AVOID IPG’s SOLVED AT ALL COSTS for your own sanity.

Amateurs with Director, VP and SVP titles that are lazy, inexperienced, incompetent and treat the employees like dog poo.

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It’s what happens when you don’t want to pay legitimate Directors, VPs and SVPs what they’re worth.

Instead, you throw amateurs a major title and a small salary bump, then bill the client for a legitimate title’s salary and profit off the difference

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Not different here. There are vps I wouldn't trust to walk my dog

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This sounds like every agency but especially the one I work at. Avoid Spectrum Science while you're at it.

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They pushed out some of the last few capable people last year to lower salaries.

Honestly i say this in every thread but Phillipe Krakowsky put on a true masterclass in amateurism. If you tried to tell me he understood advertising, no one would believe you.

Don’t worry. If you were not able to avoid IPG, it will soon avoid you.

That if you get hired by an IPG agency, layoffs are coming.

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