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If someone refuses to work weekends, even if the agency could legitimately make the case the client/ project requires it sometimes, is it possible and fair for them to get fired?

Is it me or does there seem to be a lot more jobs available recently? Things picking up? Layoffs done?

Which- if any- agencies appear to be bouncing back? (Rehiring covid layoffs, winning new biz, etc)

who else thinks about how many jobs you wanted that would’ve been disastrous for your career and development had you actually gotten them? or how many jobs you got laid off from that actually would have ruined your career had you “succeeded” there? i think about it and it blows my mind. it’s so hard to see the bigger picture in the moment. and it always amazes me how you can “fail” upwards and realize how wrong some past experiences truly were for you

Sooo there are layoffs and hiring/raise/promotion freezes across the industry, unless you’re a white dude being hired/promoted to CCO / GCD / ECD? How are all these agencies making these announcements with straight faces?

Starting a new job on Wednesday after being laid off 9 months ago! The company is sending me a laptop. I have the basics: pens, pencils, highlighters, notebooks, sticky notes, stapler, paper clips, mouse...what other supplies would you guys recommend being useful during your time WFH? Thanks!

For those who have gotten hired during the pandemic, was there anything you negotiated during the hiring process that helped you feel more secure in case of any layoffs that occurs after you’re hired?

It is very difficult to do my job and think creatively when I’m living each day in constant fear of being laid off. I’m grateful to have a job, but damn, sometimes I feel like I’m coming apart at the seams. Happy Saturday, everyone.

Has anyone been on a team where they rehired team members that were laid off? Was it weird at all? Now that budgets are back and the laid off people still don’t have jobs my boss is thinking of offering them a slightly different version of their jobs back.

It’s weird day when you tell your supervisor that you quit and end up getting fired instead

Reasons people on your team have been fired?

My wife was informed a few weeks ago that she would be laid off as of end of year. She signed the paperwork and will be receiving a decent severance due to her tenure there. Now the company is saying they may have some other work for her to do for a few months and they could extend her contract if interested. If she says no, is she still eligible for her severance since she already signed her paperwork?

Wow. There are so many layoff news from different agencies. Might not be as large of a percentage as early during the covid. Isn’t this a bit early in the season? I always thought it’s December when agencies trim the headcount. 😬

How many times have you been laid off? I’m seeing a lot of people describe getting laid off 2 or 3 or even 4 times in their careers...should I just expect to get laid off every couple of years in advertising?

Havent done a single thing in two weeks. I think a layoff is coming. Anyone else have nothing to do but wait and watch as the election results trickle in?

I got laid off today and I’m scared

For those of you who were laid off this year and have managed to find new jobs, did your compensation increase, decrease, or stay the same, from old job to new job?

For those of you thankfully still employed but working insane hours with a reduced team due to layoffs and unable to use your PTO — has anyone tired to get theirs rolled over?

Who else is secretly terrified that COVID will crush us through the holidays, there will be even more layoffs, and many of us won’t ever get a great job ever again? Or is it just me?

So, just what did Nick Emery do to get fired? ‘Prank gone wrong on zoom’ is all I’m hearing

Anyone know why Nick Emery was fired?

Got laid off last week. Other than Cobra, looking for any suggestions for healthcare coverage. Thanks in advance.

I heard today that Adweek laid off its D&I reporter 🙄

What’s it currently like at W+K Portland? Post massive layoffs.

Do y’all say yes to every project you’re asked to work on out of fear of being laid off even tho you can barely handle more work and know it will come back to bite you?.....i hate it here

Has anyone negotiated a clause where you can’t be fired/laid off for a certain amount of time after starting a new job?

I am SO tired of reminding everyone on everything, saying the same thing a million times, and being on numerous accounts with minimal support. After my company had some layoffs due to Covid-19, I work at least 50 hours every week (sometimes 70). Should I look for a new job? I don’t feel motivated and happy at all. I know I should be grateful to have a job during this time but..

I recently got laid off and decided to go freelance. First agency that reaches out to me for freelance work... the one that had just let me go 🤷🏼‍♀️

I always thought it was strange that agencies rarely let candidates know the client until they are towards the end of the process. My position has way more job security than others simply because I work for a CPG client. Those in the same role on other accounts (e.g. airlines, hotels, fitness) have been furloughed or even laid off just because of the nature of the industry their client is in. Do we think agencies will have to be more transparent and let candidates ultimately chose the client?

I was laid off a few months ago and the agency had my things shipped to my house. The boxes were packed so carelessly, many of my belongings are broken. Do I have any recourse to get the agency to replace them?

Conversations or expectation re-sets with clients around the “reality of 2020”? Ie: Pandemic, deaths, quarantine, work from home, remote school learning, layoffs, economy, isolation, politics, police brutality, civil rights protests, forest fires, riots, police state tactics, RBG, plus all the other “normal” bad things. It feels like the elephant in the room.

So....which agency is giving out $100 gift cards to all employees? Wondering where these ~30% layoffs might happen after that CSO alluded to them in another post on here.

Has anyone started working with or for their client after being laid off from a job where they for example ran that account at an agency? Is it dicey legally, did it piss off your old agency? Did no one care?

I was due for a promotion but then covid hit, and during the peak of layoffs/furloughs, I was given the run-around that we have agency wide promotion freezes, etc. Over the past month, a handful of people have been promoted. I know everyone's situation is different but I can't help feeling snubbed. How do I know whether they are genuinely trying to promote me and can't, versus them stringing me along for as long as possible? I dont want it to come to having to bring another offer to the table..

I’ll be honest. I was fired. What can and can’t a prospective employer ask about why I’m not there anymore? (To both me and my old employer.)