Honestly, look for other full-time gigs. I’m afraid I have to disagree with others saying this is a major red flag/sounds like a bad place to work – honestly if they don’t have enough clients to fill your calendar that’s pretty understandable. A lot of clients/companies are reducing ad spend at this pretty difficult financial time, it’s something happening in our economy and affecting our agency right now – we simply aren’t busy enough. Gaining or losing clients can further change this either way. Yes, training you up would be better for their business long-term but sometimes short-term decisions have to be made based on cashflows – margins can be razor thin for agencies.

As others have said, focus on building skills in the areas you find interesting (GTM/ECOM/Lead Gen) while looking for other roles. 1 year of experience is quite low. I’m 2 years in after a career change and still feel like a complete rookie despite managing around $2M/month ad spend. I do considerable training and upskilling in my personal time and it’s slowly helping me improve at a rate faster than my colleagues.