Two Weeks In & Fired? The Toxic Truth About Creative Hiring

Jun 11, 2025 · 19 min · Season 1 · Episode 3 · 28.8 MB

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What happens when a rising creative strategist leaves her secure role for a dream opportunity — only to be let go just two weeks in? In this eye-opening episode of the UGC Pro Podcast, host Kelly Rocklein dives into the systemic failures of modern hiring practices in the creative industry. Discover:

Onboarding Gone Wrong: Why the first 90 days matter far more than three weeks.
Unpaid Test Projects & Negotiation Traps: How exploitative hiring processes waste talent and damage your brand.
Employer Empathy & Accountability: The human cost of knee-jerk terminations and performance creative “disposability.”
Actionable Advice for Job Seekers: Questions to ask in interviews, and why you should never feel like a failure when the system fails you.

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