u/Cutiepie-best-ahhhhh

I applied for a **marketing role** at a small business, but after only two weeks I'm seriously considering resigning.

The business suddenly shut down one day, and everyone was sent home with no explanation. When we came back, the owner acted as if nothing had happened. It honestly made me feel unsafe and unsure whether my job could disappear at any time.

Since then, multiple people have left, including the admin and the person managing the website. One of the coaches told the owner he felt lost and was struggling to trust the situation after everyone was unexpectedly sent home. I mean, everyone does at that point, but the owner started to get mad and kept spamming bad convo with the old coach and eventually kicked the coach out and didn't pay him his salary. He spammed bad words and if the coach doesn't reply, he would spam calls???

I still don't even have a proper employment contract despite working full-time hours as a casual employee.

The communication is all over the place. One day I'm told to create content and work with influencers. The next day I'm told not to film, not to create content without permission, not to feature people, and to "just edit." The problem is that there are almost no videos or photos for me to edit because he doesn't want anyone to be in the videos because they are potentially betrayals or bad reviewers on Google Maps (?) he said. How am I supposed to create content or edit without any photos/videos??? It doesn't make any sense, but he still has high expectations about getting likes and followers for his page

Whenever I ask for approval to post or talk about work, I'm told to stop messaging about work, like "Just do it, stop texting me about work, please". Then later I receive more work messages and new instructions, even overtime. I genuinely don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore.

I was also yelled at by the owner recently for no reason. The next day he acted like nothing had happened, which made me even more uncomfortable.

I've started dreading going to work every morning. I feel like I'm being held responsible for results while having almost no control over the strategy or resources to achieve them.

The only reason I'm still here is that payday is on Monday, today is Thursday. I have another casual job, so I'm not financially trapped.

Am I giving up too early after two weeks, or are these enough red flags to walk away?

I applied for a marketing role at a small business, but after only two weeks I'm seriously considering resigning.

The business suddenly shut down one day, and everyone was sent home with no explanation. When we came back, the owner acted as if nothing had happened. It honestly made me feel unsafe and unsure whether my job could disappear at any time.

Since then, multiple people have left, including the admin and the person managing the website. One of the coaches told the owner he felt lost and was struggling to trust the situation after everyone was unexpectedly sent home. I mean, everyone does at that point, but the owner started to get mad and kept spamming bad convo with the old coach and eventually kicked the coach out and didn't pay him his salary. He spammed bad words and if the coach doesn't reply, he would spam calls???

I still don't even have a proper employment contract despite working full-time hours as a casual employee.

The communication is all over the place. One day I'm told to create content and work with influencers. The next day I'm told not to film, not to create content without permission, not to feature people, and to "just edit." The problem is that there are almost no videos or photos for me to edit because he doesn't want anyone to be in the videos because they are potentially betrayals or bad reviewers on Google Maps (?) he said. How am I supposed to create content or edit without any photos/videos??? It doesn't make any sense, but he still has high expectations about getting likes and followers for his page

Whenever I ask for approval to post or talk about work, I'm told to stop messaging about work, like "Just do it, stop texting me about work, please". Then later I receive more work messages and new instructions, even overtime. I genuinely don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore.

I was also yelled at by the owner recently for no reason. The next day he acted like nothing had happened, which made me even more uncomfortable.

I've started dreading going to work every morning. I feel like I'm being held responsible for results while having almost no control over the strategy or resources to achieve them.

The only reason I'm still here is that payday is on Monday, today is Thursday. I have another casual job, so I'm not financially trapped.

Am I giving up too early after two weeks, or are these enough red flags to walk away?