re: I messed up - how long to stick with a new job you don't want?

That’s a really negative, glass half empty view. It assumes that there can be no improvement on the current situation. I disagree.

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There’s no way to know whether the grass is greener or not without giving it a try. This is just a hindsight 20/20 thing. A lot of posters in this thread sound like they are after a job rather than a career. I definitely consider someone bouncing after less than a year a flag.

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So if someone came to you and said the grass seemed greener, I took the chance and it wasn't what was advertised, had been there less than a year, is that still a red flag?

We hired an employee that had about 3 or 4 jobs on his resume that he had stayed at less than 2 years. I brought it up as a red flag and voted for a different candidate but got out voted. He stayed less than 2 years. IMO, if they had good tenure at previous jobs but one job that was short lived, I'd take that candidate over someone with multiple 2 year or less tenured jobs.