Hi everyone,
Not my typical post, but I am seeking some other opinions on my situation. Recently, I had a full mental breakdown (had to be hospitalized, put on medication, the whole 9 yards). I began this job in July as my first position post grad (don’t want to share too many details as to give away my location/company). When I began, no one trained me. I met with HR only once. There was practically no guidance.
To make matters worse, I work alone in an office with no window and I quite literally have no coworkers. It’s an email job, as in people email me so that I can email someone else and ensure the duties are completed, but I have found that 99% of the time, I have absolutely nothing to do. And I never see anyone in person yet am required to go to the office every day.
There is no guidance, no rule books, barely any communication from my supervisors, and I’m incredibly isolated. This, combined with a bad experience beginning new medication, led to a full mental breakdown. I missed 3 weeks of work and used all of my sick time. Now, I’m back in the office and it’s dreadful as I’m still dealing with the symptoms and have nothing but time to focus on them.
I’ve talked with others and they say I need to stay at least a year for resume purposes, and I do feel guilty letting people in the company down, as they rely on me as a liaison of communication. However, I feel I would recover much more if I were somewhere with coworkers. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to navigate this?
EDIT: I completely understand that I am lucky to have a job. For context, I worked all throughout college, graduated summa cum laude with 2 majors and a minor, and managed a store interim while looking for other work. I promise I am not lazy, I’m very driven as a person. However, because of this I’m suffering with the lack of socialization and order at my current position. And this isolation combined with being in a new city and struggling to make friends have all been factors. I’m more so asking if it would be detrimental to my resume to quit after working for this short of time.