I’m really good at my job but starting at a mid to senior account manager role has made me feel so out of place. I feel too busy to socialise with the junior members and then always working into account directors so there’s a manager dynamic there which means I don’t want to get too friendly… but there’s no other account manager in my accounts to build that informal go to the pub after work and be friends rapport with it’s very straight laced. Don’t get me wrong it’s nice but dull.

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Doesn’t get better at director level either lol

Yep. Felt like a loser at the company Christmas party this year 😂

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#preach. My boss always says middle management is the absolute worst and hardest. I respect him for his honestly.

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Has anyone overcome this struggle?

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If you are in an office I’d recommend just talking to people around you, doesn’t have to be same level account people, could be a planner, a pm, a producer.. I’m not an extrovert but somehow that part has come to me relatively easy.

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