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Disrespected/ignored at work (media coordinator)
Hi everyone, first time posting here.
So I’m working as a social media coordinator at a 3D visualisation firm. Things have been going fine, only a lack of content — basically have to wait for artists to generate animation/CGI then I can promote them for architectural/transportation projects. These past months, the business is growing, and projects start flooding in. I’m glad and understand managers have higher priorities since we’re expanding, but they keep ignoring me these days while I was the one who helped them gain more recognition.The company has the policy of micro-management, where all my copies must be submitted for review before they go out. I submitted two weeks in advance, and two weeks later, they still tell me they have no time to review, and I should postpone posting. It has been weeks before the last post went up, they avoided me like the plague (mostly because I ask them for content review, or I have to always chase after them to ask what I should be promoting next, since I have zero capability to generate my own content, such as working in a media agency). I still get paid and all of that, but I’ve been slacking off lately. I arranged various meetings with the managers, they agreed to meet until last minute; just flatly ignored the meeting, and never arranged a new one. My reminders to meet up have been ignored, too.
It’s not a big firm, I guess the reason behind them finding it so easy to ignore me is because we’re working from home. Nonetheless, I get so fed up with this stagnation, and feel like quitting. They’re always “busy” to listen to my strategies, cast aside my ideas all the time because they want to “play it safe”, and I wonder why I’m even working here.
Should I quit? March into the office? Cry during our online meeting? Please help me out.
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6 Replies
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Sorry to hear of your troubles. Find a new job. Things will not get better.
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Have you brought up your concerns to your supervisor? If so, start looking elsewhere I guess. If not, give it a shot. People don’t quit jobs, they quit managers.
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Do you have the authority to, or would it even be applicable, to send out the content where sign-off on the project is implied if you don’t get a response? Like, could you send out a post to the relevant people with a message along the lines of “this post will be published to [platform] on [date 2 weeks in the future] at 9am. If you have any concerns, please let me know no later than noon on [date 10 days in the future].” No response? Publish the post exactly as you said that you would. If this isn’t possible, it’s probably time to look for a new job. Good luck!
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Are you being reprimanded for the content not going out? Or not being paid enough? I don’t see what the problem is.. This seems like a semi-temporary gig while you’re a student, so there’s no need to go above and beyond and bother management to review things faster. Enjoy the easy work, relax, get your paycheck, and slowly start a new project or a job search in the meantime..
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You’re going to have problems with people everywhere you go. They might be different problems with different people, but there are always problems. Unless you are experiencing long-term harm, it’s usually best to stick around and try to fix your problems best you can.
Tactful open honesty, understanding and patience, and learning to let things go could all be helpful in your situation. I think for me, if I’d already done everything I could to resolve the situation, as long as I wasn’t getting blamed for not posting enough, I’d just take advantage of the situation. Use my time to play around with the tools and learn new things so that when I was ready to move on, I had super skills.
I was actually in a similar situation when I started my current job and did just that. But then I was also able to get some changes made by sending a forthright email to my boss. Things are pretty good now with much less minor problems to deal with.
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If this is a temp gig and you aren’t getting critiqued for not posting then enjoy that check, keep drafting content until they do have time to review and just move on looking for other work in the meantime.
If this was a long-term situation I would suggest an updated RACI to hold everyone accountable and help move your work forward.
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