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Old Jul 21, 2019, 04:44 AM
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I think I misunderstood then that you asked to be in charge of social media. So you only wanted to do some of it?

I remember your excited post when you were put in charge of social media. You were thrilled and we were thrilled for you. But quickly after you said you didn’t know how to do this job (it wasn’t just being overwhelmed with amount of work, it was not knowing how to do it).

But when you were assigned that task, you never told your boss that you don’t know how to do it and perhaps either need training or just can’t take on this task. It is entirely possible that you thought you could do it or misunderstood what the task meant. That happens.

You wouldn’t be the first time someone ended in this situation when they thought they could do something and turned out they can’t. It’s not the end of the world. I’d really focus just talking to your boss and your CEO about misunderstanding and maybe accept some responsibility for the confusion and not admitting or not knowing that you can’t do the job..

And I think I posted on one of your other threads what I would do. I’d go to my bosses and tell them that you really want to keep a job and you’d like to Improve as employee and want to know how they’d like you to improve so you can be a better asset for the company. Shift focus from defending yourself to improving yourself in order to benefit your team. If they do tell you how to improve then focus on that. In the meanwhile keep actively looking for a job.

I don’t want you to feel that this isn’t supportive. I could just say that there is nothing for you to improve and they are all a$$holes. Maybe it would sound more supportive but it wont help you to keep your job if that’s the goal.

Hopefully they are receptive to your questions re improvement and you can stick around until you find something else
Thanks for this!
sarahsweets