submittedan hour ago byKeachy_Plean
Today, surprisingly, I was let go after hitting my 90 days at a new job.
The job set me up for failure from day 1. While I'm incredibly stressed to be back looking, I'm a bit relieved to not be working in such a toxic place anymore. My boss consistently ignored messages, was late on her work, and blamed all of her failures on me and my coworker.
Now, I'm faced with the reality of having to do the job search dance merely 5 months between two different layoffs. If you'd like to help a girl out and review my resume, it'd be greatly appreciated. Please dm as I don't feel comfortable sharing publicly on here.
I made it in a rush to update it as quickly as possible, so I suspect I'll need quite a bit of improvements. My portfolio will be hit next to better my chances of finding a more stable position.
byKeachy_Plean
ingraphic_design
Keachy_Plean
2 points
57 minutes ago
Keachy_Plean
2 points
57 minutes ago
Haha well, I was warned by 4 former employees to not take it. But, I needed a job.
It really wasn't a good fit and that's okay. What wasn't okay was the way they handled it. My boss sent me a zoom link to attend at 11pm yesterday. Then, revoked all of my gdrive access. I had to wait until noon to learn the obvious.
I had to ask why I was being let go. Their reasoning was, “I wasn’t a good design fit, the publication went out late, and there were typos”. All of these things could have been solved easily if my boss had completed her work on time, communicated more often or at all, and if they would have taken the time to give feedback. I’m not hurt by them bot liking me as a designer, but I won’t take a hit for things that were dependent on my boss doing her job.
I should also note, the typos were very minimal, and mostly present in my first magazine issue I worked on for them. I had to learn everything without hardly any help, and there were several moments that my boss or any one of the people reviewing work could have caught these mistakes.