At a brand and working with a stakeholder who gives so many parameters, asks for so much specificity and volume of info to be communicated in each piece of creative, and pushes back so thoroughly on the strategy and the concept of everything that it makes it impossible to get any work done, nevermind make it good. For context, I’ve worked in pharma and financial services and never had this many guardrails. How can I explain without offending them that advertising is not just stating information?

Are crypto IRA’s worth it or is it better to just open an account at Coinbase and invest that way?

If I accept an offer from HCL and I didn't join the company, will they Blacklist my profile?
Can I join HCL in future?

After the vesting cliff do you see a lot of people exit Google?

Will TCS blacklist people who accept the offer letter but don’t join TCS, for any other reason

Anyone else work in ediscovery? Looking to move from the US to UK and have questions about the industry in the UK.

Can anyone recommend an amazing tailor in RN/Gold Coast/Streeterville? Wedding szn is here and I need someone to hem a black tie gown. Thank you :)

Hey Guys, Hope you all are doing great. Can someone let me know about the work culture, is Saturday working, are there any shifts and benefits of HSBC Electronic data processing india, ecospace, Bangalore?

Looking for a serious job change, having 8 YOE as a business analyst and currently into data analytics space. Bangalore location

Any Manager or Sm in this group ? Please DM me.


Not interested in referrals etc please.

Scheduling added another S3 (my level) to my engagement but acting as a manager, while I’ve been on this engagement for a few years and getting great reviews. My ego is shot and I’m insulted. Advice?

I was expecting an in-band promotion this year but I didn't get it. How can I raise this to the leaders?

Hi all,

Does Here Technologies offers employees stock purchase program in India, do they provide stocks with regular offer/bonus??

I’m trying to decide on a hotel in the Maldives - currently choosing between the W Maldives and the Park Hyatt Maldives.

Does anyone have a perspective based on experience?

Is Canada visa initiated for anyone in TCS

Is there some specific time when visa will be initiated for Canada

Is 120k+super a good salary for software tester (manual) with 7 years of experience in Melbourne?

What is the typical annual bonus for an MBA associate @ McKinsey in London.
I’ve heard it ranges from 5-20% but it seems too vague.

Nobody asked, but here I share the best 5 tools that will ease your job as a community manager:

👉 Canva
👉 Hootsuite
👉 Google Drive
👉 CapCut
👉Qoob Stories

Would you add or change something?

What makes a bro?

How is it working in house at Nike?

The industry is crumbling under our feet and I still can’t decide if I want to go in-house or not. I’m afraid it won’t be as exciting and I won’t travel as much. But also, I need a job. So 🤦‍♂️

Which one would you pick?

Big name shop. Shitty account, but you get opportunities beyond that.

Shop with bad reputation that lacks PR and hardly enters awards but has a lot of book-worthy projects.

You’ve had a 360-campaign brief for about a week that’s essentially a brand refresh. The expectation in the first-round creative review is scripts and adlobs for each concept. How many concepts to you come back with?

Offered 8 grand less than interns who were hired on last year...need negotiation advice!
Is it appropriate to bring up that I know the salary amount that was offered there in previous years?

What are the advantages/disadvantages to being partnered with someone more senior? I’m mid-level, busting my ass to go senior. My partner is senior, busting their ass to get to ACD. (Cont’d)

How suspicious is it that the client that just gave the pitch of VW in the US to Johannes Leonardo used to be one of the executives from Johannes Leonardo?

Did you feel “ready” the first time you managed a team? Or insecure?

Anyone wanna give me constructive criticism on my portfolio? 😪

New writer on an account. Being pitted against the other existing writer on the account for every project. They take it very personally if my work is chosen over theirs

I’m transitioning into a role where I’ll be more hands on in production. Previously, the producers handled the budget, contracts etc. I haven’t done this in a long while so I hope I could get some answers here to be more prepared

This is a much smaller company so I imagine I’ll have to take on some of that eventually.

What are the standard day rates today for a stylist, photographer, Director, DP, set designer, prop stylist? Are there resources out there I can just look up?

Some days the ghosting and radio silence comes off as blacklisting and soul crushing. How hard of an ask is it to copy and paste "thank you for your interest, we decided to go with another candidate"

*meeting begins*
Strategist: we really think this brief could be fun. The client needs to promote this new product and we found...
Data guru: Data
Strategist: ahem, we found...
Data guru: DATA!
Strategist: we...
Data guru: BIG DATA!!!!!
*a tattoo grows on the data gurus neck. It’s a birthday cake that says Happy Data. There are no doors in the room. Everything turns to numbers. You die, then awake you are now the data guru. You try to speak and only data comes out*

Is the average freelance rate in a pandemic same/higher or lower? Wondering what I should charge in nyc right now. Pls lmk, thanks!

Kind of wanna move to Europe, where do I find an awesome job europeople? CD.

Are Creative Directors rich?

Has anyone burned some bridges yet? Just curious 😏

Which is the right move for a young creative: free ride to portfolio school, or take a full time junior position where you’ve been interning?