Being forced to work out of a spreadsheet is killing me

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A google deck of 500 pages is infinitely better than a spreadsheet

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Srsly. You think they make finance close out each month using InDesign?

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It kills me when producers give you a spec sheet with 500 tabs and then expect you to memorize it

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How would you rather show/compile social calendars? Take 50 hours uploading them into the Creative Hub? Mock each and every one in Ad Parlor? A deck of 500 pages? Genuinely asking.

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