Employee considers quitting during week 1 of new job making 3x their previous salary because of disorganization: 'Is this a joke?'

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Mar 31, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Is there an amount of money that you would take to do a job that you didn't love?

Every job comes with some amount of sacrifice. Maybe it's not exactly what you would like to be doing, or maybe it's less money than you would like. Rarely do the two factors meet in the perfect way. So you're likely deciding which is more important to you, and just what you can tolerate for however long. This is part of having a job. But that doesn't mean that there aren't some extra determining factors that make a job worth sticking around for or not. When an organization is disorganized, then everything tends to fall apart. You don't want to feel like you're stepping into a mess that someone else made. Especially if they expect you to clean it up. 

Management style is also a huge factor in whether or not you'd want to stay at a job. And this isn't always something you'll be able to tell through an interview process. It's one thing to hear about a job. It's another to actually do it and to actually see how your coworkers and management communicate. A mismatch in communication style might spell disaster for a team. It can make every task feel difficult and imagining room for growth impossible. If you don't mesh with the community you're in, then you might not want to spend all of your time there. But what level of discomfort are you willing to tolerate for a paycheck?

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  • Should I quit my new job?

    To give you some context I was working an extremely toxic job and was going to quit it anyway when I received a job offer from a huge multinational (you've probably heard of it). On paper everything seemed perfect; the salary was three time what I was making, the benefits are pretty good, and I was more than willing to enter this new niche subcategory of my field because it would be a good learning. experience and would be great for my career.
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  • I of course accepted the new job and am new in my first week. I am incredibly turned off by this job to say the least. My manager is abroad and is expected to come back in a couple weeks. There is zero onboarding or cooperation from the people who I'm supposed to work with (we aren't exactly a department but we are expected to work together from time to time). The culture is
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  • pretty bad and I don't want to sound like some snob but the calibre of people working here is definitely below what I expected. I am appalled to discover that this "multinational" operates in such a chaotic and disorganized way. There is no process. There is no standard operating procedure. Nothing.
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  • I haven't completed my first week here yet and I am already thinking about quitting. If I don't know I am going to hate it here eventually and it is going to be a de d end job that I can't stand. I don't know if I should quit now to focus on looking for a new job or stay.
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  • Commenters gave some outside perspectives.

    SDlovesu2 Unless you have another job lined up, you should stick it out.
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  • nut-buster-supre... 3x salary? Is this a joke? Wherein the f do you switch jobs and just casually snag a 3x salary raise??
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  • Money means different things to different people. Having your salary tripled might make a huge difference in your life, or it might mean marginally more stability. It depends on your relationship to it and how much you make of it. The person in this story was at a crossroads, and they weren't quite sure how to move forward. They had already jumped ship from a toxic job, but were worried that they might be stepping into a new, even more tough-to-swallow position. Keep reading for a full picture of what was going on here and see what you think about it.

  • Plenty-Green186 3 times the salary? I'd stick it out for a year if I could
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  • permanentsarcas... Start job hunting before you quit.
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  • kvothe000 No. No I probably wouldn't. But it depends on so much missing context. How easily can you find alternative work and how much of a change would that realistically be compared to your current income? ..How badly do you need the money? Tripling a
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  • 30k salary puts you into the realm of being self sustaining. Tripling a 100k salary, on the other hand would mean that you're mostly weighing giving up on quality of life benefits. Like, you and your family won't starve. Which leads into another super important question: Any kids or a partner that are relying on the medical health benefits?
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  • All this stuff is super important to consider and I'm not seeing anything even brushing these topics. Simply not liking the work culture is not enough info to make such a big decision. Like, I wouldn't take any of these answers seriously because there just isn't enough info to make a good attempt at advice.
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  • TransportationOk... Wait a little longer to see what exeperience you can gain from the position. If it help you a lot on your expertise, stay there for at least 1 year to fullfil. I mean the salary is 3 times better than your previous so it may worth to try and ignore the co-workers
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  • FitFourt Can you extract any value out of this job? Staying at a well known company for at least a year or two is valuable. Perhaps you can find the silver lining while working there? Any learning, growth opportunities. Maybe you can establish standards, transform the culture, etc.
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  • mad_queen I wouldnt quit. But yet again i live in a place that even if they multinationals they work in a verly chaotic way with no process and very high expectations.
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  • jerry111165 I sure wouldn't just quit right now
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  • LutschiPutschi The onboarding process for my current job wasn't great either. Luckily, I had a lot of experience and was able to figure a lot of things out myself. I've been there for a year now. I'm the boss on-
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  • site, and I hear very little from my superiors. As long as I do my job well, they leave me alone. I earn a good salary and have a very short commute. The job itself is very relaxed. Give it some time. Good onboarding seems to be a problem in many companies, even if they're otherwise good; I've experienced it several times.
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  • Weird_Interview6... You'd leave behind the wages, but the benefits are nil, due to the fact that you might not last in this chaos, unless you're the type who thrives on it. Best to wait until your first pay check to decide. See if this is real.
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  • slightlyoffline101 Give it at least 2-3 months. If you're still hating it / unsettled. Quit. No job is worth your mental health. You willll always find another job.
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  • whatever32657 i would stick it out until your manager returns. it's only then that you'll find out what it's "really" like. right now, having started without on- site direction, you're just treading water. keep treading for a bit until you find out if it's gonna be sink or swim. and in the meantime, start looking around in case it's the former.
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