<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinance. I am reaching out here, because you are by in large the most active professional community on reddit. If this post is deemed not pertinent by the mods, so be it. But here goes - I work in brewery sales, and have done so for the last 4 years. It is not often a glamours paying industry, so salaries paying above 50k are usually the most sought after. I had been working for a very highly reputed national company, and doing a great job at it for 4 years, at a salary of 45,000yr with bonus. Roughly 47,500 all told. One day, my phone rings and it is the owner of a much smaller, local brewery, and said he would like to meet and discuss an opportunity with me. I listen. He asks my shoot for the starts number, I say 65,000 to leave the happiest I have ever been with a company. He says we will take a look, and talk further. Two days later I have an offer letter in my email for 60,000yr with bonus. I have to accept. I have no degree, I am under 30 with not a TON of experience. This is the most I will ever be offered in my eyes in this industry. I accept, send notice, work my two weeks, take one off, and boom. Started. Fast forward two months.. here I am. Miserable. I hate it. I dont like the company direction, I dont agree with some business practices, I have brutalized some business relationships by leaving such a highly respected brand, for what is seen as a much lesser job. I can feel the snickering from my peers behind my back. I am now the guy that can be bought. Integrity out the window. All of my peers know the owners of this place have A LOT of money, so they have to know it cost them a pretty sum to get me out of where i was. I so highly value the respect of my peers. I find myself searching for jobs, and Ive even put out a resume just this morning. I am so scared that I have tarnished my ability to walk into an interview with leverage. My two month stint at this new company, with an immediate jump ship? Huge red flag to anyone looking me over. Granted, I feel confident I can bring to the table the tools and means to make a brewery successful. Ive done it before, I am doing it now with WAY less means and support. I have always interviewed well, so my hopes are that I can get in front of some people and woo them. I have to get out. I cant go back to my old job, that bridge is closed. Job opportunities like these are floating around, but not exactly plentiful. I miss my 45,000 and happiness. I highly regret 60,000 and uncertainty. At the end of the day, I understand I am not always going to love my job. This is especially the case. I just felt this was the road to finally getting my finances in order. I filed Chapter 7 just one year ago to get out from mountains 125k of medical debt, and I find myself finally saving some money. Living within my means has been the goal every single minute since I signed the line for Chapter 7, and started this new job. I just hope it was the right choice. edit:Well, wow. Im stunned by your response. Thank you all so very much more chiming in. There is a wealth of great advice here. I will begin to answer some of what I can when I get back from WORK today. Cheers. Assistant: What happened with your previous job to where you cannot go back? Regardless, I dont think this one position is going to be a red flag when job searching. Not every job is going to fit every person and companiesmanagers understand that. Just be honest with any interviews you go on regarding your current job. That is you started, found out it wasnt for you, tried to work it out, but ultimately it was not a fit. The only caveat to that is DO NOT complain about your current job. State that it isnt a fit, but dont dwell on it. Unless specifically asked, dont give out the nitty gritty details of why you hate it and why you are looking to leave. And even if asked, try to keep it a direct as possible while not trying to fling too much mud at your current employer. I say this because you arent doing the interviewer any favors. Theyre likely not considering a job there so you are not giving them fair warning or anything. The only thing you are doing is showing the interviewer how you will talk about them if things dont work out there as well. The last bit that I will leave you with is this notion of loyalty for a company. I used to feel this way as well. You need to get over this. It is important to be fair to your employer and feeling a sense of loyalty is great. But at the end of they day, they are an employer, you are an employee, and you are both mainly there for one thing: money. Most employers that are worried about employees leaving or being loyal are going to pay and treat an employee in a way that will keep them from wanting to leave. I have never gone into an interview or left an interview where loyalty was even a consideration. A history of short-term jobs would be a red-flag as regards to reliability, but a single job that was short-term is typically ignored. When you get a new job and are there for a year, just take it off your resume altogether.Human: The position has been filled by my recommendation and, I have never known someone who left who was able to come back. The owners know they have a great company, and the turnover is very very little. They are sharp, and feel they do the things to keep their people happy. Thats very good interview advice. I had been going through some scenarios where that would come up. Short, sweet, and to the point. Focus on the job I want, and dont spend too much time on the one I dont want. Thank you for that. I had gone through that scenario in my head as well. I dislike it enough to simply take it off my resume and take it as a lesson learned. I am hopeful I wil land on my feet, and I do have some panic mode options. I just want to be happy with what pays the bills at the end of the day.  <response>: I agree with RatherBurnThanFade it doesnt hurt to contact your old employer and let him know you would be open to coming back in the future and that you regret switching companies.It might not be something that happens often but it can happen. Ive been at my current company about 16 years now and can only think of 2 times that someone left and came back. So it doesnt happen often but it happened. 