I’m so unhappy at my company and I have been for awhile. In January when we won a new client I was promised I’d be owning the work but now I work “under” a Strategy Director who has been unprofessional, awful, and generally inept. I’m doing all the work to clean up the messes she’s making, but no one sees her mess and she gets the credit for my success. I’ve brought it up to leadership and they just say “we’re aware and we’re doing what we can” but it’s been months and no action has been taken.

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I’ve had the same problem at my company. If leadership is aware of the issues and continues to do nothing, it’s unhealthy for both you and the company to be in a toxic culture. I would ride this pandemic wave out and search for places you feel you may have a better chance of growth. I know jumping jobs isn’t ideal, but I don’t think anyone is going to look at your job history in 2020 and question it at this point. Keep your head up!

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