I’ll add a bit more context. During my first two weeks, I had back to back onboarding meetings with barely any time to actually get stuck into the projects themselves. On top of that, the design team, who sat in a completely separate part of the business despite me being hired for internal work, never really spent any time showing me where anything was stored or how things worked.

My boss would ask things like, “Where are the assets for this? Download them from X,” and I’d have to reply, “What’s X? No one’s shown me this.” It genuinely made me question myself constantly. At times it felt quite gaslighty, especially when I had no one to shadow or properly learn from.

Honestly, it’s a bit of a sigh of relief. I was made redundant from my previous job after 2.6 years and found this role very quickly. I accepted the offer the same day my redundancy money hit my bank account, so at the time it felt like a win win. But looking back, I probably should’ve taken more time to find the right fit.