Took a marketing content position with a startup about 6 mos. ago. So a lot of time spent trying to build a brand guide etc. Very challenging because CEO/owner can’t articulate what he doesn’t like until he sees it. Bottom line is that he doesn’t think websites should have hero sections and all graphics should be a single color of dark blue. I pushed back on making the background colors on a side by side comparison graphic different on one side for better visual differentiation. For this I was written up and put on a performance improvement plan. No verbal warning or discussion ever occurred. Is it possible for me to keep my job by just doing everything they say no matter what my experience tells me or is this just a bizarre path to firing me?

Took a marketing content position with a startup about 6 mos. ago. So a lot of time spent trying to build a brand guide etc. Very challenging because CEO/owner can’t articulate what he doesn’t like until he sees it. Bottom line is that he doesn’t think websites should have hero sections and all graphics should be a single color of dark blue. I pushed back on making the background colors on a side by side comparison graphic different on one side for better visual differentiation. For this I was written up and put on a performance improvement plan. No verbal warning or discussion ever occurred. Is it possible for me to keep my job by just doing everything they say no matter what my experience tells me or is this just a bizarre path to firing me?