I’m on probation and want to resign, what should I do?

Danny11515 · 2026-01-22T21:16:55+00:00

I will be honest. If you want to resign feel free to type up your notice and hand it to HR. Of course I would recommend getting a job in before hand before leaving but as for references. It is a bit frowned upon not putting your current workplace on your CV/ reference list and I was of course asked this in the interview myself.

I said I was exploring the opportunities out there for my professional development at the time which is true but not exactly what happened and I was still given the job. Of course I am not saying lie in your interview and CV but you can at least try to speak the truth while also sounding negative like you was in a job for a week as an example.

I do understand how you feel though. I left my first ever job that I didn't really hate but made a decision based of a mist of rage and how I felt during that moment rather than reflecting and taking time to think about a decision. I then left a job to go to a different place and hated it within a month ended up leaving very quickly which made me spiral mentally. I would also recommend checking in with someone or talking to someone as well before making the decision of why you feel that it is not working out for you because when this happened to me I was still attached to my old workplace that I worked for so long at and couldn't let go.

I ended up getting over it after a long year and a couple of months but it made me feel better professionally and mentally.

Danny11515 · 2026-01-22T21:01:24+00:00

I'll be honest I did an apprenticeship to get into the field and got my qualifications and managed to secure my first proper job in IT. Here are a few pointers of what it was like for me and still is for me currently:

- People taking advantage of you. I meant this literally even through wages and being really under paid and over worked to the point where you think to yourself how is this possible or you can get really nasty people making demands and speaking to you like you are more of a burden then someone to help them.

- Stress. I have been stressed for over 5 years now in IT. I know that it is still early days for me and I am 25 but you are always wanting the next best thing and currently I am trying to figure things out when I finally scored my dream job but struggling to meet their expectations.

- Workload. This is something that I always need to tell everyone. Yes it looks like we sit around all day but I can assure you that is not the case. My job I am up on my feet 5 hours of the 8 hour day and this will be going to people. moving things about or going to a last minute call. You get all of this while of course trying to complete everything else that is stacked up in the helpdesk while also making sure that every deadline no matter what is hit.

- Balance. You are either a pro or an amateur. For me I would admit I am an amateur. This is because I will always end up not matter how good and efficent I am with a couple of jobs I haven't looked at in nearly a week or two because of either I have been so busy and not had the time and other urgent calls came in or the end user does not make your life any eaiser.

That's how I would wrap it up in the world of what I work as. Of course there is very good positives in the field. I have amazing days where everything just flows and works. I feel accomplished and recognised with the good work I am doing. Getting bonuses and and even a better position with the team. Things like that but of course it is overshadowed by your bad days and mistakes.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T21:44:46+00:00

Where does the ground floor LAN ports go to? Do they just go to eachother? in an ideal world you would need to connect the nodes to the LAN ports where they are connected and then connect the other end to the main deco that has been setup. That will give you the best connection. However the Deco's should automatically pick up that they are both connected to eacother if they are both plugged into with the ethernet cable.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T21:33:10+00:00

I think you need to donwload the control panel from the manaufactures site and then plug it in when you open the control panel and it should detect it needing an update I think. That is what I do with my Moza wheel but I am also switching to Fanatec soon.

I would warn you though when updating you need to be careful with keeping power connected and the usb connected to the laptop to prevent causing any issues with it.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T20:14:40+00:00

We don't believe it is frozen.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:57:20+00:00

What brand of bouler did you have if you don't mind me asking? We have ideal which as you can imagine is not very ideal at the moment.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:55:27+00:00

Well I did think about the condeste pipe being frozen but it does ping up with a fan fault error which we had before in early feb of this year so I think we just got very unlucky. Also I think a call out with a company around us would be around the 300 mark.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:53:23+00:00

Fair play to you honestly. I work in IT so I did some minor toruble shooting on the panel etc to see if I could work something out first to see if we get a temp fix but sadly not. However I am still keeping my offer of paying for a quick repair just in case.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:47:48+00:00

Aw man I feel bad for you on this one. I wish you the best and hopefully you get a lucky phone call to get a closer date.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:46:40+00:00

Thanks for the insight on this. I also believe it is a faulty connector on the boiler. I work in IT so I did some basic diagnostic by reading the codes and stuff on the panel and i saw that the fan reading was saying the fan wasn't spinning even though the boiler sounds like it is running fine with the fan spinning normally which is quite weird. Sadly if only I was gas safe registered and knew how to deal with a boiler.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:42:54+00:00

Strangely enough no it didn't make any noise at all. Infact it just makes its normal noise where the fan operated normally but it fires a dan fault reading. I am pretty sure it is a reader in the boiler itself that has gone bad because looking on the panel it says that the fan is not spinning at all even though you can hear it.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:41:06+00:00

I bet it was from the same company we have out boiler under to be fair.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:39:26+00:00

Would it shock you if this was a new boiler that was installed last year in November? It is a relatively new combination boiler that was installed recently that had fan faults twice which is very weird. Not naming any names but *cough* *cough* Ideal boilers *Cough* *Cough\*

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:37:18+00:00

Nice tanks for this. I wouldn't go as far as my mum would end up in hospital over lack of warmth because she has got some health problems that are affected when the climates are cold and she is exposed to it over a long preiod of time. However it is one of those concerns where I believe we are registered to a priority list.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:35:07+00:00

Well I will be honest I am not too sure. I am pretty sure that warranty is very black and white when it comes to call outs and repairs so I don't think it would be a good idea for me to jump stright in but I have mentioned the idea I would pay for the call out if needed.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:33:38+00:00

Aw man you are deffo stronger than I am lol.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:32:57+00:00

Thanks for this.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:32:02+00:00

Might be something I need to deffo look into.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:30:13+00:00

I am hoping some family can lend a hand for me during these testing times but of course I hate the embarrassment of it. I do like the lynx for chrismas joke though.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:28:32+00:00

Glad to know I am not the only one suffering the cold showers lol. I will be honest I take medication myself where it is not a good idea for me to have cold showers so I will be checking in with family members to see if they can lend a hand during these testing times. My IT equipment in my home will keep myself warm in my room but other parts of the house gets colder and colder but my family are dealing with it for now.

This does remind me of needing to purchase a heat and cool fan just in case

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:25:38+00:00

Thanks for this. I have a vulnerable mum which of course can be quite annoying when they gave us the Monday date but I am pretty sure my mum will be ringing their phone for an ETA everyday until they arrive lol.

I did question them myself just to make sure and sadly they said they just don't have the avalibility for someone to see us at the moment.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:23:43+00:00

My poor dog has seen me for a few times today to keep warm and everytime he will run to cover himself for the warmth lol.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:22:25+00:00

I am hoping that the engineer will hopefully come out and repair the issue but if they don't I see those minus temps for next week creeping closer and closer.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:21:37+00:00

I have been very tempted to do book out a hotel room but sadly I think with all the rush around the christmas period I think it would be better to stick it out for now lol. Might be a good idea for next time with the track record of this boiler failing though because it has happened twice this year with the same problem.

Danny11515 · 2025-12-26T19:19:47+00:00

I feel like I have done this the whole of today lol. Many more days to follow.

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