Pretty sure Omnicom has the worst benefits on the planet. Maybe I'm wrong but damn are they cheap.

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Would you leave a full time position that you are not happy and take an on going contact role ( like permalance) for more salary, access to benefits (minimal cost), but no paid PTO?

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My offer letter says I am eligible for 401k 1 year after employment. That was in January. Now I’m being told it’s 1 quarter after 1st year (meaning April)… this is bullshit no? My offer letter literally says “Eligibility begins at 1 year of employment”. What can or should I do?

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WPP 🐠. I have been at a WPP agency for 5.5 years. If I leave before the year finishes do I lose the employer 401k match this year? I know they do one time full year match distribution the following year. (Ex: You get 2021 full year Match in March/April 2022)

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Would you rather: indie shop with great work, would be a bit of a "hustle" but likely would help you refine your skills OR holding agency shop with good work/life balance. Same pay, similar benefits, both hybrid. Have around 3-4 years of experience.

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I am currently at a pharma/healthcare agency. Their policy for putting work in a portfolio site seems much more stringent than my past agency. Any insights on how people have handled showing this work to potential employers? Do you just make it password protected?

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Torn on whether to accept a Sr Designer offer at a healthcare/pharma agency or hold out to see if other interviews come through with offers. It's a fair offer at 100k for an actually decent seeming healthcare client, but I don't want to get stuck in pharma.

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I’m currently talking to Amazon for a position on the ads team. Anyone willing to share their experiences working for the Amazon Ads team? Culture? Work/life balance? Benefits? Any insight would be beneficial.

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Struggling to ask for a raise.
I asked for one last Oct when I was approached by another agency that offered way more $$
Turned it down bc I did not want to work on that specific client. Told my director about it and my agency gave me a very measly raise.
Now I am about to help lead our team while our director goes on maternity leave, workload is through the roof, and we are onboarding new hires.
How do I ask for the raise I deserve?

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VMLY&R Commerce When is our 401K fully vested at WPP/VMLY&R Commerce? I thought it was 3 years. I started in Spring 2020.

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We are recruiting for a top pharmaceutical healthcare agency that is 100% remote.

Client: "Find us 37 HCP/DTC copywriters"
Us: "Let's go!

The client has been hugely responsive, great to work with, has streamlined their interview process and greatly communicative with their prospects.

It has been night and day with some other clients dragging their feet in making decisions and scheduling up to 8 interviews.

Clients, candidates, job seekers, hiring managers, - our most valuable thing is time

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What are they benefits and pay like? Can anyone share their salary? Do they give yearly raises to account for inflation?

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Is Google Operations Center a part of Google? Is it the same Perks, benefits and salary?

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Thinking of freelancing, but wary of losing benefits - mostly health insurance. How much can I expect the cost of health insurance (for family) to jump if I go freelance? Is Cobra the way to go while I can get it?

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I’m negotiating an offer where the salary offered is a bit less than I originally asked for. What are some good benefits to ask for to help balance that out?

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Curious thought. For peeps with international awards like a Lion, Lotus or a Pencil, how much did the award boost your career (position, salary, benefits)? I find myself comparing my worth vs. other creatives who have big awards under their belt. I have some local ones but it took a lot of initiative. And that’s all, mostly because my agency isn’t as keen on winning and focus mostly on client work.

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What's it like to work at Critical Mass for creatives (ADs, designers, copywriters)? Decent work hours, benefits, culture, good clients? Seems they're always hiring!

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Has anyone ever requested immediate 401k vesting/match in their contract? Is that a thing I can ask for?

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What’s it like to work as a copywriter at Facebook/Meta? Same high stress and workload as an agency? Worse? Are the benefits and perks worth it?

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You’re a couple months away from becoming vested in your 401k, but there’s tons of jobs opening up at other agencies. Do you hold out a few months then bounce?

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Any info on VMLY&R Chicago office? Coke account. How's WL balance, benefits, level of work, etc?

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Wheereee are all the ad agencies for ShowUsYourLeave on LinkedIn👀. Haven’t seen a single one post their dismal benefits yet….

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Anyone worked on/with Hasbro before? Currently interviewing for a potentially amazing oppprtunity but would love any input/insight on their marketing teams/culture. Thinking it could be either fab brands and agency like experience with client side benefits or just a lot of red tape. Appreciate any thoughts.

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Account guy here in need of some advice. Been at current big agency for 5 years and it’s time for change. Options are 1) smaller agency, well known global client, stacked team and the other is 2) big agency, well known domestic US brand that recently switched to this agency, lean team. Pay/ benefits for both is comparable. Q: does moving big to small agency negatively impact growth potential/ opportunities across the industry?

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I’m expecting to go on maternity leave this summer, but I hate working at my current company. The work is uninspiring, the people are mediocre and I feel myself torn between quitting and finding a new job, but possibly losing paid leave, OR, sticking it out and taking mat leave then quitting. Any advice or insights?

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Does anyone have insight into the DreamWorks Animation team? Any insight into work culture/balance/benefits is helpful, and particularly so for producers or PMs! (Not quite sure which bowl this should live in, thanks for your help if this isn't quite right!)

