Have you regretted taking a new job?

I've been trying to get out of agency life and move to a client side role for a while now. I've finally been offered an opportunity! Pay is great, I'll be exposed to some new work, but I just can't get excited about the opportunity. I can't tell if it's just some stockholm syndrome toward my current agency role, or I pictured doing something a little different when I left the agency. But I'm looking at this new role as as a stepping stone. Is that bad?

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I once took a job I thought might be a mistake, but my initial regrets were unfounded. It turned out to be a good experience and it made me realize that in some ways a job can be what we make of it. If you'll be paid well and you'll be doing some new things, that sounds pretty good. Once you're settled in the job you can make it your own and it may work out beautifully.

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Love this and glad you were rewarded with that risk. Definitely agree we all eventually make our role our own.

I haven’t regretted a job, but do know people who have! That being said, I think totally fine if this new role is a stepping stone and not what you were hoping for! Plus transitioning from agency to in house can be rough, so give yourself time!

I guess it is better to make the in-house transition with the stepping stone role so that I'm fully prepared to make that move to the job I really want.

Take the job. Work is work. Nothing with be perfect, but you have to take a calculated risk.

I suppose there are other jobs out there so even if I don't like the new one I can just find another new one.

I think that every person at some point in their career takes a job that they end up regretting. A rite of passage maybe. You keep the job but learn from it, and you have a job while you search for a new job.

I guess as long as you learn something, even if the learning is that you don't like something, it is still beneficial.

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