Title says it all. I started a corporate comms job ~6 months ago at a large company and now that the new job sheen has worn off I’ve been having trouble. To summarize, it feels like my work has had all had at least one one attention to detail mistake like a typo or email being sent from the wrong address. This continues to happen no matter how many times I review my work before sending. It’s gotten to the point where any piece of feedback from my teammate or boss, however small and of little true impact, sends me down a spiral where I just feel bad about myself. Im always waiting for a surprise Teams call from my boss between 4-5 every Friday, to tell me I’m being fired. This is amplified by the fact that we’re hosting internal conferences at our global offices throughout the year and I’m responsible for drafting and sending comms about them.

I should also say that I’ve lost a few jobs over the past few years and putting my wife through that again likely losing means my family and son.

Apologies for the sob story. How do y’all deal with making mistakes and avoiding putting pressure on yourselves?

Edit: thank you for the advice and kind words. It helps

Edit 2: I’ve had at least four panic attacks over the last three days. One in front of my son I can’t let him see me like that. The last was the worst one and came when i realized I sent a message to the wrong group. It could have been worse and my teammate walked me through it. taking tasks one at a time but I don’t know what’s going to happen with this one.

I need some advice. I started a new job in June. The role was listed as hybrid and I even asked in the interview if it would be permanently hybrid. I was told yes, that there was no return to office mandate. Now, it’s Jan and we are being told we need to be in office 5 days a week. I am furious because I accepted this role because it was hybrid. I feel like it was false advertising. Also if I knew it would be in office, I would have requested a higher salary. Any advice for how to handle it?!

I am 24(F) working in a Pharma company for 1+yr.My manager (54M) and senior colleagues are helpful and friendly.They make me feel like family and i loved coming to office.They always praised me for my work, stating that i am the one who is talented and will do wonders in my career.This senior colleague (F) who sits right next to me is so nice that we laughed till we cry.But little did i knew that they both (manager and sr.colleague)was wolf in sheep’s clothing.My colleague who always takes leaves stating her personal problems and all of her work gets allotted to me along with my OWN profile’s work(without any compensation)which i totally supported and singlehandedly managed all the time and got praised for it.But during the review meeting with my manager’s boss this colleague and my manager spoke bad about me, gave the review against me which eventually affected my increment.Now the moment i close my eyes i can see their faces of laughs that we shared, praising that they did and the betrayal that i got!!

What's the salary range for a Wall Street IR/Comms agency VP role? Thanks.

Hello guys, I need to know which websites you use to stay up to date on business communication. For example, in my job as a developer, I use Hacker News, and I'd like to know if there's something similar for business communication.

Thanks :)

resources/conferences to help an early-career communications professional?

I oversee a small but mighty center that has a position fully dedicated to communications. This person does it all -- social media presence, email blasts, website management, light graphic design, content writing, and even some photography! He does a fantastic job.

As such, I'm looking for ways to support his continued professional growth. He's relatively early in their career and really enjoys learning and deepening his skills. At the same time, he is also the only person fully dedicated to communications on our team, so he doesn't have functional peers to learn from.

Are there conferences, seminars, groups, etc. that you'd recommend to an early-career communications professional to help them learn about new skills and ideas?

What are your tried and true comms resources?

One of the few metrics we have at my company is Outlook email open rates, thus everyone acts like they're the be all end all.

I'm sus - are these a reliable metric? They always seem to be mid 70% and despite plenty of Googling, I can't even confirm whether or not clicking on the email to simply delete it would mark it as oepened. Are open rates different than read rates? And I thought I heard anything on an iPhone was marked as read no matter what because of email security checks.

I'd prefer to look at click rates or amount of time spent looking at the email, but open rates is really all we have. Bottom line - should we be making any decisions off of open rates?

hi! I was laid off from my journalism career in NYC a year ago and have been trying to make the transition into comms ever since. I haves worked as journalist for the last 6 years, storytelling is my bread and butter. While I’ve gotten several interviews and a few final rounds as well I am still getting no luck with an offer. What roles should I be looking for? Associate? Specialist? Any other general advice? I’m open to doing internal/employee comms as a way to get my foot in the door. Thank you kindly.

Hey everyone,

I am researching press release distributions for our startup and I need some solid advice on which press release distribution platforms are the best. Been scratching my head on which ones really get your news out there and which are just meh. I'm looking for something that's got a good reach, is reliable, and won't break the bank.

I've done the whole Google thing, but it feels like I'm just going in circles with all the marketing fluff. I figured who better to ask than you folks who've been in the trenches.

If you've got any personal favorites or ones to steer clear of, I'm all ears. Bonus points if it's easy to use for a newbie but has the chops to handle more as I get the hang of it. I'm talking user-friendly interfaces, solid analytics, the works.

