Background:
In a world oversaturated with scam ads, purpose-washing, and case studies narrated like they cured cancer, one brave creative had a vision: talk about the BS on record.

Insight:
Some of us are tired of pretending and just want to roast fake work in peace.

Execution:
We’re starting a podcast. Brutal. Funny. Smart.
A place where we tear into award bait like a salty juror who didn’t get their campaign through.

Want in? DM if you’re sick of pretending.

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Background:
In a world oversaturated with scam ads, purpose-washing, and case studies narrated like they cured cancer, one brave creative had a vision: talk about the BS on record.

Insight:
Some of us are tired of pretending and just want to roast fake work in peace.

Execution:
We’re starting a podcast. Brutal. Funny. Smart.
A place where we tear into award bait like a salty juror who didn’t get their campaign through.

Want in? DM if you’re sick of pretending.

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Sounds very salty and negative.

I will definitely listen.

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Thanks for the thoughtful response. A few totally valid points.

You're right, there is a fine line between proactive and scam, and yeah, the last thing I want is a witch hunt or bitter rants. That’s not the tone at all. The goal isn’t to bash individuals or ex-colleagues. It’s to critique a system that often rewards theater over truth. If anything, it’s about opening the door to more honest conversations in an industry that’s pretty good at pretending.

And I agree: clarity matters. That’s why we’d define upfront what we’re calling out. things like fabricated case studies, purpose-washing, and campaigns that seem built only to win awards, not to solve problems or connect with people.

Have you seen the micro plastic blood idea from DM9 in Brazil? WTF is even that?

Also, I love your alternative angle about celebrating campaigns that actually worked in the real world. It's a different purpose but maybe works as additional content.

At the end of the day, I don’t think calling out BS is negative. What’s negative is pretending everything’s great while the industry "quietly" loses credibility.

Anyway, popcorn's on me when the pilot drops.

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Interesting Proposal, but I will raise you:

Background: I want chaos

Insight: None of the CEOs from the major firms have a goddamn clue

Execution: Undercover Boss except it's "Undercover Junior" where a junior-level employee gets to be CEO for a day, for real (no takebacks)

In a world where no one knows how anything works anyway, what company is willing to give someone else a try?

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Would love to hear something like this with an investigative slant. Talk to disgruntled creatives who got left off the credits list, talk to people at the agency who were there when the project was getting made, get the real scoop on how it was faked. Make some headlines.

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Fuck yeah!!! Love all these ideas. I wonder how difficult and what kind of structure of reaching out would be necessary to get this kind of info. But I love this perspective

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I say let’s not limit ourselves to fake work.

Look, we all know it’s tough to make good work. But so many brands don’t even seem to try, and they should feel embarrassed.

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Great input. That's very true. And it's not about trying to do fake work. It's trying to do good work. I like it.

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When and where

a year

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Idk. Need people to be really interested cause I can't do it alone. Maybe I could but it wouldn't be as good and also I don't want to. I want conversations.

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And this is different from LinkedIn how???

a year

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You can call it Brothers in Bitterness

a year

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a year

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Dm :)

a year

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Be anonymous or prepare to be blacklisted

a year

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Does KPMG has holidays in last week of December? Like Shut down or something??

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I'm always shocked by how many partners I tell about three holes during the new OB appointment. What have you observed regarding knowledge of the female anatomy?

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I am looking for a job change in IT Audit with 2.3 years of exp with Deloitte USI. Have done B.tech (2014 pass out) and MBA(2019 pass out)and have 2 years prior experience as a Software Engineer.
Anything except EY, PWC and KPMG :3 and also location preference is Delhi/DelhiNCR
I am already on notice period (LWD is 11 Oct) as I have 1 offer but looking for an offer that pays me well and has good growing opportunity.

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Any IPS Advisory folks here ?

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How much higher should my 1099 hourly rate be compared to hourly breakdown of annual salary? Like add 30% for taxes, then roughly how much more considering no benefits etc. - like 10-15%?

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Do Capgemini includes Health insurance amount in CTC...? Or will be seperate?

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Who’s ready for more rediculous tax law changes which will help middle America subsidize healthcare costs that we can blame on the rich who donate millions to politicians who pass all the legislation?

