Ageism laid bare. This is the sad reality of the business. Agency leaders who linger into their 60s, who have completely dismissed the value of their contemporaries to keep themselves afloat. Shame on you Mark Read.
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Any of you laid-off folks work for WPP? You considering a discrimination complaint based on Read's naked ageism?
Definitely hits some departments harder than others. There are people in Business Affairs at his agencies that are in their 40s and 50s. But assuming creatives skew younger.
Yeah, it’s a race to the bottom for experience and salary. Which will really hurt the industry in the long run. But people like Mark Read only care about quarter to quarter.
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For those veterans on the edge, perhaps a move to the consultancies is possible. They are eating agencies alive with their growing strategic skills, and seem to be trying to bolster creative strengths.
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...maybe naively. Surely they can use the expertise?