Is it normal to quit your job for not training you?

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I started a job last month that promised me adequate training for any new skills I would need. Instead of this, I do great at skills that have carried over from past jobs but I have received absolutely zero training for any new stuff.

Because of this, I quit the job, the first job I have EVER quit with less that 1 year experience already put into it.

Is it normal to quit over this, even after requesting they help?

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  • 1WeirdGuy
    2 years ago

    Not enough details to tell you whether it was right or not for you to quit. It could go both ways. If you want them to train you on how to greet customers maybe thats something they expecr you to know. If you are operating some type of machinery or something like that they need to train you better.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      2 years ago

      I suppose I should have mentioned that, my mistake. The equipment I was struggling with was a dredge. I was supposed to dredge up and debris from a river so that a construction project could be finished.

      The issue? I have never used a fucking dredge.

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      • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
        2 years ago

        you shoulda watched some youtube videos first

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        • 1WeirdGuy
          2 years ago

          Givimg away trade secrets here but most of the truck driving companies in the USA have the approval by the federal government to just hand out CDLs because DOT doesnt have the resources to approve and test p. And these companies barely even train the drivers and send them out on the road LOL. I had barely any training I had no idea what I was doing. Idk how its legal.

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      • Boojum
        2 years ago

        Sorry, but I had to laugh at that.

        I assumed your OP meant that you were being asked to do the same-old, same-old rather than being trained on something new, but this reply makes the whole thing ridiculous.

        I know nothing about dredges beyond the fact that they're massive, powerful chunks of machinery that are designed to move tons of water, mud, rocks and random crap lurking underwater, but the idea that some guy could be handed the keys and told to figure out how to operate the machine by trial and error is indicative of a totally fucking hilarious level of managerial stupidity.

        If karma were real, their next employee behind the controls would one of those guys who has an exaggerated belief in his competence and he'd manage to destroy the machine and totally bork the job.

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      • hauntedbysandwiches
        2 years ago

        Absolutely right of you to quit if they refused to train you

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  • olderdude-xx
    2 years ago

    I would have just found another job and only quit after I had the new job.
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    I do understand why you quit; and I feel that you were justified in moving on. They did not live up to their verbal contract with you... Unless there's a long term crises there is no real excuse for that.

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    • hauntedbysandwiches
      2 years ago

      As long as they have a savings account should be okay totally justified to quit if you're not being trained

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