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?'

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?