Do you think advertising and marketing has a worse work-life balance problem than other industries, or do we just complain about it more? Genuinely asking — I have friends in consulting and finance who make it sound just as brutal, but with more pay to show for it.

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yes. because all my friends who aren’t in the industry are worried about me.

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There’s a reason all the hallmark movies have advertising people as the workaholic villains lol

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I think we all commiserate about it so we think we do, but it’s not worse than most other industries. This is my fourth career and I’ve had more balance doing this than anything else.

The stress in marketing is often not commensurate with the compensation. Investment bankers probably work as hard as we do but are better paid.

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