I’d like some insight/advice on my current work situation.
I interview for this agency and was told that it was relatively small with a team of 10 people, I’d get the opportunity to run all digital content related as a manager.
When I joined, turns out there’s only one other colleague/ intern (21F) that’s been around for 3 months and the boss (30F). Everyone else is freelance, and I just feel like I’ve been mislead. There has been no on-boarding process and I’ve been swamped with work.
As digital content manager, I have been expected to “lead” discussions with clients without being briefed on the brand or company itself. I sit into mandatory crowd funding training session, just to increase the companies chance to get funding from a university, with no clue what is happening for 8H a day. I’m expected to know information about client requests, freelance designers progress and provide feedback with no brief.
I have tried speaking with the boss, asking for guidance or information regarding anything I may be unclear about. The response I get is condescending, petty and aggressive. (“Seriously? You should know this!”) At the same time, I’ve been telling myself it’s only the first few weeks and I should get use to it and power through but everyday I wake up I dread to feel like I’m a dog – just doing as she says.
Speaking to my boss is literally the most painful experience on a daily basis, everything I say or ask is questioned (“You know you don’t get paid as much as you do just for me to hold your hand”). Added on top of the mountain of meaningless work, spending my on money to sit into client 1:1 while they speak in another language for 2H.
My friends and family tell me I should secure a job before quitting but I’m at a point where I’m considering claiming I have covid, just to WFH, power through to the end of the month, get my months salary and quit. Knowing that it probably won’t make her too happy…