Has anyone switched to consulting agencies (e.g. Accenture)? I'm curious as to what it's like. I imagine the better pay, and maybe more trust from clients. But less creative. True? Completely off?

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Better pay! Hell, yeah.. but trust me u r selling ur soul for that.. The reason why they are still nowhere close to churning out good comms work is
A. the work environment, hierarchies and protocols (who's allowed to do what)
B. marcomm is a value add for them and not core offering, while they can argue to a point of treating comms guys as separate entities, it's still a step-child for them..
C. the beauty of working in agency is "you are a part of the pact that think alike". But moment you walk out of that pact, a severe FOMO kicks in.
I switched back in less than 6 months..

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