

[kiddthehuman]

I'm 18 and I work at Taco Bell and I HATE working there. I've had to memorize so many things in one day and I'm sure the people there don't like me because they were talking behind my back. Every time I mess up a taco or burrito they get mad and snatch it from me. It's not my fault; I'm new and they didn't train me well enough. My feet and back are killing me. I work for so long and they're always telling me to keep doing things and we hardly get time to rest and I'm not really sure what it is I'm supposed to do. Also, I almost burned myself 4 times in 3 days -__- I'm so unhappy there and I want to quit today but I still need to send in a 2 weeks notice and I don't have a backup plan which I need so I can have money to pay for college. Idk what to do. Please help!!!

[tonyav]

Taco Bell, your in the USA then ?
This is a British based site.

However can you not find another job and then quit.

[maggiebee]

Could you just work your 2 weeks notice and use this time to look for another job?

[Cloverjo]

I know how you feel about working in a job you hate. I've left similar jobs after a few days. Luckily for me they were not vital to being able to live. If you left before the 2 week notice, would you not get paid for the work you have done?
Speak to your supervisor about what you've told us here. She /he might be sympathetic.
Meanwhile, start Looking for another job

[MallyJ]

have done similar work ... e.g. in a sausage factory... boring, tiring .. because,lets be honest here, I had not had to do physical work all day before and standing is physical. I found that after the first week things got better as I learned what I needed to and could begin to do the work more quickly. I also found that I did not need to go home and fall asleep instantly! If the job is important to you financially (as it was to me as a student then) it is worth holding fire with the resignation and start to watch what others do, ask a friendly colleague to show you again and relax a bit. You will no doubt find that everyone felt the same at the beginning. Hang in there...I am sure it will work out for you.

[Old_Geezer]

Is it bad ? Not if you don't make a habit of it.

New places can be difficult to fit into, steep learning curves and all that. It is your decision but worth bearing in mind others cope and you would get into the swing of it soon if you stick with it with a willing attitude to learn.

Besides you say you need the money and I suspect most hire & fire places will be of a similar nature. One having to get with the swing ASAP. In your shoes I'd take a deep breath and be determined to stick it out. Either you will be finally told you are not suitable and then the decision is made for you, or you find you are suddenly coping and being put out by the fumbling new-comers, yourself.

[Bathsheba]

see kidd? Look at all the good advice you've been given from we British folk ;)
Good luck
x x

[atalanta]

I once had a job in a department store selling hats. We were never allowed to sit or perch on a stool - it was standing up all day. In 2 days I sold 2 hats then I left. Never regretted it for a minute - got another much more congenial job almost immediately which changed my life.

[ToraToraTora]

Mate, walk out, I would not urge anyone to do a job when they are as unhappy as you. Don't make a habit of it but if you really are unhappy, walk, life's too short to dwell in this miserable environment.