How do you know a new job isn't right for you? A month in and I'm starting to get some concerns about leadership and the wider business (my team informing me of C suite's toxic traits, there being literally zero culture, glorifying burnout etc) but i don't know if it's just because I'm still finding my feet.

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Toxic c-suite is always a sign to run for me. I was at an agency like this for five years. Started out normal, but as the c-suite grew it turned into a high-school clique complete with in-fighting and bullying. Middle managers were constantly caught in the crossfire. Last two years (partially during 2020) were an emotional hell. I still have trauma. I’d get out.

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It’s a fine line between giving it enough time to see if it’s just acclimation and getting stuck in something awful.

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But I think you know what you’ve stumbled on.

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Do you feel the culture and c suite are toxic or are you just hearing things? Don’t let gossip bring you down. You just got there, keep open ears but I would take things with a grain of salt and form your own opinions with time.

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👆🏾This. Always form your own opinions. What works for some. Might not work for others. But keep the information you have in the back of your mind.

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I’d say give it another month to try and find some redeeming qualities. But if you gotta jump, then jump.

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I feel like the C Suite is always crazy and dramatic when you get too close. The glorifying burnout thing is a big red flag personally.

I spent stints of 6-8 months at two companies that I hated & caused me a ton of trauma. Those were 4-6 years ago, and I don’t list them on my resume. I only list years (months) on my resume, so it doesn’t look like I had a massive gap between the jobs that I stayed with.

Long story short… the cost to my health and sanity wasn’t worth it in the long run. The 4-6 months that I stuck around waiting to see if I could handle it had a really big negative impact.

Last thing I’ll say…. Sometimes there are natural growing pains of joining a company. If you have an immediate team that will protect and nurture you, they may help make it worthwhile.

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