Trainer tells new hire who is going to replace her at the job position that she needs to resign before her clause of staying 6 months starts: 'Should I catch on that major red flag and leave? or should I give it a try and see what happens?'

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María Cetra • Writer
Aug 22, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

What would you do if the person who is training you for a job tells you to run out of that place?

I think that interviews may be one of the most stressful and frightening things in the corporate world. Sure, being called by your boss is pretty scary, but I still think that the interview process is way worse. You're in front of someone you don't know who is quizzing you about the industry, your experience, the company, and your capabilities. The situation is so stressful that you start to forget how old you are or the place you worked last. The recruiter is analyzing every single thing that you do: if you move your hands too much when talking, if you use a lot of filler words, the sound of your voice, and your tone. And you are so nervous that you do everything differently than what you planned.

Those moments are so stressful in themselves that most people try to keep them as short and normal as possible. Even recruiters know how nervous most candidates are. But imagine going through all that, trembling with nerves, all to get the job, but in the first week your trainer, who is also the person you are going to replace, tells you to run out of that company. Getting a job is hard given the current state of the world, so when a candidate who has been unemployed for several months lands a position, all they are feeling is joy. But if that moment gets interrupted by something like this, then everything becomes crazy. The girl from this story was really nervous and hesitant about what to do. She wanted the job, but being told something like this would discourage anyone.

There are only two reasons I think why someone would tell the new hire something like this. Either they are getting fired from their position, and they don't want anyone filling it, or they wanted somebody else to be hired for it, so they don't want this new person to take the job from them. Or, they are genuinely trying to save the new hire from a horrible work environment where they are only going to suffer and feel discouraged every step of the way. In whichever case, it doesn't sound like a proper work environment to be in. This new hire also had the problem of having to stay for at least 6 months on the job after the trying period. What would you do in her case? Vibe the place and see if the trainer lied? Or simply run away and look for a better job?

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  • 01
    so basically i started this new job, i earn quite a lot of money and get to work from home a lot so i initially thought it would be a good deal. when i started on my first day, the girl who's training me (she quit and i was her replacement) pulled me aside and basically told me to run. she told me i seem like a nice girl and she just needed to warn me. she told me a lot of things and from what she said the work environment is really toxic. it's mainly the coworkers that cause troubles and terror
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    A keyboard with a Post-it note that read "I quit!"

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    well. i used to work in an environment like that before and it deeply scarred me. so now i'm thinking, should i catch on that major red flag and leave? or should i give it a try and see what happens? of course on my first few days everyone was nice and all, and i know that some workplace differences are totally normal. but from what she told me it's even worse than what i've experienced before. Oh and i think it's important to mention that i can only quit in my first 4 weeks of employment, becau
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    quit 6 months later. (don't ask why my country is weird sometimes) Edit: thanks for your replies and help! I don't want to name my country, but in my contract it's explicitly said i can't quit on those 6 months, legally it's always possible but the employer can deny it, it's overall just messy if i wanna do that so i want to avoid it. i'm on week 2 atm and my own experience also regarding the work i have to do is not good (feels like i'm not even in the department i applied for lol)
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    PajamaPossum Give it like 3.5 weeks until your window to quit is closing in, then reassess and decide. In that time, learn the job, and keep an eye out for the toxicity she mentioned. I wouldn't quit a good job based on what one ex-employee said, but I would definitely pay attention to see for myself if it's true.
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    FRELNCER How many more weeks do you have to decide? If you know you can't handle toxic, then you should pay attention to what she's told you. Try to confirm that it's toxic before you make a final decision, though.
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    allieoops925 If she went out on a limb to warn you, listen.
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    TemperatureCommon 185 Or, you may end up liking the job. You don't know if the job or environment is stressful, or if your trainer is sensitive and has other issues going on.
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    Disastrous-Minimum-4 Practice explicit clear boundaries from day one. Dont engage in anything toxic and disengage immediately. Worse they can do is fire you. Life is too short to live in fear! Good luck!
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    Candypandy07 I refuse to believe there is any country in the world whwre you can't quit whenever you want. Thats literally the definition of slavery. Like, what happens if you just stop showing up? Jail? Fines? They can't fire you so what.
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    Raised By BooksNTV It was a huge risk for her to warn you. For all she knows, you could run to management and snitch. That to me tells me it's a huge red flag. Stay long enough to see what you can see but keep looking for another job.
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    WarlockFortunate Not telling you to stay but going into this knowing about some toxic characters could be very beneficial. Adjust your approach and communications accordingly and you may end up on the top side of the toxic sludge. I'm sure not everyone starting at this company knows the info you do and I would use that to my advantage. Every workplace has its cons, but if this place starts wearing on you gotta go
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    elizzup Honestly, I'd take this warning and go into things with very open eyes. You know what's might be coming, and forewarned is forearmed. I wouldn't quit unless I had another opportunity already lined up. In the US, jobs are really hard to get, and layoffs are crazy, so when folks find a job its really hard to recommend jumping right away. Not sure what the job market is in your country so you have to think about what the market looks and how long it took you to find this one. But I'd defini
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    I'd watch my coworkers very carefully and look for anything that stinks of "mean girl" or "nice guy" energy. You've got a warning that things can get bad and if you're smart about it you can play around them. If you do feel like you're getting bu ed or the environment is too toxic, you can approach your leadership with something like "I was warned that the environment here is toxic, but I decided to stick it out to because I want this role to work. But honestly, they were right and this is unten
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    Training and hiring is SO expensive. They don't want to keep this up if people are going to keep getting chewed up and spit out by their coworkers. A good company/boss will want to fix that. If not, well then you've given it a go and they're on their own.
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    Avehdreader I would say give it a little time to observe for yourself what's going on - sometimes people exaggerate the truth or they interpret things differently than someone else would: when I was in college I heard that Professor K was a really tough teacher in a required class. I was curious and decided to take my chances and sign up for his session - and I thought it was great! He challenged our thinking but I found him to be very fair. My point is, your Trainer may have hit the nail on the
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