Should I stay?

Hello,

I’ve been at a job the past 9 months. I originally come from manufacturing in the account management/project management industry as an Account Manager. I recently made a leap into a more creative role in an entirely different industry as a coordinator, which surprisingly paid more than my last role, it was more of a lateral move than a step down.

At first, I was slow (winter is the slow season in this industry), and I kept asking my boss for more training or things to do, and didn’t receive much. I finally pulled them into a meeting and said I needed more to fill my day, and I have still been quite under stimulated since that meeting in April. I do things such as edit documents, run errands, ship packages, etc..The next position I would grow into was recently filled, and I feel as though I cannot sustain growth in a stagnant position with menial tasks.

In addition, the office culture is just…off. From the moment I started I didn’t quite fit in. The department is in a clique and while they’ve been mostly fine, they’re all quite younger.

I have another manager above me in the office who has a temporary coordinator (an intern before me), but this person (manager) guts all the work I do and ends up redoing it themselves to their liking instead of giving direction or constructive criticism, and has made comments about me taking their position and is always worried about being let go.

Since this is only the 9 month mark, should I give this a full year for future employers or start my search now. (Resume is ALWAYS updated, no issues there and I have good references).

It is a generally good company with high turnover, and my boss means well, they are truly a good person, but I fear they may not have known what they needed before hiring me.

TLDR; office culture is weird, do I stay or go?

TIA!