🚩The REDDEST FLAG OF ALL JOBS 🚩

seriously, you’d think the stereotype of agencies wasn’t true, but i’m here to absolutely confirm that it’s true❤️🤪

i’ve heard about stories that they’re saikang warriors, or it’s a good fresh grad job and all.

but nothing could’ve prepared me for the verbal and mental abuse that my colleagues and i went through.

to set context, i was a writer in my school days. i thought hey i wrote decently, shouldn’t be a problem with finding a writing job. i did end up landing my first job almost immediately after i graduated, and that was my very first (and last) agency.

🚩 ✨the interview✨

i was naive, young, eager to learn. i was willing to take on any kind of job, i didn’t know what was copywriting, but it’s just creative writing, how hard can it be? i just wanted my first salary.

so i went for it, but during the interview, i was asked if i also could do servicing or not. had no clue what it was, so i asked. turns it out it was a simple attending to client requests, and i thought how hard could it be? i want to learn everything, so i said A-OK 👌

🚩✨the appearance of my two faced boss✨

now i struggled with copywriting and servicing. i couldn’t get creative enough, i didn’t have a quick turnover rate, so i was always in trouble. whenever the phone calls, my heart rate spiked 📈

so initially i thought the boss was nice, she guided me, gave me reassurance that it’s okay, i’m still new.

but eventually i saw the cracks under her facade, mood swings, her demanding attitude, her chiding became lashed out frustration.

every time she stepped into the office, the atmosphere runs cold. she even casually mentioned “why the atmosphere here so down? can yall be a bit more energetic?” when we literally had to tip toe around her because of her rapid mood swing.

coupled with the fact it was a family business, we got 2x the attitude and anger. 🙄

Google eventually became my mentor, but my words lacked substance. i failed again. the projects were hanging by a thread. so she lashed out on me. (exasperated sigh) “why can’t you just get it right?” in the middle of the office, before she stormed away. 🙄

the silence was deadly, it felt like the whole room was judging me. so, i ran. i ran to the washroom and cried silently. luckily, my colleagues encouraged me to hang on once they saw my red eyes.

🚩✨no such thing as work life balance✨

okay, i knew agency life was 💩 but i clearly wasn’t expecting to stay until 1am to do client’s changes.

and turns out my boss went to sleep at 11pm, so we couldn’t clarify anything else. end up the project also went live with the old version because there were another 70 items to change with 0 time.

🚩✨high turnover rate✨

we were just dropping like grapes from the sky, one after the other. i also have a funny story about this, so basically i tendered in the afternoon, unbeknownst to me that my colleague tendered in the morning.

so when i found out about it, i just giggled but had a second thought, what if they rejected my letter? but anyways nothing happened although my boss did interrogate my manager about it. 🥲👀

job rating/💩 // pls dont do this thks

that’s all for this post, but there are still many more stories to go, so maybe i’ll share more on another day!!

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