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I started a new job and was originally supposed to be on two accounts but got pulled off one to focus on the other. It’s now giving me a ton of anxiety. I just know if we loose that one account, I’m laid off whereas if I’m more diversified I have a better shot not being laid off. We’re not in review or anything so my question is…am I being paranoid or am I right to be worried?

I got laid off in august and found a freelance gig a couple weeks later. If the freelance gig goes away will I qualify for unemployment? Assuming I don’t qualify right now, right? (I’m in CA)

What triggers layoffs at agencies besides Covid? Losing accounts? Pretty fresh in the industry but I see convos about people getting laid off & I feel like I wouldn’t see it coming if it were to happen.

Anyone ever heard of outsourced HR companies doing workplace inspection? Is this average or should we start sweating about layoffs? Business is good for us and we’ve been winning new clients. Ease my suspicions. Or give me good advice. Thanks!

Got a tax guy or gal you love? Got laid off, started freelancing full time and moved states (WA) and have been writing random numbers on my quarterly taxes.

Workers demand more wages Companies pay workers more wages Companies need to layoff workers Execs get bonuses More companies close More workers unemployed Execs get bonuses Workers demand more jobs Companies pay workers less wages Companies hire more workers Workers demand more wages Workers cancel execs Workers become execs Companies have no workers Execs get no bonuses Execs destroy companies Companies destroy world World starts over World is perfect Workers demand more wages

What’s the proper way to write an email after getting terminated? Is there any way to get a reference or at least make sure they don’t say anything bad to a future employer? (No severance package, wrong fit for team, 2 months in, first job)

I’m guessing you can’t use the same indie recruiter/talent specialist again or they won’t risk recommending you if the last gig you got from them you were fired.

How's Edelman NY? Getting hit up for Health which I've never done. It'll entail moving from advertising to PR/earned creative as they call it, and the Health category. Didn't sound like hard sell pharma, quite a bit of branded video content. I searched on FB, sounded mostly negative culturally (employee fired during Pride month, political, creatives better watch their backs, climate denier) with a few who love it. Figured I'll ask if anything's changed, if it's even worth ... considering.

TL,DR: how to jump from Advertising to Client Side when mid/senior creative? I started at my agency doing Design and stayed…from Junior Designer to Associate Creative Director. 15 years, 1 place. When I got laid off due to Covid last year, it hit me: I’d been doing Advertising for 5-8 of the last years or more, and I didn’t like it. Didn’t like project-based work, or endless estimation meetings, or lack of WLB or “agency life”. How can I best/where can I best move client-side at my level?

News outlets report 95% of current employees are thinking of changing jobs. The ad industry had massive layoffs last year, so a lot of people are looking for work. Yet agencies are reportedly having trouble finding talent. Assuming you’re offering fair pay, if you can’t poach or find talent in this scenario, your recruiters are incompetent, or you’re being way too picky.

An old client of mine just personally texted me for a favor (because I have something she needed). She was a piece of shit, used power play and treated every one awfully whenever possible and got fired from her old job because so. Am I doing the right thing ghosting her?

Is anyone like… scared of getting laid off the second they get hired

I see a lot of people condemning others for being critical or harsh towards Leadership at their agency, and I want to know why? We should be holding our Leaders to the highest standards and not feel bad about it, because they do the same to us and we are the ones being laid off or passed over for promotions/raises when we don’t meet their expectations, not them. Because indirectly when we fail, oftentimes it is more of a failure of Leadership than just one individual.

Is it weird to work at a place where you were laid off due to corona? If they’re hiring, is it weird to reach out? Left on good terms.

During the panny, my agency moved a handful of us to a different office with no choice. Basically said we’d be fired if we didn’t comply. When we asked if we would ever have to move to the new city, we were given no answers for months. Now, they’re saying back to office in September and I have a feeling they’ll be expecting us to move. Should I ask for money to move? I personally can’t afford to and told them from the start I can’t move. Also, I really don’t want to leave my S/O. Help!

I’ve moved to a new city during the pandemic. I believe we return to the office in September. In the case that I can’t work remotely, would the company just fire me? Do you think they’d offer severance? (I’ve been here for 3 yrs)

Is it common to negotiate the severance package when receiving and offer letter? I.e 3 months of severance for more senior roles? (VP and up)

I’m being terminated at the end of August because I’m gay… I was told my “lifestyle no longer fits within the culture of the organization”. I was told I’m being given a severance check and should feel lucky for it. The workplace is highly toxic and frankly I don’t want to be there any longer. I’m struggling to find work in the California area. I need job leads and help.

In another thread, a freelancer refers to being “laid off” after presenting TV work that was bought by the client. Two questions: Should a freelancer have any expectations regarding on-going employment? And is there any obligation on the agency’s part to pay a freelancer to produce a concept that they developed?

What’s the most spectacular way to get fired?

I’m being laid off and my agency is trying to find a place for me within our holding company. I haven’t received any departure paperwork or anything regarding severance yet. Is this normal? Are they trying to find a place for me within our holding company to avoid paying out severance? I have a job offer outside the holding group that I want to take but if I can wait it out another week until departure conversations (severance is offered), should I? I’m not the only one at my shop being laid ifd

I got laid off a month ago and need a feel-good redemption story. What is your tale of being laid off and bouncing back? “It’s not me... it’s them”, schadenfreude, living your best life, a triumphant return to the place that rejected you many years later... let’s hear it 😬

CCO’s, ECD’s posting the amount of One Show shortlists they got should post the amount of people that got laid off, furloughed or had their salary reduced next to it.

my agency lost the RFP pitch for my account, i interviewed out of courtesy for an open position on a diff account at same agency but saw external opportunities i would rather pursue. now my agency wants me to resign instead of getting severance because i declined their offer and my old account has terminated. Has anyone else been in this position? Did you try and ask for severance?

Who’s negotiated severance? Any tips?

Say you were laid off during the height of the pandemic and laid low for a bit afterwards and now opportunities are coming in. How do you handle getting responses for references from previous work place when asking? ie: not getting any texts/emails back

An agency I contacted a year ago, after I was laid off in the pandemic, finally gets in touch with a team opening on a very tough account. If I waited around that long for them I’d have defaulted on my mortgage, lost my work visa and been kicked out of the country by now. I’ve been freelancing on way more interesting stuff but decide to do the interview and find out more. The first question the CCO asks me and my partner, “So why do you want this job?” 🙄

Argonaut has laid off a bunch of their old guard people. Revolving door swinging mostly one way- and that’s out.

Is it awkward/unwelcome to ask interviewers about recent layoffs? Especially if you’ve heard from a trusted source? I suppose nearly every agency had a bit of that last year, but I’d like to think that most places not in dire straits have gotten better situated.