Does anyone have big agency experience from the US, and then moved over here for an agency job? If so - is the culture a bit healthier in Europe, specifically NL? I’m sure it varies place to place but I’m considering going from in-house back to the agency world and am slightly scared of the unhealthy culture I experienced while working in the US. TIA!

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It is definitely more “work to live” in NL rather than US’s “live to work” as a general expectation. That said, there are agencies like mine that certain teams work long hours while others are much more WLB friendly. It is a balance of country, agency, and team that determines which side of that WLB coin you get.

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Depends on the agency 100%
Specially if your team is Dutch or not.
Dutch people are not known for their "work ethic" (And I put that on quotes because it's more that they actually have a life balance), so expect to be working more or less the same as US if your team is international.


However toxicity is way lower :)

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Culture is healthier in that it's far less political in the work place. That feeling of being knifed by your colleagues for stepping a foot wrong isn't really a thing here. And as the others said, depending on the agency, probably better WLB as well. Wages are lower though, so there's that. And jobs are harder to come by.

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