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    Employee is 9 days into new job when she feels like she's being conned, boss is completely absent: 'After hours requests, weekend requests, 10pm requests, 5am requests'

    Some jobs are not what they seem. And unfortunately, it can take a few days to find that out. The interview process is supposed to be a two-way street, but it can quickly turn into a parade of illusions. Everyone is trying to put their best foot forward, and so nobody finds out the truth. 

    But you'll find out the truth soon enough, and it might hurt to get over. It's so difficult to find a new job that when you do find one, you feel like your ship has finally come in. You want to hold onto it with all you have, and you hope that it suits your needs. But the first couple of days on a new job can be a whirlwind. You're meeting all sorts of new people, figuring out the new tasks you have to do, and adapting to a new work environment. Every job is different. You don't always know what you can expect from company culture. 

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    • Sometimes, though, you can tell something is wrong from the jump. The energy is immediately off, and you know you'll have to fight an uphill battle to fight for your happiness there. You don't gel with the management; they're disorganized on a level that you can't help them with, and they don't know how to use you in a way that suits your ability. This is an unfortunately common problem. The question is, how do you handle it when you come across it? Do you cross your fingers and hope that it's just growing pains and that it will get better? Or do you get the heck out of there while you still have a fresh resume? It's not easy to know what to do, and it can be scary to think about losing a job, even if you just started out. But some things aren't worth the effort and will end up burning you out way more than necessary. In these moments, it's important to take stock of your well-being and see if you can do anything to improve it. That's what this employee was trying to do at the start of a new job. Scroll on for details. 

    • Finally landed a job, I feel like I got conned.

      I just need to rant and get nonbiased thoughts on my current situation. Got laid off in October from a marketing director role at a startup. Horrible time to be looking for a job in general, let alone marketing.
      via u/bergey_meow
    • Finally in late February after much interviewing going nowhere, I received an offer from a local business. For context, I have experience doing national and statewide industries in both non profit and for profit. This local business would be local/regional marketing at a smaller scale than previous roles which I thought would be simpler.
      via u/bergey_meow
    • I am currently 9 business days into this new role (not counting the Saturday and Sunday my new boss was requesting work on). My boss has been present in- office for 2 out of those 9 days and has either been on vacation or going to appointments/"not feeling well" the rest.
      via u/bergey_meow
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    • The job description I was provided was intended to be a branding/creative direction role that made it sound like the business was aiming to elevate their current marketing and my job was to guide and oversee that. Thus far, the position has been 100% canva graphics for Facebook using chat gpt copy.
      via u/bergey_meow
    • Ok sure, not the level of creative agency I'm used to, whatever. This would be fine except they treat Facebook marketing like someone will di if there's not at least 2-3 posts every day (despite the job position . specifying being strategic about quality content marketing over quantity). I would be happy to phone it in if every post wasn't literal flight or fight mode.
      via u/bergey_meow
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    • Not only this, but they are obsessed with virtual assistants. It should be noted again that this industry is very local, and as hard as these gentlemen from other countries are trying, they're definitely working off a surface level understanding. This has led to numerous miscommunications. The boss somehow spearheads these miscommunications and then blames the VAS (because of course).
      via u/bergey_meow
    • To reiterate, I've been here 9 days. NINE. The number of asks I've received from my completely absent boss for tasks I have not been trained on is ridiculous. There's no other marketing staff in office to ask SOP questions. Also none of these tasks are in the job description. And when I ask for support, I'm told to ask the VAS.
      via u/bergey_meow
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    • And finally, boss thinks I'm at their beck and call. After hours requests, weekend requests, 10pm requests, 5am requests. I had a pre-scheduled appointment one morning where I was not in-office but still available over messaging for only 1 hour, and I was asked how I planned to make that hour up (I'm salaried, had worked late the Friday before, and worked several hours both Saturday and Sunday....girl what do you
      via u/bergey_meow
    • mean?????) Again I've worked in startups where time flexibility is necessary for management, and even then nobody texted me after 8pm unless it was an emergency, absolutely never for something as arbitrary as a Facebook post.
      via u/bergey_meow
    • And mind you nobody besides ownership and employees even interact with these posts. I've been working corporate for over a decade now. I've never experienced this level of disorganization. I'm definitely coming from a position of frustration over my career path succumbing to Al bulls marketing slop as well, so it's a double slap in the face to be feeling this stressed over
      via u/bergey_meow
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    • marketing that I wouldn't even publicly put my name on. I don't want to complain too much because I know I'm one of the "lucky ones" to have even landed a new role, but I took a pay cut for a sense of security and this is absolutely not sustainable long term. Feeling conned I guess.
      via u/bergey_meow
    • accountforlegals... Oof, that sounds absolutely abysmal and your boss sounds both checked out and overbearing. If I were you I would keep applying for jobs and interviewing and keep the mindset that you will not be there for long. The best advice I can give when
      via u/bergey_meow
    • trying to leave a start up is this: start your day FOR YOU. Narcissist bosses that think you owe them your every waking minute will wear you down fast and affect your mental health at a subconcious level. So when I previously was looking to leave a start up, every day before I did a lick of work for my current job, I took 30 minutes to
      via u/bergey_meow
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    • apply to jobs for myself. Something about putting myself and my future first really helped me stay in the mindset that I had my own back and I was going to get out of this bad situation and eventually I did! And of course, try to set boundaries and protect your peace!
      via u/bergey_meow
    • maebyrutherford Look for another job and in the meantime set boundaries. It will only get worse if you don't. Ask questions when they mention you making up time. and that a salary job is assumed a 40 hour week week on average. You can be nice about it but don't let that stuff slide. They're testing you.
      via u/bergey_meow
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    • Commenters gave their takes on the situation.

