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Ehhhh, may be projecting but experiential never interested me. Plus a good partner is worth their weight in gold. What about shopping around together and delaying the move a few more months??
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I like film too much … but if you’re into it, that’s awesome.
I would stay just because of the fully remote aspect, but that's me. If you feel like you're stagnating, it might be time for a change. You can always keep looking around until you find a job that doesn't leave you feeling like you're making a compromise when you do make that change.
Solid advice. My only concern is that I don’t feel completely safe at my current job. They’re an Omnicom agency and have had a “return” to office. I have been fully remote since a few months before the pandemic, but due to unique circumstances. I think those circumstances are a bit of a vulnerability now. And that is partially why my growth has been stagnant.
Also, I’d have to leave my amazing partner. No clue who I’d be working with at the new place.
Following because I am in the same spot. Absolutely love who I’m working with but am not getting paid nearly enough!
How long have you been with your partner? Do they not want to go?
Don’t go anywhere until you meet whoever your partner would be at the new job. If they don’t have anyone in mind that could mean floating on not great briefs. Or that they’re pairing you up with someone who has gone through a lot of partners.
They don’t actually have partners at this new place… they were as pods. A CD, an ACD Art (me), an ACD copy that rotates in from two other pods (this place is experiential marketing so it’s way more visually heavy), and that’s the conceptual pod plus some junior designers/production artists.
So it would be a complete change
While lack of growth, pay, and title are infuriating, finding a partner I love has been one of the biggest challenges of my career. If there's genuinely no possibility for more compensation in the future you may want to consider a change. But the idea of going in blind on a new partner after working for years with one I love would make me hesitate.
This is exactly my sentiments. But my partner’s only flaw is his complete complacency with what we’ve got now. He works so hard and yet has no initiative/desire/urgency to make a move at this point in time. Creatively, we work very well together.
Do you anticipate having growth opportunities within the smaller company? if so, I would go for it! Being comfortable is great, but it sounds like you've reached your peak at your current role. How long have you been there?
They say they have a guaranteed review and merit increase every year equal to cost of living wage (which is far more than my company), and if you’re doing very well, than you’d likely do better than a cost of living. I haven’t had any growth whatsoever at my current company in years.