A recent article about the merger stated: "Offices were closed the week between Christmas and New Year’s, as well as during an August Appreciation Week. Staffers also got Election Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day off, plus monthly wellness days."

Do any of you IPGers remember August Appreciation week or getting election day or Indigenous Day or Wellness day off? Because I do not.

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Did they do a land acknowledgment before firing everyone for X-Mas?

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People mix up IPG Mediabrands and IPG corporate a lot… those were benefits for IPG Mediabrands, not IPG corporate.

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Stop saying “merger.” It wasn’t.

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Yeah I’ve been polite about it, but you all need to stop using the word merger when Omnicom acquired a distressed asset.

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New policy: TO (time off) hours. Don't come to work, we won't be paying you. But it's not a lay off! It's enhanced synergies and AI something something!

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And this is the LAST Xmas to new years holiday week off. https://archive.ph/2025.12.05-015131/https://www.adweek.com/agencies/exclusive-how-omnicom-stole-christmas-week-and-nixed-other-perks-from-ipgs-benefits-package/

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Do you know which agencies were impacted?

That’s some kind of article. Riveting journalism.

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