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^SC1 said it. First of all, find out if a switch is possible. Maybe no other accounts have money for more creatives. So you prob don’t want to set that fire with your partner until you know there’s a landing spot.
I’d also say, having the talk with your partner is the mature and nice thing to do. But I definitely didn’t do that when left mine. I told a CD that it wasn’t working, they found accounts that needed my help, and that was it. SC1 is wisely and politely telling you good way to handle it. With me, I felt way too much disrespect to humanize them by explaining why I left. But that’s me, and I need to be better at those things.
CW3 said it well. Be professional, but watch your back. Your career is yours. Stay positive, stay excited. You’ll work with several partners over your career ad they won’t all be great. I have a particularly negative one right now myself. Get through the day and stay excited about doing great work. Put on your therapist cap and reframe and label their behaviors for them. As dramatic as us writers can be, nothing quite emotes like an AD scorned...
It’s not a good idea to go behind your partners back and have them find out that it’s happening - makes for a very awkward conversation.
You need to have more than one conversation about this. Forging a good partnership takes work and you’ll learn a lot more by working with someone whose different than you than someone who has the same personality. To be honest, switching is probably not going to magically fix problems like you think it will.
Got it. Feels like a hard conversation to have but I guess you gotta have those.
Don’t be an ass, be a pro. Tell them.
Try to talk to your CD together if they’re open to it.
I didn’t work well with my partner at my last job and I stuck it out and tried to be nice only to have them go behind my back and get another job and then check completely out of our current job so look out for yourself. Have a conversation but if you don’t feel like it’s working I’m sure they don’t feel like it’s working either. This is jaded advice so I apologize but don’t let it hinder your career. Especially as a junior.
what I could do better as a partner and the feedback was minimal. They blamed their attitude on being stressed about work. That's fine but I think that's a sign that we're not meant for each other. I'm an optimist and this negativity is bumming me out.
Be honest with your partner about it, at the end of the day it’s mutually beneficial. Then, speak to your direct manager/CD about what steps to take. It doesn’t hurt to have a few options of who could replace your partner too.
Exactly. At the end of the day, it’s easier being honest. One thing to think about though is how likely a new partner will be. I’d first ask your CD if it’s a possibility, then if it is, have the conversation with your partner. If not, maybe wait and just hang in there until it’s a possibility.
When someone you depend on is not pulling their weight, you need to be brutally honest in a sweet way. Not just in advertising, but anything you wanna be succesful in.
Here is what I'd do.
1) Put yourself in their shoes, and show them that you legitimately understand their challenges (even if they're silly) and want to help them get through it.
2) Once they know ur on their side, politely explain how their behavior is affecting you. You understand it might not be easy on them, but need them to help you by changing a little bit (or little lot) to be succesful as a team and save you lots of headaches.
MAKE THEM WANT TO HELP YOU!
How? By making it more about you, than them. Say "I need you to" rather than "you need to."
Put yourself in their shoes first, then 9/10 times they'll wanna put themselves in yours.
Also keep an eye out for mid level ads that may be without a partner due to theirs quitting etc