Just need a place to vent.
I just got assigned a new client and a new team at my company I’ve been a manager at for 3 years. I work in digital marketing. It’s my 7th day with this new client and my new director messaged me essentially saying I’m not being proactive enough, not owning enough tasks, and not communicating enough.
It’s been seven business days. I’m still onboarding and catching up to speed. Not to mention I’m allocated 50% to this account. Not to mention I’ve already been hopping in responding to client emails, putting together reports and analysis, etc. In my view I’ve been proud of myself for ramping up so quickly.
She then sent a message saying the last manager was fired for not doing enough. Seriously? You’re going to threaten me on my 7th day? (She later deleted the message…interesting).
This isn’t normal, right? I would think to give a new employee at least 2 weeks to a month before feedback? I feel like I haven’t been given a chance.