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Remember that you are Boss-Hunting more than Job-Hunting. A great boss can outweigh a bad job. A great boss will give you the reference.
During the interview, size up the person you will be reporting to. If he/she exhibits any signs of egotistic narcissism, RUN, don’t walk. Avoiding egotistic narcissists will save you from job-acceptance regret and depression.
Yes. Job satisfaction has a lot to do with the type of person you meet as your boss.
If they use any of the following phrases either during interview or in the job posting:
"we are a family"
"everyone here wears many hats"
"we are scrappy and have a start-up mentality"
"we have free snacks and a ping pong table"
"work hard, play hard"
“We are a family” also means they expect undying loyalty from you, long hours cause you gotta support the “family”, unprofessional behavior and boundary busting. Major dysfunction.
I’ve found that agencies will usually tell on themselves if they’re struggling creatively. Almost like they’re insecure about their agency reputation/the role and trying to address it… They’ll say things like “we’re really looking to turn things around here” or “we’re trying to restore *agency name* to its former glory” or “we’re pushing the clients to do good work.” If they have an air of desperation, it’s probably not a job you’d want.