First, you don't realize how lucky you are: there are thousands of posts across the web about people complaining that their employers give them no training at all and you're basically getting 2 years of "apprenticeship" training right off the bat.
Make the most of it. It will never happen again! This is old-skool training and more companies should be doing it.
Second, your manager needs to know ASAP that you can't finish. Whatever the consequences of not finishing are, they will be much worse if it's a surprise to him at the deadline. Just walk into his office and TELL HIM. Don't sugarcoat it, just explain what's going on. I've had to deal with exactly this situation in the past month. It happens, we deal with it.
People not being able to do the work isn't new to any experienced manager, he'll figure something out: that's his job. Yours is to keep him up to date.
How bad is it in real life? In real life, not finishing a project on time can be the end of a company. I sincerely doubt you are doing anything that crucial, but you asked. Things get a lot more important when people are paying you to do them We all do shit that we "just don't enjoy" but we're paid to do them well anyway. It's not like they expect you to do this for the rest of your time there.
Don't switch jobs unless you are otherwise a fantastic candidate and you can come up with an amazing excuse in the interview for why you only lasted 6 months. And it had better be along the lines of "the boss beat me daily with a stick because I wouldn't wash his car." No, I'm not kidding.
What college did you go to that you got "do-overs?" Friggin' lucky. If we were late on an assignment, it was an automatic 50% off and got worse with each passing day (sometimes hourly).
This isn't a rant, and I'm not picking on you. I read inexperience in your post and I think you have a great opportunity you're about to throw away. Think carefully before you do.
Don't switch jobs unless you are otherwise a fantastic candidate and you can come up with an amazing excuse in the interview for why you only lasted 6 months. And it had better be along the lines of "the boss beat me daily with a stick because I wouldn't wash his car." No, I'm not kidding.
I completely disagree with this statement - a job needs to go both ways, and just like some companies will make the wrong decision in the hiring process, a job applicant will make the wrong decision in which job to accept. It happens. Just don't make it a pattern - because then it's an issue.
It's perfectly reasonable to leave a job after six months. Hell, it's reasonable to leave after the first day if you can see that life is going to suck.
But in real life, the next person to interview you will want to know why you left so soon. If your answer is along the lines of "I was being rotated through different departments for training and I didn't like the first rotation" that person will probably not hire you, expecting that you'll leave the first time things don't go your way.
You are correct that an applicant can make the wrong decision, but that's not what matters. What matters is how he responds to making that decision.
If the company is rotating him to positions that aren't his line of work, or what he studied for then I think it's a perfectly reasonable reason - he should be prepared to explain it more than "I didn't like it" - because that would be an issue, but otherwise I don't see the harm. In the end he needs to be sure that he is making the right choice in leaving and deal with the consequences if it's the wrong decision - or possibly be happier else where if it's the right decision.
As I mentioned previously, the 2nd cycle is more along the lines of what I studied for. More than that, I think I realize that I'm not meant for a BigCo and startups want a certain level of experience, and rightly so.
I'll talk to my manager first thing tomorrow. Yes, its more of an internal project, and I'm the only one working on it - so me not finishing won't shut down the company.
I didn't mean do-overs, more like it was okay to fail and you had time to learn from your mistakes.
And thanks for replying, I appreciate that you responded.
Make the most of it. It will never happen again! This is old-skool training and more companies should be doing it.
Second, your manager needs to know ASAP that you can't finish. Whatever the consequences of not finishing are, they will be much worse if it's a surprise to him at the deadline. Just walk into his office and TELL HIM. Don't sugarcoat it, just explain what's going on. I've had to deal with exactly this situation in the past month. It happens, we deal with it.
People not being able to do the work isn't new to any experienced manager, he'll figure something out: that's his job. Yours is to keep him up to date.
How bad is it in real life? In real life, not finishing a project on time can be the end of a company. I sincerely doubt you are doing anything that crucial, but you asked. Things get a lot more important when people are paying you to do them We all do shit that we "just don't enjoy" but we're paid to do them well anyway. It's not like they expect you to do this for the rest of your time there.
Don't switch jobs unless you are otherwise a fantastic candidate and you can come up with an amazing excuse in the interview for why you only lasted 6 months. And it had better be along the lines of "the boss beat me daily with a stick because I wouldn't wash his car." No, I'm not kidding.
What college did you go to that you got "do-overs?" Friggin' lucky. If we were late on an assignment, it was an automatic 50% off and got worse with each passing day (sometimes hourly).
This isn't a rant, and I'm not picking on you. I read inexperience in your post and I think you have a great opportunity you're about to throw away. Think carefully before you do.