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Hi Fishes,
Please help me to choose between two companies with respect to work life balance

Domain - Embedded Automotive Stream(Powertrain)

Renault Nissan(RNTBCI) - 9 LPA
Tata Elxsi - 9.3 LPA

YOE - 4

Thanks in advance

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People who are joining Nagarro, Make sure you are aware of the project details before joining...lot of projects in Nagarro are sub contract projects..
Make sure your skills are matching. Don't just see package only...

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How much salary can be asked for senior engineer position for 2.6yrs of experience at Nagarro in Automation testing

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works at EY

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Any Recommendations for a CAREER/LIFE COACH in Chicago area??

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Anyone else here have terrible utilization because their deals die and a code never opens? /can’t find another code to book hours? I’m sitting on over 200 billable hours at this point

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Do you think it's worth rejecting offer of A for offer of B who is paying 2lakh more than A??
(Please note CTC bracket is 11-20)

In both company work profile is same & I don't have idea about work culture as I got mixed review from colleagues.

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I have passed the nagarro online assessment test, when can I expect the call from recruiter , it's already 2 days now.

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Happy Diwali Everyone 🙂

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Anyone feel fine but their brains just won’t turn on? I sit at work staring at my computer sometimes completely unable to function for no apparent reason. This started around the end of my first trimester/beginning of second. Just me???

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Hi All,
how much zs offer for associates consultants with 5 years experience??? ZS Associates

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I'm a Data scientist with 5 years of experience (all experience is in data science). How much CTC can I expect ?

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When are the hike letters released in capgemini.
Also which month joiners of 2022 will be eligible for hike.

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Snowflake people - how many shares did they give you pre-IPO, how long before IPO did you join, and what was your level of experience?

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Okay let's say I got a job in the marketing department at Netflix. Would it be a plus to have a company like them on my resume, or make it harder to get back into an agency later on?

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Can you we have centennial week again next week? Just sayin it would be dopeAF

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What was your most amazing day in advertising?

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Remember The Woo? Yeah, me neither. Well, they cut everyone’s pay (except mgmt of course) by 1/4 to get the small biz gov loan, and used it to hire a $500k/yr mgmt head. Agency still working barebones

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I’m a strategist interested in branding shops like interbrand. But I hear they aren’t doing well these days since everyone claims to be a brand consultant. Also I’m curious about the work

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How do I be a decent manager to a coworker who's upset I've been promoted twice in two years and they haven't? We started out as coworkers, became decent friends after a few good moments, but went back to simply coworkers after they flubbed a few projects and I had to step in to clean up. I'm non-confrontational but year-end reviews are right around the corner and I'm worried about having to act professional to someone who I got too close with and who now hates me.

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A little over a year ago, I posted about my boss making constant comments about my salary. Most comments said I must not have been performing well. I want to update that he was fired, not me.

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Future 'Havas Health & You'ers (yes I know terrible name)... what's the verdict. Are they moving the 200 Hudson folks to 200 Madison?

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Has anyone received a job offer after being initially ghosted by recruiter? How long did you not hear from them? Feeling down after not hearing anything for 2 weeks after a round of seemingly promising interviews.

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New to IT B2B marketing. Any advice on how to educate myself with IT? Any classes, books, etc. that you recommend?

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When my boss asks me to send him a recap of what I’ll be working on next week but things are slow because all my campaigns are paused due to the upcoming Civil War.

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What's the best website that lists out current agency client rosters? (I've seen this before on FB but can't find the thread. FB - please add search functionality!!)

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What are the rules for OT?? Can you get OT on a salary or is there a cut off or does it vary by company? Curious because two friends make the same amount at different places but only one can get OT.

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Which portable standing desk converters do people have and recommend. I live in a tiny NYC apartment so use my dining table as the office during the day but need to put it away at night.

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I need infographic tips please!

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Believe it or not, for all the talk of digital... online video subscriptions and downloads JUST overtook DVD sales. People still exist that rent dvds from netflix?

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What happens if your company wins an award for your work after you've left?

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Two months ago applied for a "dream role" at a "dream company" (not an agency). I am qualified for the role & they are looking for ppl with agency experience. a few days after applying a recruiter

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Having the clients love an idea you had to fight to present is a bittersweet win- you feel validated, but also wish your team backed you from the start...anyone else experience this?

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