Anyone ditched agency life to go client side? If so, how do you like it?

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I did the advertising grind for over 10 years, working for ‘the cool’ agencies, winning lots of awards and frankly had a little too much of the cool aid. I thought client side was for losers who couldn’t get a job anywhere else.

That was until a very talented. friend of mine went in-house and said it was his best job by a million miles. So I gave it a chance, and I totally get it now. Better pay, better perks, more pto, more autonomy, better projects. Unless I’m forced to due to unemployment, I never see myself returning to an agency.

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Better hours. Equal pay. Less creativity. Fakest cool-aid-drinking people you will ever meet. Ever. Did I say, ever? Because I mean “ever." Some days I want to look at them and say,”Holy shit Did you really just say , thank god it’s Friday?”

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Does anyone drink Kool-Aid anymore, like seriously?

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9-6 life with the rare late nighter. Work/life balance is better, but it depends on how willing you are to drink the Kool-aid. Remember, once client side, that’s the only work you’ll be doing, so it can become trite quickly.

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Yes. It’s ok. Better hours. Less stress. No deadlines (which actually sucks). Weird processes. Creative satisfaction??? Ehhh, I’ve had worse

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@SD1 I want some now ;)

Don’t give up

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