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I was told my position will no longer be in scope. A HR rep is supposed to reach out to me to help find something in the company. Is this essentially a soft layoff?

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My manager is obsessed with coming under budget to “make the account team look good”even if that means billing less than what the actual hours are. Constantly wanting us to track hours in addition to time sheets.… more

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Any copywriters here who had the chance to birth an idea from start to finish? Better yet, any copy folks who got to conceptualize any Super Bowl spots? I'm curious because my experience is that I… more

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What's the biggest jump in responsibility when it comes to titles? SCW to Copy sup? Copy sup to group copy sup? Group to ACD? I'm trying to figure out how far up this chain I want to go.

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Creatives, how long were you midweight before getting the Sr title?

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Considering moving into creative or production from accounts. For those who have switched between departments, what department were you in, what did you move into and how? Curiosity what the switch lo… more

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How much time can someone ask to relocate for a new job? Wondering if I can negotiate start date and what is acceptable. This would be cross country move, west to east coast. And would this throw off … more

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Where’s the Arthur alien dude? Where is he now

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Does anyone in pharma here have experience interviewing patients for ambassador stories? I did one recently and got the feedback that I wasn't empathic enough. Anyone have any tips?

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I never completely understood how this "earning vacation days as you go" system works. Is everyone really expected to take their last vacation day in December?

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👀What’s the worst or most awkward question you've been asked during an interview?

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What’s the current daily/hourly rate for senior freelance creatives?

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Whoever is making the nauseating food sound TV commercials please stop.

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Is it just me or was there like one SB spot that actually stood out? I can't even remember any of them in detail because they all just felt like a random, chaotic dump of ideas, one after the othe… more

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At what point do you think you need to face the facts that a company is ghosting you?

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How many years of experience do you need to be a CD? AND How many of those years need to be ACD level?

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Would you rather work for an agency whose clientele mostly includes mom and pops and brands that are just finding their way up in the market, or whose clientele is well -established? What's your r… more

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i feel like my ecd is always throwing us under the bus in presentations when it doesn’t go right. we are a junior team. recently i saw him chatting with other leadership about replacing us on a stream… more

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I work in a small agency, and we definitely didn't have a Super Bowl spot. My TikTok and IG are full of videos of people celebrating their ads coming during the game togther. Is that really how th… more

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Supposedly Advertising is theworld’s oldest profession and you have yet to organize a union. We advertise. That’s what we do.

Advertise #democracyatwork meow.

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Los Angeles' Wasserman Agency's CEO, Casey Wasserman, apparently is named in the Epstein files.

Kinda makes you curious if there are any other agency big wigs in those files.

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What up whiny advertising professionals! Make #democracyatwork trend harder than Bad Bunny.

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This has come up more times than I can imagine, but a rule of thumb- if someone says they’re Spanish, it means they’re from Spain. A Latin American does not identify as Spanish, but from their respect… more

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The posts on this bowl have not been polarizing at all since it looks like everyone is united in their embarrassment of being in advertising. Funny thing is that I didn't think any of the ads were… more

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LinkedIn has the right to charge $30 a month for premium. And I have the right to despise them for it.

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The ads on the big game were so good, they should do this type of event every year.

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Has anyone gotten a gig from Apples freelance portal?

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If i was salaried at 80k, what should my hourly freelance rate be for W2 and 1099? Also would it be more beneficial to push for a day rate (haven’t had great success doing this)?

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If we boycott ChatGPT, where do we go instead?

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If you were asked to provide comments on the Super Bowl spots for Newscorp, would you do it?

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Can anyone at Apple Marcom please provide an insight. What was creative team responsible for on the SB halftime show? I see creatives taking credit for it. Not a diss but genuinely curious.

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I don't think my ideas are good. They're just different, usually for the sake of it.

Most of the time they aren't rooted in anything real or meaningful.

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is there any ai tool for making decks? ideally free ✨

I don't want to spend hours doing this.

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The irony of Anthropic’s ad-free AI super bowl ad being produced by an ad agency.

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I think it’s time for an independent ad news organization. The coverage from existing outlets are clearly all paid placements disguised as journalism.

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Ads should have the level of craft that bad bunny show had.

I don't even like BB, but that was so well done and entertaining.

AI bs needs to end. It's a good tool for automating some part of t… more

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3 weeks out, and still no solid RTO plan from the company built on leading insights, breakthrough technology, and the most creative talent in the business.

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Cringe….

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