Anybody else not taking vacation leave in case they get cut, they’ll be able to walk away with more severance pay? I’m not planning on using any this year, it’s a great deal for the agency if I keep my job I guess.

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Some positive news: though our entire global executive team have taken temporary 20% pay cuts, not a single other staff member has had a pay cut or been laid off. I’m proud and optimistic about our global group, and more than happy to take a cut in the name of saving jobs.

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People have been getting “temporary” salary reductions and then laid off with a severance based on the new salary. WTF AGENCIES!

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BBDO fired Greg Hahn. Holy moly.

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If you accept a salary reduction in these times in good faith, and then are laid off and your severance pay is based not on your original salary but this new one, then your company knew this in advance and may well have violated labor laws. Call a lawyer. They will not charge you if they do not recoup your money.

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Those in the know, how long in advance is your fate sealed before a layoff or furlough?

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Laid-off 🐠: If you lost your job this month and contributed to a FSA or HSA, you have until Thursday (4/31) to spend those funds. It’s your pre-tax money, and will disappear if it’s not spend before then. This is something HR seems to fail to mention, and you may have several hundred dollars in that account.

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I was recently laid off. Previously did brand strategy for CPG. Not much luck in finding another gig outside of pharma. Am I fucking up my career forever if I take a pharma job?

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Layoffs at The Martin Agency today. This part of this business sucks (I wasn’t one of them but several of my close friends were).

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I don’t want to go back to the office without my friends who’ve been laid off.

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Best/worst thing to say while getting laid off?

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My boss called me in today to tell me layoffs are coming and I will be on the chopping block. How do I show my worth as a last ditch effort?

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Is it stupid to take a new job right now? It would stay within my company for a brand that’s doing well, but still, if layoffs happen again I am the newest to the team..

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The trades might want to look into the fact that almost all of the people laid off from VaynerMedia have been minorities

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Laid off. Is it weird to start reaching out?

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Does anyone else feel like some of the recent layoffs are premature? Especially with the President’s reopening guidelines today. I feel that agencies could of held on to employees longer.

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Laid off. 56 years old. No furlough. Major agency. Do I have the right through legal discovery to find out if the folks way up the ladder still got bonuses in March? Shareholder revolt?

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It would be good to keep Paul Gunning’a loss of the 4 biggest clients at DDB Chicago while no public salary cut or being fired in play here.

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I feel like a jerk. I’m incredibly annoyed my laid off friends, regardless of industry, ...getting $1,100 a week for unemployment... chilling at home, and making more than they did w a job

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Are there any agencies that have not gone through any layoffs, furloughs or pay cuts, hiring freezes etc? Shops that are, so far still financially functioning as normal? I know squarespace is one.

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Laid off yesterday. Being a foreign talent, am I still able to find a gig here Stateside? Should I stay or find a gig back home before my work visa expires? I’m just a highly awarded copywriting CD.

Laid off after many, many years spent on agency side. What would you do next? Consulting? Client side? Build new agency? What does the future of advertising and marketing look like?

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Is it common/appropriate to ask for a pay cut instead of being laid off? At the junior level

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Show of hands. Who is receiving a PIP with an impossible short turn around to mask layoffs during COVID?
Lets discuss.

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If you've been laid off, please put your portfolio in your LinkedIn announcement post. I promise that even though agencies might not be hiring RIGHT now, we're keeping track of talent becoming avail.

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Has anyone ever gotten fired and switched jobs only to have the boss who fired them show up at the new agency they’re at? I can only imagine it not going well? Or fresh new start maybe? Do tell

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I’ve got a pragmatic question for those who have been laid off: what does packing up your desk look like in the age of shelter at home?

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I’ve been given a job offer after a month of being laid off but I’m not entirely excited about it. I go back & forth on this given everything going on, what advice would u give for weighing pros & con

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Big day of layoffs at 160over90.

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Have any agencies had a second round of layoffs yet? (And do you think we’re going to start seeing this soon?)

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How are your leadership teams handling company-wide comms? We heard 1 month ago that we'll be having no raises but haven't heard anything since. I know no layoffs = good, but the silence is ominous.

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For deciding what employees get furloughed and laid off, the big time leaders should ask the employees who it should be. An anonymous poll. Us losers on the ground know a lot more than they do!

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Fantasies of moving client side after Covid, when your clients have laid off / furloughed staff — delusional, or delusional and dumb?

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I’ve been laid off and, as I embark on my job search, I’d like to keep my marketing skills sharp. Any recommendations on must read books, or resources?

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I guess pharma isn’t immune. Layoffs at CDM. Salary cuts at across mccann health. Not a good sign.

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Posting your or your team’s One Club short listing in the time of COVID layoffs. Inspiring or insensitive?

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Blessed to have found a new job. Recruiter who ghosted me during the worst of my unemployment last year just reached out to say she has been laid off herself, asking me if I’m looking for a recruiter…

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Wait, VaynerMedia just laid off more people? Didn’t they just do that a couple weeks ago? 😢

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Is there a way I can hire an off the books freelancer to give feedback on my work?

There isn't anyone at work I feel comfortable asking and with covid layoffs, I'd rather not look incompetent rn

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Greg Hahn laid off. That’s something.

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Like at this point just fire me idk what kool aid some of you are drinking

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