Agency life hit different 2 months in and I'm already watching everyone quit around me
So I joined a social media marketing agency about two months ago as my second job in the field. Coming from an in-house role, I thought I had a decent foundation — but agency life is a whole different beast, and nobody warned me.
Week 1–2: Everything felt fine. My senior was patient, gave me direction, helped me align with the agency's pace. I was a little slow at first (in-house and agency workflows are genuinely different), but I picked it up.
Then the chaos started.
My senior resigned. Just like that. And guess what? Some of his clients got handed over to me. So now I'm 10 days in, still learning the ropes, and suddenly managing clients solo.
At first I actually liked it — I had 5 clients across gym and hospitality niches and I was proud of the creative directions I was giving. Clients were happy. I felt good.
But then they just... kept adding more clients. One by one. No breathing room. And here's the thing — you cannot force creativity. Good content takes planning, research, and mental space. When you're constantly being handed new accounts, quality dies quietly. My creative output is suffering, my task list has pending work across every client, and work-life balance? Doesn't exist. Not even two months in.
The worst part? Most of my colleagues have either already resigned or are actively planning to. I walked into a sinking ship without knowing it.
Honestly, at this point I've started looking for other opportunities (please let me know if it is right or not). If anyone here is looking for a Social Media Manager or knows someone who is feel free to reach out. I have experience in gym and hospitality niches, and I genuinely love the creative side of this work when I'm actually given the space to do it.
Just please don't make me manage 10 clients alone in my third month. ;)