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New Job- Not what I signed up for!

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DazedAndConfused321 · 30/07/2024 10:55

Recently started a part time job, the job description was social media content creator and manager. In my induction I was given all the tasks I needed to do and given free reign with it, so managed all platforms for the business, created content and grew their pages. The issues started when my manager started to criticise my work and basically said it wasn't good enough, so told me what to do and when to do it. Followed their lead and our analytics declined. I was criticised for this and asked why I changed what I was doing. Nothing I said would prove my point.

I was told because my role wasn't working for the business, they want to put me in the sales team. I've never worked in sales, never wanted to either. I've worked in PR and marketing for 10+years and I'm good at it! Have been in the sales team for a couple of weeks and just have no idea what I'm meant to be doing. Was given a goal and told to get to it- no advice on how, no training or guidance.

My sales manager is now starting to complain about it, and they're criticising me for not being good at this new role. I've asked for help, training etc and have just been told what the company goal is. I've been doing my own research into the type of sales they do but I can't do much more than that.

For many reasons, I need this job. I'm looking for others but am hesistant to leave after such a short time.

What do I do?

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MumChp · 30/07/2024 10:56

Move on!

Brefugee · 30/07/2024 10:57

you're a content creator? dig out all the analytics from when you were doing your job before, and from when manager intervened (you have anything in writing?) and then look for a new job pronto.

What kind of sales is it? analytics? cold calling?

DazedAndConfused321 · 30/07/2024 13:29

Brefugee · 30/07/2024 10:57

you're a content creator? dig out all the analytics from when you were doing your job before, and from when manager intervened (you have anything in writing?) and then look for a new job pronto.

What kind of sales is it? analytics? cold calling?

It's cold calling, the sales team doing what I do have awful productivity levels. Over 10 employees doing cold calls and success rate of <0.5%. My success rate was 0.9% and I'm shite at it! I think that says a lot about the company.

Going to collect everything I achieved at this job and push to either go back to content creation until I find a new job, or just take the first decent job I can find- unfortunately they're few and far between in my area.

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ElliLovesDogs · 30/07/2024 13:38

Ok so if they think you are not doing well at doing content creation is there anything you do to up your skills? Social media management course? Canva etc? Will they pay? Social media is where its at surely they would like to invest more in that side than cold callers

mewkins · 30/07/2024 13:56

I feel for you. My job has contained elements of social media stuff...everyone thinks they know better than you, are unwilling to help (eg. Let you work with their team to generate proper content) and lots are quite hazy on what they think the purpose of it actually is. It's a right pain. I'd keep looking for a social media content job, ideally where you're working alongside a proper comms and marketing team with an actual strategy.

SOxon · 30/07/2024 14:01

@DazedAndConfused321 when you leave a job or position after a short time,
this speaks for itself, with no lengthy explanation necessary. Time to move on.
(rein)

Brefugee · 30/07/2024 14:34

DazedAndConfused321 · 30/07/2024 13:29

It's cold calling, the sales team doing what I do have awful productivity levels. Over 10 employees doing cold calls and success rate of <0.5%. My success rate was 0.9% and I'm shite at it! I think that says a lot about the company.

Going to collect everything I achieved at this job and push to either go back to content creation until I find a new job, or just take the first decent job I can find- unfortunately they're few and far between in my area.

good luck - lots of people hate sales jobs, and cold calling is the most hated of all.
Get out as soon as you can,

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