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I've had a hybrid role for the past 4 years where I get unlimited sick days (well 14 really until fmla kicked in), 3 weeks of vacation, 3 personal days. I am also given the week after Xmas off. if my toddlers are sick I can work at home with them. Interviewing w fortune 500 that offers 15 pto days that have to use for sick days too.Strictly in office job 9-5 and dress bus.prof. These bad benefits? Outdated culture?I am a seasoned professional. Seems tough.
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It feels like it’s happening everywhere. At work I don’t even feel like a person most of the time; I’m just a machine that cranks out do-dads.
My favorite is when I’m asked what I think after rounds and rounds of revisions on work that wasn’t mine in the first place. 🙃
Unfortunately it is like that almost everywhere. That’s the reason why I went freelance— I can push myself hard for a few weeks to a few months with crazy deadlines and turnarounds, but if it’s like that for a year I get so burned out that it could damage my reputation.
Somewhere along the line, we’ve transitioned from “the best idea” to “the first idea”
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I feel ya. Seems like our industry is focused more on quantity not quality.
Been feeling the exact same way. How can I turn in a "mind blowing", never before seen campaign proposal when I have 1-2 hours to work on it?
Exactly! It’s pretty ridiculous to expect someone to create beautiful designs and amazing groundbreaking ideas when you have a day. It just doesn’t make sense to me. I guess I would feel a bit better if while reviews it was acknowledged that I had little time, but it almost feels that everyone thinks I had a week.
Programmatic to the rescue
I actually find quick turnarounds a bit of a relief.
Takes the pressure off making it perfect.
You and I have very different creative directors. Cuz I am still pushed to make it a wow project with perfect designs and videos