Does anyone else feel that this industry's expectations, and insane hours have put a ridiculous strain on your mental and physical health...?

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It does. My dad works in an auto factory. He told me once that he'd rather come home physically exhausted (his job) vs mentally exhausted (my job), because at least he can enjoy leisure time after work.

EOD, you're selling some part of yourself for cash. For some people it's their body, for us it's stress, emotional and our minds.

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Remember, it's only advertising. Not worth risking your health for.

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At my last agency I witnessed several nervous breakdowns. I had co-workers that lived in paranoia. I had to take resilience training to learn to desensitize my brain against visceral responses. So...yeah.

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How the hell do you take resilience training? I need summathat

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Someone was actually taken out of my last agency on a stretcher after having a severe panic attack at work. No job in advertising is worth that.

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Not really, no. I see it in others for sure, but I’m not saving lives, so I don’t get why people are so stressed all the time and willing to put in insane hours ALL the time for appearances. I’ll stay when I need to stay, and work very damn hard. But I’m not gonna break my back just for “expectations.” Stand up for your own well-being.

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In my experience the greatest stress came from a culture of blame and CYA. When projects got tough, you couldn't trust senior colleagues not to save their own ass at your expense. It generates buckets of cortisol and paranoia.

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Is this a real question?

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@CD Thank god

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Uh yes can I get some please these minions and company men archetypes are driving me wild. Some black mirror shit for real.

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Think it depends on where you work and the expectations of the company. I work at an independent, and work/life balance is super important culturally, and I appreciate it so much. When I overwork myself (and I do sometimes), it's my own damn fault.

Is it not that way for everyone.

Sleep deprivation is 100% fatal in lab rats.

I’ve been lucky. My agency is pretty chill.

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