What is your average day like as a graphic designer in an in-house design team at a corporation? Mine is chaos and being overworked constantly, and I don't know if its just what is normal now?

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You're describing every day at my agency, so I'm guessing it's the norm? My day is a mix of having new projects thrown at me while being asked for endless revisions on existing ones. There are only two other designers on my team and I swear we're all swamped from 9 AM to 5 PM. I'm burning out hard and wondering if moving brand side would give me better WLB.

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That sounds like my team, there are another 3 designers on mine and for 6+ months I was having to work hours overtime every day and sometimes weekends, without OT pay or time back, so I burnt out and dr signed me off for a few weeks. Gone back now but looking for a new job, I am thinking more small agency side but not sure what that would look like either for WLB.

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