Droga layoffs 7% of staff in US. So much for the Accenture buyout.

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Like most things, it was only ever about money.

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In a downturn like this, it’s inevitable. Accenture, like most mindless consultancies, has a profit margin they need to hit, and with fees being cut back, so must expenses.

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It’s how all agencies work, regardless if they’re consultancy led, holding company led, or independent (eg. Wieden laid off 11%)

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What is your point about Accenture? They lasted a lot longer before making any layoffs than any other holding company agency, and their biggest independent competitor (WK, who laid off even more).

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Accenture had lay offs too.

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Industry-wide layoffs tomorrow or nah?

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Covered a managers meeting for her yesterday, was with some senior members of the marketing team. A director opens the call with “we are so sorry about the impacts the layoffs have had on your teams today…” then noticed I was in the call and said “we are still notifying others so best to keep it under the radar” …25% of my team was let go three hours later with no warning😬

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This may be an unpopular opinion.

But I think it's kinda shitty that when FAANG people get laid off, everyone feels bad for them and they get so many resources to get rehired, but the same is not true for people that get laid off at smaller lesser known organizations.

Like those FAANG people will be fine, they got generous severance packages. The people who actually need help often get overlooked or are forgotten.

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