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hello fishes,
need some advice.
my current ctc is 16 with 5.6 years of experience. I was a contract hire and parent company wants to hire me.
company is service based company.
my current title is senior analyst but they want to make me manager.
they are skipping tech lead and team lead positions.
they are ready to change 5 days working from earlier 6 days working.
they are asking me my expectations.
we are on client location and there is no one above us. Also team is not technically sound.FSS
I want a baby 😭
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Cheers, OP. This is not easy. Hang in there.
Just another perspective: being a creative director does not mean you signed up to give over your whole life. That’s not normal!
Agree, CD1 it is not normal. But, as I am the sole earner (husband was laid off) and all agencies including mine are cutting salaries and staff, at this point I don’t really have a choice in the matter.
In the pre pandemic days, I’d work a reasonable amount in the office, come home and have dinner with my family, read some books to my son and watch trash tv, call up friends, have a nightcap. Now I’m homeschooling while on zoom calls that end at 9 or 10 PM, sporadically shoveling down Trader Joe’s frozen fare/vodka sodas, then lean out the window for some fresh air before I go to sleep and it starts over again. I am very VERY lucky to have a job in NYC! But this is not a healthy or sustainable way to work.