Anybody have some inside scoop on working at any of these Indies? Mischief, Orchard, Mojo, WK all New York. TYIA

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All awful agencies that will take whoever they can get and pay top dollar because they’re desperate.
Avoid.

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Yes, I took a massive pay cut to work at The Marketing Arm but the sacrifice has been worth it.

Mischief is the hot shop. WK has been near the peak consistently. Orchard has interesting leadership and stringing together wins. Mojo’s less than ideal situation is well documented on this app.

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Is “hot” still the right word for mischief? They’ve been around for 5 years now. I think they might just be legitimately and consistently really good.

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Mojo is bad hoodoo.

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that’s because he is

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Every agency needs to be profitable and the people are the overhead so it’s basically the same thing everywhere.

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Yes, but WKNY have veered too much that way, I think…

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One of these things is not like the others…

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They’ve all struggled to grow except mschf. That’s a huge red flag for the others

You don't lose Pizza Hut. You just hand them over to the next agency to deal with for six months.

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Have worked at 2 of these places in some capacity. All trying to survive the multiple rounds of layoffs.

“We don’t do layoffs” 😅 Did they really say that?

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Kind of offended, really.

Or good

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If you seriously want into a good indie do some more research. There are other good shops as well. These are just the most talked about. Aiming high is good, but have a broader range too.

TYIA sounds sick. What’s the scoop?

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