I have a different manager to report to for every brand I'm on, is that normal?

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Wait you guys have managers?? 🤪

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My manager isn’t on any of the accounts I’m on 🥀

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I thought so too but I’ve had multiple manages tell me it’s unusual. They were my manager when I first started at the agency and have since moved accounts

Nope

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Yup. Always been the case for me. Your direct manager is the one for the brand you work in the most

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Nawwww that’s crazy. Who is responsible for your performance reviews?

That’s a lot of 1-on-1s

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Yeah it just depends on how things are scoped. Sometimes it can be by retailer, sometimes it can be by division/brand. For the account I’m on, the managers are on different divisions/brands and the associates are spread across all, reporting to diff managers per division

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