Has anyone moved from agency side to the client side? Wondering how is the transition like

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The grass is always greener on the other side. After a years being client side I’m now missing agency life. But I can say both sides suck and I can’t wait to retire (please God let me be able to retire someday!)

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Agree with the above! Moved client side from GroupM :) and everyday I look back wondering if the move was worth losing the PTO I used to have

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Literally hundreds of thousands of people have. And there are as many threads about it on this app. Do a quick search.

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