Is there any job in the advertising/marketing world with a manageable workload? I really don't mind the actual work itself too much, but across all my jobs there just always seems to be such an insane volume of it. I try applying to jobs in other industries but it seems ( perhaps understandably) people aren't willing to hire someone for an entry level job when they have 7 years of experience in another field.

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Freelancing. Or, setting better boundaries 🥲 Being able to say I won’t have this done by the deadline.

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Nope, sorry

The work is insurmountable always.

This. They fire anyone that tries to put up a “boundary.’ That’s been my experience so far as a creative at a soulless corporate mega conglomerate, anyway.

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