My boss doesn’t seem to be happy with my work. I am strong on strategy and brand, when I ask related questions at kickoffs, they make comments like:”nobody cares.” Or “We just need to get it done.” Or “The client doesn’t know what is a brand.”
What would you do if you were me? Talk to them about it, or just start looking?

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Is your boss an ECD or CCO? If you can work under a different ECD you should ask. If it’s the CCO then I’d start looking. You’ll only experience roadblock after roadblock with his defeatist attitude.

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We are a small firm, so they (this person and their partner) are the only ECD pair I am reporting, above them there is only CCO. Both ECDs have been working in the firm for many years and everyone speaks highly of them. I am not sure how worth it is for me to bring it up to the CCO.

Yeah that’s a big red flag - their burnout could also trickle down to your performance and set you up to fail.

For your own sake, it would be good to have a conversation with them about it, and start looking for a switch of teams/company if they continue to dismiss you.

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