As a younger creative, I was forced to make the client’s idea or we’d lose the business. It was so bad they blamed me and I lost my job. A second time, my ECD told me to get behind an idea that I knew would never fly (religious themed) the client fired us. We all got laid off. The third time, I was in leadership, so this time, I told them tactfully that this national launch (needed some additional thought) The CCO disagreed and I had a target on my back until he lost his job over it. Solutions?

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Be really good looking, extremely funny and dress well and you’ll get away with a lot more.

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@DD1: goes without saying

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Get an MBA so you have the power to push back

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Freelance or start your own shop, otherwise the shit will always roll downhill.

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Agree. When your name is on the door you can do whatever you want.

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Look for a shaman. Good luck.

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