Every time I interview I hear about how the organization is flat and everyone’s scrappy, and offices don’t exist because teams don’t tolerate the walls that divide them. I respect all that, but...

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You should take solace in the fact that whoever is telling you that is either knowingly lying or drinking way too much of the culture koolaid.

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Lol. Scrappy = shit budgets. No offices = lower rent. This is just propaganda for the hollowing out of the industry to squeeze pennies into owners’ pockets.

Ad nerds unite! All we have to lose is our terrible insurance and job security.

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Scrappy = don’t expect a creative brief

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...is it so wrong to want a team to lead and an office to hear myself think in? Am I really the only one?

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I used to work at one that said it had a “start-up culture.” I asked if we get equity.

Laid off the next round.

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Scrappy = don’t make weekend plans and don’t expect a raise anytime soon.

They’re salespeople. You know, like when an apartment listing has a shoebox studio described as “cozy”.

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