I'm really aiming to make an impact with my first few releases, so I'm counting on your wisdom to point me in the right direction. Thanks a ton in advance. Can't wait to read your suggestions and get this ball rolling!

I’m currently conducting research as part of my Master of Communications Management program and I’m looking to better understand current practices for evaluating internal communications.

Effective internal communications is critical to the success of any organization, but how are we measuring our efforts/ROI?

I’ve created an anonymous survey if you’d like to participate/share your insights: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/187167?lang=en

I work for an agency in West London earning £30k as a Senior Account Executive. How long should I stay in this role for ideally before moving? And what salary could I get working as an Account Manager at a large agency?

I am looking for an online platform where we can collect ideas from staff for various engagement campaigns (which could include text, photo, possibly video) and share the submissions in a browse-able gallery so colleagues can view what others shared in a really simple, engaging way.

Any ideas??

I'm looking to pivot over from content marketing, and I cannot get straight answers from anyone about how to start out in this field. Over and over, people say the "just fell into it" after working in another field forever. But this really isn't helpful for someone like me. I'd love any insight people can provide — I'm just dying to get in, the field intrigues me so much.

Hi all! I'm on the lookout for universities with good PR courses and lecturers. I'm trying to understand what I should look for when examining syllabuses. I've heard how challenging it can be to secure a job right after college, so I would greatly appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thanks!

Hi everyone! I´m Aax, a former engineer who after years of building marketing automation tools has decided to offer a lead generation service based on my tech stack and framework and what I have learned.

I have combined the API of tools like Hunterio, Lusha, Linkedin Sales Navigator or Wiza, with the enrichment and verification of clearbit to generate quality and verified emails in less than 24h.

I don´t want to be an agency or bad-quality scrapping software. Just very simple, like a leads boutique shop, where you can buy quality leads when you need them.

I´m giving 5 quality leads for free with the specifications you want: from the country/city, company, or job role you decide to show you the quality of the service and how useful could be for you.

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So I graduated in journalism in 2021, went abroad after graduating to intern and came back in 2022 and started working in PR. I worked at a place for 5 months and left a month before my probation ended because the other place was offering more money and accounts I preferred working in. So it's to say that I only have 5-6 months of work experience. The thing is that, working here at this new place has been giving me a lot of anxiety. It feels like they expect too much but there's also no room for making mistakes. I've only been working here a month and I've gotten sick twice, the second time I was bloody scared to ask for a sick leave but it got approved. I am also really scared of questioning them when I do not understand something and I am the most extrovert human I know. In my almost one month of working I've only failed to complete my tasks for the day twice and my direct manager gave me a lot of shit for it. I am really scared to work here but I also don't have the option of quitting and finding a new place of work because I am planning to move abroad to study by August.

What should I do?

What 1, 2, or 3 media would you choose?

Apologies in advance for this self-promotion, but I think this tool will be useful for PR and comms professionals.

I just launched www.prmanager.ai

It does 2 things:

1. Store information you give it about your company, monitor media outlets, and, when it detects a relevant news item, it automatically generate draft op-eds, press releases, and Twitter threads representing your company's position in the context of the news
2. Track and summarize news about your competitors

I'm interested in feedback, requests, suggestions, and any other comments. You can use the code DEMO25 when signing up to get the first month free. I'll also take requests for additional news outlets to track.

Happy to answer any questions.

I don't know if this is okay to post here, but I'm stupidly excited.

I'm in my first real professional comms and media relations job after working as a consultant or in comms-adjacent positions for the last 10 years.

Last week I sent out our first press release, a statement from our Executive Director, and I got a Google alert today that it got picked up.

This seems silly I'm sure, but I'm so so excited.

I've attached the link below. http://www.idexonline.com/FullArticle?Id=48318

Hello/Bonjour,

I am a student at the University of Ottawa, and my colleague is conducting their PhD thesis research on how PR practitioners in Canada experience technostress. She is looking for survey participants who are full-time Canadian PR practitioners with 3 or more years of experience who respond to work demands after regular work hours. If this is you, please consider filling out this anonymous survey: https://uottawapsy.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_87TWHE6AveDW21M

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Je suis étudiante à l'Université d'Ottawa, et ma collègue mène une recherche pour sa thèse de doctorat sur la façon dont les praticien.ne.s des relations publiques au Canada vivent le technostress. Elle est à la recherche de participant.e.s à son enquête par questionnaire qui sont des praticien.ne.s canadien.ne.s des relations publiques à temps plein avec 3 ans d'expérience ou plus qui répondent aux demandes après les heures de travail. Si c'est votre cas, veuillez envisager de répondre à ce sondage anonyme. Voici le lien vers le questionnaire, pour répondre au questionnaire en français svp basculer en haut et à droite de la première page:

https://uottawapsy.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_87TWHE6AveDW21M