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Good excuse for leaving this job? Interview question?

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Carl CarlsonCarl Carlson


I quit my job at an employer and I am having trouble trying to make this sound positive. An employee was stealing so they plopped me down at customer service with no training...It was overwhelming stressful and it was effecting my health. I quit without notice. I didn't screw the company the company screwed me...How do I explain this in a positive matter without bashing the company in anyway?

rajivnesss
rajivnesss

Just say that though I put a 100% at the job - they expected you to perform a role without giving you any formal training and the stress was affecting your health and you decided to part ways with the company. Keep your explanation extremely brief and objective. Don't say too much. Don't share your POV just the facts.

That should do it for you.

HyperDog
HyperDog

These days, because of retaliatory lawsuits, most employers are afraid to bash a former employee, so it's unlikely they'll pass on the fact that you left w/o notice.

On your side is the fact that many employers are laying people off and/or changing people's jobs around (much like your situation), and that means you can just say that your job ended due to lack of business. If that's too much deception for you, just tell the truth, that they made an abrupt change in your job and put you in a position that you were not suited for (then tell them some screaming-customer stories and that you couldn't take the stress, etc., etc.)


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