Advertising Confessions

Started a new job today and so worried I made a mistake - hoping it’s just new gig jitters and it being different but the self doubt is real.

Seeking clarification. As we diversify talent (and I’m glad we finally are!), I understand that includes efforts to hire people with different gender identities and different sexual preferences. Great… more

The boys is a great show. Gross, but great.

Newly diagnosed with serve depression and it’s because of my work life for the most part. From being severely underpaid to being told I don’t know how to do my job. For a year and a half I’ve been bei… more

Can you go blind from liking your own posts?

I’m finding life to be very meaningless in a way.. for context I’m 30F, great career, good family relationship, financially very stable and recently a home owner and I’m now able to travel and purchas… more

The dead kid trend on LinkedIn might just drive me off the platform for good.

Talk me off the ledge. 4 pitches since January. I don’t see my family. Wife can’t take it anymore. Still more pitch to go. I’m ready to give notice with no job lined up. Agency won’t hire new help. Bu… more

I think “I hate it here” is the corniest response to any negative news.

I find it excruciatingly painful when people call something their “dream job.” Especially in a long-winded LI post and especially, especially when it’s for some like, corporate job in the tech or fina… more

Anyone else feelings stuck and unsure if they want to stay on their current career path? 🙋🏽‍♀️🏳

Was walking in nyc herald square with my pregnant wife and her mom. A very sketchy guy gets in my face at a street corner and kicks me in the shin. Hard.

Keeps walking and then turns back and looks at me and wink… more

I hate my micromanage boss most days. She is a people pleaser and only listens to one side of things. I refuse to kiss her ass! I'm job searching baby!

I've basically lost all ability to work. I can basically work for 20 minute increments and then find myself surfing the internet, sitting on the couch to unwind.

Am I getting better at what I do or are the last few CDs I’ve worked with are that bad?

Anyone else here just run red lights now? I started early in the pandemic when the streets were largely deserted and now, if there’s no traffic, there’s no way I’m waiting out a light.

Being an agency producer feels more and more like a futile job.

AD from asia and then had to move to North America so they reverted me back to junior when i came 2015 (I feel like they demeaned my experience). Been an intermediate AD for 8 years now. Not sure if that… more

I secretly like packing lingerie when I go on work trips. It makes the hotel stay so fun and it’s my own little treat for when I get a second alone. For the record, I am not into anyone at work, it’s … more

I think my depression is coming back 🙃

Put in my two weeks notice today. Terrified I'm making a huge mistake.

If a job application asks for a cover letter, for me to fill out a questionnaire, or for me to make any sort of quirky video or whatever, I will not apply. I feel like work should stand for itself.

I’ve got decent musculature in the arms but a pretty solid gut at the moment. Been very close to abs before but never pushed through the pain all the way. Tell me how it’s worth it and I’ll give in an… more

I don't ever want to work for a FAANG. I don't care about the buckets of money. The tunnel vision I see on LinkedIn is so annoying.

My country’s values no longer align with my own. I am not proud to be an American. There are other countries that more closely align with my values, desired quality of life, etc. I am earnestly tryi… more

Anytime one of my elderly cats gets sick, it is late at night and the wait at the emergency vet is 4 hours. Here goes sitting at the emergency vet until 3am and probably paying no less than $1k for t… more

Today is my first day back on adhd meds and it feels like I’m finally out of the insane asylum.

Take the meds. They work.

Being recognized for my “talent” ie I iterate like I will die if I don’t make all possibilities, and given more control and management responsibilities are all good and positive things for my career b… more

I wish there was grape cake. People like grape flavor. They also like cake. So why isn’t there grape cake?

Awkward work stories? I'll go first. The time I had to ask off a shoot because I found out the talent broke up my parents' marriage.

Fucking tired of this rat race. Been working for 11 years and just got laid off, CD said they "couldn't give a reason". Been let go a bunch of times, had boring or mean clients, toxic co… more

I’m so tired of hearing about that dude writing his essay with Grammarly.

Oklahoma just banned abortions from the point of “fertilization”. So I have a few questions: Is it just women who are in blue cities that get abortion? Do women in red cities not get abortion? How do … more

1:1 with my boss, one of the areas of improvement was: “be more vocal”.

Being an immigrant who struggles a lot with the language barrier is just super hard to digest this. I do my best, he doesn’t kno… more

I had to explain to my overlords why we can't use the phrases "rub one out" or "pound it out." They might think I'm a degenerate because they sent me texts with quotes from… more

A theory: people who incessantly pepper their monologues, opinions or statements with “right“—like a subconscious tic—secretly know they are 100% full of shit & the constant “right?”-ing is them saying to the… more

I usually don't post serious stuff here on LinkedIn, but wanted to share a struggle I've faced, and hidden, for a long time. A stigma that might cause me to lose my job, or at least my colleagues' respect, now that I&#… more