Anybody else see all the lame LinkedIn “Look at me, I’m in Cannes!l” posts thinking that it feels a lot like the orchestra continuing to play on the deck of the Titanic as it slowly sank? The ad industry, especially the HoCo world is in turmoil with massive layoffs, unprecedented job uncertainty and a very questionable future, yet all these “executives” jet off the France to drink wine, party, take turns watching each other sit on lame panels and pass out meaningless awards. Pretty fascinating.

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Bread and circuses 🤡

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So I take it as the President of a Chicago agency that you disagree with the system.

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Yay. I find this surprising coming from a “president”. I assume your distaste is bitterness and misunderstanding. If you had the opportunity to go to Cannes, you’d do it.

I’ve been several times— it’s an amazing time of course. My comment is focused more on the timing and bad look of it all. Many of the companies that are paying for all these people to party and “network” in France have raise freezes in place, are not filling open positions and are laying senior people off left and right. Seems like the right move would be to keep your partying in France on the down low instead of humble bragging about your free vacation all over LinkedIn and social media.

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