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I knew two months in and left. Probation is mutual.
It was both, but mainly because the chemistry with the CDs there just weren’t there for me. I didn’t like the way they worked and didn’t likes their taste.
Things I wish I caught in the interviews. So after two months, I gave them my notice. Sometimes you got to trust your gut feeling if you feel it so strongly and early.
I made the switch from agency to client side. It takes months to feel comfortable...especially if it’s a large company or the industry you’re marketing for is complex.
I switched agency to client. Took me a solid six months to feel comfortable, another 3-4 to feel confident. It takes time.
Chief
I’ve been at my current job for over two years. The first year was a nightmare. I was undervalued, the agency leadership seemed to lack direction, and I had a supervisor who was holding me back.
I recognized that the only way to produce work that could get me out was to find a way to make it work. So I did. I played an appropriate amount of politics, used the damn exclamation points where I had to, and found myself with a tentacle in each department.
Over the past six months, I’ve been making the best work of my career. It may get me opportunities to leave, but I’m not running for the door anymore.
Chief
Also want to add that, the further along I get in my career, the more I’m convinced that an enormous part of success in this industry comes down to your ability to put the team on your back and get things. If you’re lucky, one or two other people will help carry the team along with you.
So, depending on what type of difference maker you think you are, I think you have to ask if you’ve tried to put the team on your back before you decide it’s not a good fit.
I've hired people doing the reverse. It takes a long time to shift thinking. Even how you build slides shifts monumentally.
It'll take a solid 6 months to find your footing.
I've also left companies due to cultural fit. That was about values. It wasn't that I wasn't in line with their needs or priorities, which is the shift from agency to client and can be learned, but I wasn't aligned with the stories they wanted to tell and things they wanted to learn from data. I wasn't aligned with the way they made (or didn't make) decisions. It took about 8 months to figure out what they were doing and why, and to figure out I wasn't ever going to agree.
I started a job client side about a month and a half ago and unfortunately I think I’m the teammate who “isn’t getting it” (my words) - I’ve found that my boss (who is also new to the team but not new to the company) has to do a lot of rework and extra explaining that’s really driving me to think it’s not the best fit. That I might be an “agency person” that client-side is not meant for. I’m about 30 days in and feeling very wishy-washy, so I’m wondering if when you feel this way upfront, is it best to essentially cut my losses and begin looking for a new role. In past jobs, I’ve never felt this discouraged by onboarding/revving up so I’m worried this might be one of those gut-feelings.
Oh good.
Try to make them talk more than you. Honestly, the sudden work remote thjng has a lot of people feeling at sea. Nobody has ever had to go through a situation like this before, where suddenly everyone is forced to WFH.
I'm not trying to dissuade you from thinking it's a fit, and I obviously can't say whether you're imagining it, but this is a batshit crazy time and your boss could well be feeling some version of this too.
Chief
I knew 3 months in and left after 6.
3 month mark. You’ll know by the first month anyway. But have to play it by the book. Unless you absolutely need that job (which pretty much everyone does nowadays) do everything you need to get out of there by month 3
[former Edelman] I knew in the first week; something felt off. Spent the next three months trying to figure out if it was just me not being open to change and eventually figured it out - it wasn't me. Got a new gig after 8 months and it literally changed my life. Right move to change, for me.
Best of luck to you! Listen to your gut but give yourself a chance to work things out, too.