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Has anyone actually looked at the math, calculated, and compared a freelance day rate of about 1-1.2k, booked for whatever % of the year, versus a full time staff salary of say, 200k… at what numbers do they even out when you factor in taxes, health insurance, paid vaca time etc? Hard to say which is more lucrative with the variables, but, any insights?

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Maybe a noob Q - When does it make sense to take a pay cut when changing companies? I'm a Producer/PM trying to decide if I should jump to a smaller, lesser-known company (COLOR) for more money but fewer benefits than my current job, or with TeamOne for a slight pay cut but more benefits than my current job or COLOR. In reading through forums, the pattern seems to be getting pay raises in jumping between companies >.< What do you consider?

Any insight or advice is beyond appreciated!!

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Negotiating a new offer, they can’t meet my salary requirement and they already have unlimited PTO. Is it possible to negotiate a shortened vesting period for retirement benefits? I lost $15k from my previous company match because I left before 3 years. Appreciate any advice on that or other benefits I should consider.

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Thinking about leaving healthcare advertising and either going to a consumer agency or doing in-house marketing for a consumer brand. Healthcare marketing has had its teeth in my neck for nearly 5 year straight and I need to not talk about cancer nearly every day for the rest of my life.

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Question for folks at IPG agencies. Just got an offer from one of their agencies in NYC. When can you start contribute to 401k and HSA?? Right after you are hired? Or do you need to wait 3, 6, or 12 months?

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Can someone at mcgarrybowen or Dentsu Aegis Network tell me where they put my 401k?

If everyone could manifest untold fortunes hidden in there that would be great. Thanks

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Any non healthcare agencies hiring people who didn’t start in pharma, tried it out, hated it, but still want to work in health wellness space? I have healthcare experience but pharmaceutical agencies are just not for me.

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Freelance fishies who do freelance as your primary income: Before you started what was your biggest worry when making the jump?

I’ve always done it on the side with a FT job and am ready and nervous to make the jump. Forgoing 401k match, paid vacation and showing proof of income when renting are my biggest worries.

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No more “rockstars” in job descriptions this year. Please. You’re not paying rockstar salaries or benefits. You don’t even listen to rock music anymore. No one does.

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Talent retention | There has been alot of people leaving Agency life for other careers which offer more work life balance or benefits or even just going solo. Your thoughts? How long do you plan to stay in this field ?

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I’ve been in healthcare/pharma marketing for years and I’ve yet to meet a client who actually knows what the fuck they’re doing.

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Hi all, I have a question regarding retirement accounts. I am not sure if I should choose a Roth or 401k (company has 4+2% match). Currently 23, base salary is ~100k and investments have brought 45k this year which has me teetering between a 22-24% tax bracket. Wondering what the usual tax bracket is of people retired (around 65yo) as I’m not sure anything would bring in significant income with the exception of investments. In my case would a Roth make sense? Appreciate any answers!!

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I love that my 401k gets $200 in dividends every quarter

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Does EY reimburse for internal travel? Eg team meetings ? About to join EY and may have to travel in the first month. Also, is driving an approved mode of transport and get mileage reimbursement ?

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Anyone here have contacts w/ healthcare administration staff (med directors, director of clinical affairs, chief of staff, etc.)? My SO is aphysician looking to transition into an administrative role.

What are benefits of working with a content strategist on a project?

What are strong must-have traits of a good content strategist?

Trying to build a case for my agency to hire our first CS!

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I have a question on 401k loans. How is the principal repayment reinvested? Monthly? When the loan is fully paid? Do they cash out that portion of my investments or just use then as collateral?

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I feel like I don’t see the point in dropping a bunch of money into a 401k. I am pretty good at saving money and I want to enjoy my life now. What’s the point of being 67 and having loads of money?

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What are the benefits like at Rsm? Senior here

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Between two offers, "Associate Principal" for m&a consulting in the Healthcare industry vs a Director at a F300 company doing M&A and Partnerships. Consulting pays about 50k more. What does the future look like in consulting? I am a bit nervous jumping from from "industry side" to the "consulting side".

EY people- Is there a big difference between Director/ED benefits vs Associate Director?

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Mid-level associate at a mid-size regional insurance defense firm practicing coverage litigation. Salary is capped b/c my firm only does I.D./coverage and has no direct-hire comm clients. Second round of interviews with a comm lit boutique where I would be the only associate with 5 partners. Other than partner track, salary/benefits, and switching from coverage to general comm lit, what qualities of the move should I be thinking about as I weigh my options? I've never worked at another firm.

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What is comp like at a pension fund?

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What is the ballpark comp for a healthcare analyst at A&M?

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What’s the general guidance on the order to maximize retirement contributions for tax benefits for an normal individual and for a self employed/small business owner before moving to taxable accounts or alternate vehicles like cash value life policies?
I’ve seen for individual: match trad 401k->match roth 401k->max roth IRA->max trad IRA->max trad 401k->max roth 401k->max HSA
For self employed: max SEP IRA/solo 401k->max roth IRA->max trad IRA->max HSA

Of course situations differ but in general?

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Can you get MBA tuition reimbursement if you’re a Digital Strategy Analyst? Or, do you need to be baptized as a pure Strategy Analyst?

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Going from government consulting to commercial healthcare... thoughts?

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What kinds of meds are you on to help with ADHD?

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