Are y’all camera on when you have to work weekends?

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No. And if you have to work weekends it’s especially egregious to ask you to be on camera, because 99% of the time it’s due to agency inefficiency (poorly managed account or pitches) or agency insolvency (not enough money to hire the people needed for a pitch)

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I feel that

Not on camera during the week too

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I once had an idiot ECD passive-aggressively ask if I was “going to be off camera” at 9 am on a Sunday.

Flames on the side of my face, folks.

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If you’re an ECD asking that question you are the embodiment of the Peter principle.

And if you’re an ECD reading this, screenshot this or print it to put in your wallet/purse to avoid being that same guy.

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Weekend or not, “If the client ain’t near, you only get to hear.”

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Maybe if I’m on with like a Global CCO. But no not really. Usually I’m laying flat on my bed like the roach in Metamorphosis

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Most status meetings are irrelevant and are there to make PMs and account people feel important

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Man HELLL NO

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Never but our agency generously lets us WFH on weekends! I’m doing so right now!

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The phrase “my agency lets me work from home on the weekends” should only be used as evidence of a war crime.

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Working weekends are for suckers

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Agreed. Im stuck being one of them 🤦🏻‍♂️

I’m working this weekend and I just took a post breakfast nap that just ended

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No, but there were cameras all over the office and we were always being watched during the week. Created lots of tension.

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Seriously?

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