Relatively simple question, relatively long background: I seem to have fairly terrible luck with companies. I’ve had stints of ~5 years each with two, neither of which were doing particularly well while I was there. I recently left the second, mainly due to a number of issues surrounding pay (10% furlough), continual layoffs, and the resultant terrible morale all around. (I took a package out of the first, which was the eleventyth round of RIFs). I came to a company that by all accounts is doing well financially, in a stable industry, etc. I’m in my 5th week here, and it’s going OK, not great, not terrible. However, they just announced plans to eliminate up to 20% of their support staff (I’m in that bucket) over the next 6-12 months. I’m not super worried about my role, it’s fairly specialized and contributory to their overall goals, but still, I just don’t want to work in this environment AGAIN. It is just draining, sad, and terrible, and I just hate the drag it has on morale. I have no ties to the current company that can’t be severed tomorrow (i.e., no hiring bonus/relo/etc to be paid back).
So I was idly scrolling the LinkedIn job postings, and there are a couple solid ones out there I’d consider applying for. My question is, given I’ve been in my role for all of 5 weeks, is it worth putting this role on my resume? I am not going to hide the fact that I’m here in an interview, but given that I haven’t done a whole lot, is it worth mentioning? I can just end my prior role as of September 2016, and address the gap in an interview. Just wondering if “started doing XXX” or “proposed plan to solve YYY” is something even worth ‘bragging’ about. And honestly, I’m not planning (or ready) to go hit the job market hard, just thinking about dropping a couple applications at solid companies as opportunities pop up. I know it “looks bad” to jump around, but again, I’m selling it as “hey, I was there 20 minutes and they said they wanted to cut 20% of the workforce, I figured I’d cut my losses” as reasonable to potential hiring managers.