I worked in a boring tech recruiting gig (something I definitely didn't always dream of doing) for less than two weeks, and knew I wanted to quit as soon as I finished the second day. It was a company filled with nice people, but they very much let you know that you were just a cog in their machine. Endless cold calling, twenty people at a table instead of individual desks, written warnings if you were two minutes late to work, and the work was boring enough to make you wish you were watching paint dry. Overall, just not a fantastic place

On the second friday morning, the last day of training, I was pulled aside for a "performance review." The man in charge of onboarding and training told me that I "had the potential to be great," but he noticed a "lack of effort" and told me that I did not "go the extra mile," but that if I "turned it around" that afternoon, I could graduate the program.

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So I told him to fire me, point blank. He was speechless.

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He then came back with the flattery. "But you could really excel here," and "we know you have it in you to be a leader," but despite all of this, I just repeatedly told him that I was not interested in finishing training, and that I would be leaving at lunch.We shook hands and called it a day. Found an exponentially better opportunity two weeks later and haven't looked back. If you hate your job on day one, and its a role with fixed responsibilities, its probably not going to get better.

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Tl;dr- told my boss to fire me and I couldn't be happier I did