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May 3,2022 at 2:31PM UTC

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Hi,

I am a graduate accountant and have a few exams left till qualification.

I recently took on a new job because my old job was dragging their feet with helping me get actual practical experience.

My old company was amazing and will do amazing things. However I was working two people's jobs and I was taking on a lot of implementation projects not relevent to the experience I need for my examination board.

My old company did offer me a promotion but did say I would have to ease into it slowly and still train my old team. I basically did everything and they were refusing to put my promotion in stone when I negotiated this when I advised them of my new offer.

I have just heard my old job hired more people for my role despite making me struggle and resulting in me burning out.

I never received training on the old job and self taught myself and trained the new staff.

The problem I have here is my new manager is also refusing to train me. It is a much smaller finance team e.g 80% smaller. This is a new role and I have no support and will be the only person in my team with knowledge of my tasks.

I feel.i have made a mistake with taking a new job with no help especially when I'm still taking exams.

I know I can't go back to my old job as it's embarrassing but I'm contemplating looking for a new job whilst I'm in my probation period so I can leave quickly.

I have no senior accounting friends so I am very lost and don't know what to do with my career.

Any advice is.much appreciated.

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AnonymousMay 6,2022 at 3:25PM UTC
I would do two things:
-Bring this up with your new team and manager and be really honest about how things are going.
-Keep looking for new positions and ask specifically about onboarding and training in the interview process.
AmyJune 1,2022 at 11:30PM UTC
I've gone back to old jobs. It was not embarrassing, more welcoming to see old coworkers. The grass was not greener as they say and if there is an opening let the old job know you would be interested in learning more. Good to keep communication open. But if you truly feel it would be a step backwards than let your current boss know that you believed there would be training included in this position and that was one of the reasons you took it. And keep looking for another group. Join some groups on Linkedin. Let everyone know exactly what you are looking for. Perhaps fellow exam takers may have leads. Never hurts to ask people. Good luck
neima nawazJune 2,2022 at 9:33PM UTC
Thank you for this.
It has become worse . I just learnt last week that my manager from my new job is leaving.
He had resigned during the week my interviews took place.
I am waiting to see if my new manager will be any good and will discuss with her my goals/aspirations.
With regards to my last job. I was offered a promotion but it was still 5k less then the current job and the team members often worked long hours even weekends, so the money cancelled out .
The issue was I asked for my old manager to confirm my promotion but he refused to confirm anything . So I took the new job to prevent myself losing out on an opportunity I thought was good at that time.
AmyJune 2,2022 at 11:05PM UTC
Hopefully the new manager will be happy to mentor you or connect you with others who can do so.