So I’ve been interning with a magazine since the beginning of the year and they’re starting a podcast. My boss asked if I’d like to come on as part of their team officially to help with social media stuff. I’ve been unemployed and trying to work my way into the industry (photography not social media) so I figured something is better than nothing. This was my mistake.
I’ve always told myself I don’t want to do social media stuff. I don’t really like it, I’m not good at it and I don’t care about analytics. But a job is a job and I’m getting paid a bit. It’s $300/month for what sounded like would be maybe 1-3 days of work a month.
Well this week was launch week and the past 2 days have made me feel like shit. I feel like I’ve been working on posts all day. (Sorry, it gets a little ranty here) I hate watching the same clips over and over of people I don’t care about. I hate navigating all the sites and their glitches. I can’t write a caption for shit and I hate using Ai for just about everything. I’m exhausted because my boss insisted everything be posted at 6am and I couldn’t schedule post everything.
I just hate this. I’ll stick it out for a few weeks, but all I can think about is how I’m going to tell them I simply can’t do this.
On the bright side, I know how to start a podcast, so I guess that’s cool.
TL;DR I accepted a social media “job” I kind of knew I’d hate and surprise! I hate it
Edit: to clarify and for everyone saying I’m being taken advantage of; yes I know. At most I’m not being payed enough, unfortunately that’s just the entertainment industry. People starting out are taken advantage of because often that’s the only way to make connections. Really the amount of work I’m doing isn’t that much, there was just a bit of a learning curve for me and the past 2 days were rather overwhelming. I feel better after writing this post and I hope it brought some amusement to someone 🙂
Comments
$300 a month for a Brand Manager position? Damn you got ripped.
There’s no requirement for you to stay for a few weeks.
300 a month for what you described sounds like you’re robbing them 😂
Where do you live?
Uhh don’t say the j*b word
Fun fact: my freelancers in the Middle East make more than this just on the very part time work they do for me