Advertising Confessions

With WFH 3 days a week, nobody knows who is in the office and when, the holding company just makes sure we scan our passes twice a week. I’ve been secretly working in a different agency’s office becau… more

It was kinda hard to care before.
It’s nearly impossible now.

Apologies to my strategist and PM. I saw your message, but I’m not working this weekend

Can you all share some signs or situations that made you realize it was time to leave your job?

I am pregnant and dreading the fact I’ll have to tell my boss soon. I’m very excited about being pregnant, don’t get me wrong. But I am terrified what it will do to my career and how it will affect ho… more

I just started a new job, they are asking me to lead training. I have no experience in the subject matter. Why me?

Sometimes I sit in meetings thinking this is all such bull.
Who cares. Just making more noise and pollution

I do not think it is possible to succeed in my job or catch up with constant client 180s. I am sick of bouncing betw the high of pulling something off by the skin of my teeth and feeling like I suck b… more

After almost 15 years on the platform I deactivated and deleted my Twitter account yesterday and it felt amazing. What an utter cesspool of time waste that thing was. Good riddance.

ADs: do you carry your weight w/ your CW partner? Or do you make them take your .001% baked non-ideas and—magic!—turn them into great, on-strategy, original, fully baked actual THINGS you can present intern… more

How do you become the person everyone wants to include?

Our Adobe CC just expired and asked my boss to renew the license. Boss then asked me why I needed Photoshop to amend the logo and type of our layouts...?

I wish there was a 'roast my ad' bowl. Like, how much fun would it be for us all to not take ourselves too seriously for once? I think it could be really funny.

Got reached out to (and now interviewing) at a place I kind of like, but i haven’t been really looking to leave where I am. That said, now I kind of want to apply to another opening or two. Does the a… more

I think David Griner is the definition of basic. He’s the personification of yoga pants wearing a newsie cap and laughing with their mouth closed. How is he holding down that job at Adweek? He has no … more

Been lifting like a maniac 6x a week and meal prepping/weighing my food since COVID hit. I put on 36 pounds of muscle and lost 4 inches on my waist since March ‘20 … Thought getting jacked would solve… more

me: *pulling two all nighters in 1 week even if I have covid*
boss: You can do it. You're not dying, ok? I also have covid and you're not as sick as me.

Way to go boss!

I just left a secure job in-house at a top-tier tech company for a higher-paying role at a young, tiny agency. Aaand now it looks like the economy is crashing. I start next week. Kind of freaking out.

Hearing the slack noise during the commercial...on a Sunday...is extremely triggering

Covid depression, anxiety, feeling unmotivated and not creative at all. So, I decided to try microdosing 🍄. Desperate for anything at this point. I think they could be working as my mental state feel… more

This January has been a f-ing brutal survival challenge in NYC. (I lived through the pandemic the first time with a pre schooler, now first grader). I’m grateful we are alive and well, and vaccinated … more

Hi, come join the other confession bowl - it’s more fun!😂 Bowl access code: ve5wp

Totally odd not work question: do you full on stand to wipe your poop?

I just discovered my spouse and one of my teenage kids does this and I find it bananas. Lol. I just lean forward and wipe.

So I f… more

I’ve intentionally corrupted a file’s data so it won’t open just to buy time on a deadline more than once

Every time I hug this one good guy friend he hugs me by barely touching me - like I am diseased. Butt way out behind him so just his arms are around me. I’ve noticed he doesn’t do this with other fema… more

Took an old friend out for drinks the other night and made a pass at her. Feeling pretty douchy about it 3 days later.

Do I text her apologizing for being a douche or just let it lie?

I (M) told a former colleague (F) that they hurt me by devaluing me followed with over 40+ days of silent treatment causing me to feel worthless, broken and better off not existing among other affects… more

I find it so interesting, that after working at the least toxic place I’ve ever worked at… I realized I deserve better…

Thought I had covid but it was just depression.

Does anyone else go to sleep thinking about what they want for breakfast the next day 🥯

Tired of the grind lately. Need to start prioritizing my loved ones. Considering a change after years on the Account side. Any tips for a department with better work life balance? Or is that just clie… more

People
Who
Break up
Slacks over
Multiple
Messages
Drive me nuts.

I’m job hunting right now in the Toronto market and I’m receiving so many job rejections. I’ve revamped my resume several times and have trained myself on how to ace interviews but nothing is biting. … more

I have been growing on tiktok a lot, and getting tons of views, likes, followers, and comments. I’m 34, I was bullied for many things and it made me stronger, but the online bullying from random peopl… more

I just started a new job in Nov and already over it and everything. Feel like quitting and taking a break but also know I probably should work and save up for whenever the world gets sorted again. Not… more

Whenever I leave a job, I swap out my old ratty laptop cord & charger with the one that came with the company-provided laptop.

I want to start over

To be a junior again. To have the luxury of just doing and thinking. Away from clients, away from the politics, away from the 9 hours of meetings a day.

I was always so consumed with moving up, comparing … more