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“[x] is what I’m very interested in and would like to be doing more of in 6 months. Can we work together to get a plan where as these projects or responsibilities become available, I can begin to pick them up?”
You’ll never have success saying ‘I’m unhappy’ without a solution and you will rarely get immediate changes. But couch it as a growth plan conversation and use that to help steer the conversation towards responsibilities that will excite you.
Try to avoid ‘I was hired for...’ because that convo usually goes nowhere. You were hired for needs at the time, and agency needs constantly evolve. But when you say ‘I’d like to be doing more of...’ you’ll usually get good results
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Thank you for posting this OP. I’m dealing with the same thing right now and would love to get some ideas.
I would just shop around for a new role.
It might come to that. I’d rather try to salvage this one first if I can.
Don’t listen to any advice about talking it over with your boss or HR. The solution is to work elsewhere. It’s the truth. The sooner the better.
Remember my comment after you try everything else in vain. You’ll kick yourself for not doing it sooner. But I guess everyone eventually learns the hard way. It’s really unfortunate, but the reasons why things are bad are institutional, and you have little power to change anything.
Hell, even Nick Law hopped from Publicis after just over a year. Even someone that high up cannot change crappy institutional things that quickly.
I’ve tried it both ways and sometimes it’s just a way to get people to leave so they can hire cheaper. We always have to remember in advertising we are all just numbers on a spread sheet
I worked at a startup that basically hired me in a guinea pig position; within a short time, I was doing three jobs for the price of one (content strategy, copywriting AND social media management). I finally told my boss that it was bullshit and not what I EVER was hired to do nor EVER wanted to do. I also told him I didn’t want to commute 5 days a week for 4 hours a day and it was time for me to be a remote consultant for them until they found the people they needed. I was phased out within 2 months. They hired two people - one senior and one junior - to replace me. If you hate your job, feel duped or disrespected, LEAVE. It ain’t gonna get better.
🙌🏾 Know when to fold’em, walk away and run....you will get pimped and no one will care.
I had that happen brought it up and got the tough luck talk, then they phased the role/roles out
That’s exactly what I DON’T want. 😂
I left. At some point you have to be realistic and either find another role within your current place or find it elsewhere.
Always an option - but there are many reasons I’d like to stay here if I can.
Ask yourself if what you’re doing vs what you were “hired” to do is really better or worse. Are you learning valuable skills, or pushing the boundaries at all? People get so caught up in the job description and a checklist of responsibilities they lose sight of the big picture