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What are the Omnicom parental leave benefits? The merger commenced today, and all I’ve found in the OMC leave of absence document is the Omnicom parental leave. However, there’s no other information a… more

Be kind to your local IPG employee today. It's a rough one for many.

Today HR announced no more remote Fridays because there's an overall productivity drop. However, the CD and CEO get to still work from home and when I brought it up, I was told our roles can't… more

Reminder to Omnicom and IPG friends: Especially if you are a protected class, don’t sign a severance agreement without an employment lawyer.

Good luck! You are more than your job.

Cannes is finally going to lose entry fee money! Now less agencies so less entries for those blooodsuckers.

Love to the IPG community…before the holiday sucks. Safe space to vent

Omg I love how fishbowl was done the whole morning and afternoon for me. I really wanted to know what was going on in the industry with the announcements today. I’m wishing everyone the best.

To anyone getting the axe from IPG/Omnicom, would you consider coming back in the future?

Why does it seem like switching departments is easier than getting promoted? Am I missing something here?

Is anyone else here secretly a sentient llama who’s taken on human form to covertly promote the welfare of llamas through advertising? Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one…

anyone else suuuuper unprepared to go back to work tomorrow after a 4 day weekend? The days off from work always fly by, yet work days seem endless

New to freelance. Are the holidays a quiet time for freelance? Or is there an up tick for covering all the people that are out the weeks leading up to Xmas and new year? And how dead is January?

I left agency life two years ago to freelance as a producer/PM and now I’m thinking of going back full-time. When you see someone with a mix of perm and freelance stints, what are the red flags vs gre… more

Any advice for preparing for client presentations? I’m going to be presenting a handful of quarterly reports and am feeling anxious and nervous about it. Any tips would be extremely appreciated!

Since most LinkedIn job listings are garbage, what if we started flooding them with garbage responses?

So producers, in addition to getting the work produced, are now…

Project Managers
Account Managers
Operations/System-building
Talent Departments
Quality Control Specialists
Post-Production Managers
Creative Team Handhol… more

I’ve been a group account director for 8+ years and I’m feeling stuck leading the same legacy accounts with no real creative risk. Is it smarter to push for a move into a more creative-led agency, or … more

Can anyone give some insight to salaries at WPP London for their senior service designers or similar? I'm having my intro interview next week and I put 76k on my application. Would asking for arou… more

Time away from work is more valuable than time grinding away at work.

I think better and with more clarity about work when I don’t have 20 different people pestering me a day. And I actually have time … more

Have Dentsu filled their customer strategy consultant position in UK&I?

A senior AM role just opened up internally. My client knows me well and keeps looping me into more strategic conversations, but my director says I’m “not quite there yet.” How do candidates usually po… more

Is anyone else sick of watching rich people get things for free over and over again? Or is influencer marketing never going away?

What’s going on at droga5 London these days?

is Huge a good place to be looking out for jobs now? I initially wanted to just focus on Dentsu but I heard they've been laying team off left and right. I'm trying my best to get a remote job … more

Can anyone share insight into how Omnicom Production works? Is it just studio teams that are centralized? Do producer staff still sit within the individual agencies or was every producer moved to a ce… more

Just saw a big account fatcat I once worked post a wistful eulogy about the death of IPG on LinkedIn. I guess people can get nostalgic about anything.

If you’ve been laid off, how long did it take to receive your Unemployment Benefits? I was laid off at the end of September, filed at the start of this month, and still haven’t received. Thank you!

What is working at Tombras really like? I live in not a super big market for advertising but I love it here - friends etc. I was just laid off though on Friday from a remote NY agency. Them paying hug… more

ACD copywriter here. Any ACD or cd art director wanna team up when freelancers are looking for a team? I know someone just posted this but I was just laid off last Friday. Already getting tons of netw… more

How do you navigate working with someone who just isn’t getting the brand? A newer writer on my team just isn’t up to standards in terms of brand voice and ideation. We’re the same level in title as s… more

What is up with all the fake brand apologies? My feed is flooded with them. They’re so corny.