The job I accepted at an agency a few months ago hasn’t turned out at all how I expected from the interviews.

On the least desirable clients/projects vs ones they said I would work on, getting asked to work 24/7 round the clock vs being told about their great wlb, working w/cds I didn’t interview with who give no direction.

I’m looking for new gigs asap, is it a problem or red flag if I’m leaving a place after just a few months? How can I frame my situation?

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

Ah, the old bait and switch. Unfortunately common at agencies.

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Simple OP. Just put down as freelance and call it a day. 👍

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It’s the probationary period. Explain it as such.

Again. No.

Where?

Delete the work experience. Tell people you were freelancing. Freelance sucks right now just FYI.

Leave it off your resume/LI entirely, if asked mention you were laid off or took a career break to care for a loved one or just lie and say you’re still at the job you left a few months ago. Going forward wait a full year to update your job on LinkedIn just in case you absolutely hate it.

Print out this post and just hand it across the desk to the person you’re interviewing with

Wow is this my old agency… like everyone else has already said, I left after 4 months and took that agency off my LI and resume like it never happened 🤗 I also don’t put months on my resume, just years, so no one can see there’s a 4 month gap.

I think it should be OK to explain that the company culture and the work was very different from what you were told in the interviews.

Don't worry about how other people will see it if you have legit reasons for leaving

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