Do you feel that FCB Toronto is “using” Down Syndrome people to win awards? lol If the work they did wasn’t for Down Syndrome people, would those work even win awards?

What would you see yourself doing if you were not in finance?

Does anyone else find it absolutely hysterical that people group MBB/FAANG/PE/VC for the prestige-oriented folks and they never include BB IB 🤣

When drafting a brief or other submissions for court or arbitration, do you use words such as clearly, erroneously, etc. to emphasize certain points? Our managing partner says that we should, but all of the writing guides for litigators that I've read repeats the mantra "show, don't tell" and explain that most judges dread such words.

I know that the politically correct thing to do here is to do whatever the managing partner wants me to do, but I just wanted to ask for other ppl's opinion.

Wanted to get y’all’s opinion. If you haven’t been paid by the time agreed upon in your contract what do you think is the appropriate follow up email cadence?

What’s going on at Engine? Seem to be losing a lot of good people including the CSO.

Has anyone taken  ACAMS Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS)? Any comments/ reviews? How has it enhanced your employability? Why did you take the CGSS?

My flight is three hours delayed. I have collected so many pokeballs.

Has anyone actually read the EO and formed a personal opinion because it seems like it's just a lot of people regurgitating MSNBC and Fox News one liners.

How much better are salaries in financial services vs government on average?

Told a friend of mine in tech I was considering moving to BCG. He asked me if I would have to move to Boston.

I followed up by asking what he thought the top consulting firms were. "I'd guess PwC and then McKinsey are the best. I've also heard of KPMG, Deloitte, and Bain, but I don't know much about them."

Just a reminder that outside our bubble no-one really cares about firm prestige etc.

What's the vibe at VMLYR chi?

Is this forum active.. anyone with Data & Analytics capability within Accenture?

So, I landed a Customer Service Advisor job at Sitel in the UK. But I heard that they fire you without any prior notice or end their campaigns abruptly, leaving us with no job. Can’t be facing the risk of no livelihood, right? Can anyone who worked with Sitel give me the real truth? And does Sitel sponsor Tier 2 Visas as such? I am surely looking for stability, security and growth.

What is the range of annual stock refresher for Software Engineer II(62 level) at Microsoft, Bangalore?

Hi everyone,
I have been shortlisted for a commercial banking operation profile interview. Can anyone help me about this profile and what questions I can expect?

What is your typical total time “working” vs. time billed? I think I must be doing something wrong, because I’m having 12 hour days but only billing 7-8 hours/day. I can’t block bill so I lose a lot of time switching between tasks and reading random emails and don’t want to put down a million .1s for reading emails, but still seems weird to be losing so much time. I’ll take quick breaks throughout the day but nothing I’d expect to total more than hour. At a loss here.

In ey gds when mail will come for uploading docs before joining? What's are the documents need to upload? EY

Anyone willing to share what WLB looks like at some of the large CROs?

Hello, I have 2 offers : 8.5LPA Fixed and 10LPA Fixed
Both the companies are mid-scale.
Is 10LPA good for 1.8 YOE ?

Or is it low, should i try for more offers?
Skills: Angular2+ , core Dotnet

any ADs wanna do young lions with me next year? i know it’s early but i’m eager. let’s meet up, do some spec, have some fun.

Almost every planner has left Publicis Toronto in the past two months. WTF?

While we’re at it, Art Directors… what is your salary and how many years of experience?

Anyone in Toronto looking for a CD? I need to make a change. Agency or in-house (if the in-house is cool.)

Who was at the ADCC? Thoughts on the NABs stunt?

Hi, this is mostly a question for account management and strategists. I’ve been in advertising for a while, and am back in this market after working in others. The main thing I’m noticing that is driving me bonkers is the lack of client talent here. Across the portfolio I oversee it is very rare to get a client that understands how to brief an agency partner (creative or media or pr); there is limited capacity to really focus on objectives other than tactical KPIs.
Is this common/any advice?

Been in the strat game for over a decade; I’ve realized that a strong department with clear process that is built on end to end problem solving (with time to think) is when I’m happiest vs this award show / case study grind. What are some agencies you all work or have worked at, that value strategy as a department and not a creative case study farm? Looking to figure out what’s next.

What’s your fave shop that integrates social/digital into their creative?

Any Canadian company that has a good in-house agency?

Any new shops in Canada doing good work?

What’s it like at Camp J these days?

How much should a Jr. CW with 1.5+ years experience be getting paid?

Welp, see yeah later KFC!

Is anyone's agency currently looking for a Senior or ACD position?

What’s the deal with Makers? I don’t understand their business model. Seems like they are making a ton of money - but how? And how do they pay the producers that work there? What’s a typical salary?

Everyone who went to Cannes while we looked on jealously or annoyed-ly: what’s the tea? Tell us the gossip, it’s only fair for those of us who didn’t get to go

Did a bunch of agencies just go on a firing spree before Christmas?

Is our industry as competitive as some say? I see a lot of people saying this and I work with a bunch of hacks (myself included). It felt like a little while ago agencies were begging to hire new talent, and most couldn’t find new people. Is it really that hard to get a job at an agency? Maybe I’m just out of touch being in this career for so long.

BBDO laying off 30+ staff this year, but also buying their remaining staff Christmas gifts got me like 🤮🤡