      badpebble I was looking for a job and then I found a job And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now
      via u/badpebble
    • Sultan_Of-spN Different industries, this is about my exact situation and I'm in 2 years now. The pay is good enough for what I do. But, the smaller the business the more hats you wear and often times the small business owner is not a good one, their first big hire is because they're burned out. Well, it because
      via u/Sultan_Of-spN
    • they're really just self employed and pay a few people and not running a business with goals and metrics against a vertical market to figure out how to achieve, instead it just a few people doing a bunch of sh. After about 2 months I didn't see my boss for weeks on end, it was and still is miserable and the job market is dejecting.
      via u/Sultan_Of-spN
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    • Metalsmith21 When they mention making up an hour, mention that you'll subtract it from the 10 hours you've banked due to all the after hours work you're doing.
      via u/Metalsmith21
    • hypotheticalkazo... can you automate or schedule posts? get ahead of your boss (and keep looking for new jobs) and stop responding after hours. "sorry the service at my house is bad. i've complained to verizon and theyre working on it" or something
      via u/hypotheticalkazoos
    • radar_3d Sadly seems common for smaller companies, whether they are your employer or your client. My Fortune 500 clients didn't want to be bothered for anything involving less than $1M, while my SMB clients wanted to approve anything over $100.
      via u/radar_3d
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    • ContradictoryNat... The audacity of thinking 2-3 Facebook posts a day with zero outside interaction is worth anyone's time in the year of our lord 2026. Are you sure this position wasn't a panic hire, and you're not being unconsciously set up for a fall?
      via u/ContradictoryNature
    • BWSD Use this job to pay the bills while you find your next job. It's that simple. No other discussion needed. Find the next one asap.
      via u/BWSD
    • arrownyc Al marketing slop is the direction the whole industry / every industry has been going in for awhile. Even the high level director jobs now are just Director of Al Slop, with the goal of eliminating. as much human labor as possible. I'm pivoting to
      via u/arrownyc
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    • different work until this hopefully passes. Customers hate this slop and its ruining the efficacy of marketing, but for some reason the idiots running companies aren't ready to give up yet.
      via u/arrownyc

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