Does your agency send you a baby gift? We get a $50 gift card. That’s it. I feel like most agencies give their new parents/babies better gifts than that.

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Ours sends a mini Tiffany’s spoon with the baby’s name engraved. It’s so sweet. $50 is good too. Really, anything is good in my opinion. Especially if they give you a decent leave.

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My agency does a $150 gift towards registry and then does a collection to anyone that wants to contribute to a big gift. I have wonderful coworkers and got a $850 gift card from them in addition to the Baby Bjorn travel crib. My old agency didn’t do squat.

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I got a onesie. With our old branding on it.

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Wow it’s a real mixed bag and even for most of you that did get something it wasn’t a crazy amount (except 72 and sunny)

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At 72andSunny I got a bugaboo stroller. Over $1000 value. I was laid off three months after returning from mat leave and thought welp…at least I got the stroller! 😂

I don’t remember the agency but my team got me a $200 spa GC (which I didn’t find time to use for literally 3 years) and some baby clothes.

Mindshare did nothing. Team and client sent gifts which were very thoughtful. My experience was that the agency wasn’t thrilled about maternity leave and then first day back just dumped a ton of work on my plate. Not a supportive environment.

I got a nice basket, shortly before they laid me off on my maternity leave.

Literally nothing

McCann sent me an enormous Melissa & Doug teddy bear. Leo Burnett I got some agency-branded onesies and a bib. Flowers from my teams when the babies actually arrived.

I got an edible arrangement and a side of resentment for the next year for daring to take leave

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