Hey folks! I'm not someone who works in the creative side of things at all, but I have an uncle who is covering and shooting an athlete's 100K marathon, which he is running to raise awareness about mental health. He wants to know if I want to be the 'production coordinator'. I did a quick Google search and figured out what it was and said I'd be interested, but I'm not sure what the role actually entails. Could you explain what a production coordinator is responsible for? Even as bullet points!

Is there anyway to tell if your work product isn’t measuring up? Would the partner straight up tell you that your work sucks? This is me running on the assumption that some comments are normal...

What do you do in between meetings where you don't have enough time to get anything done but it's like too much time to do nothing.

How do you navigate a job offer that is contingent on the firm calling professional references? I don’t want to tell my current firm I’m leaving for this other firm until it’s official…which means I can’t use my current bosses as references. I have been with this firm since I graduated law school (5+ years), so I don’t have other legal references. I had a pre-law career…but that was so long ago. I’m not sure what to do…any suggestions?

BigLaw M&A: what do you consider to be “big deal” vs a small and medium deal? For example, what do you consider a $150M deal?

Can anyone help me understand what c9 grade means in NatWest job grade? what are next two grades after c9?

I keep fighting with the product managers on my team, who keep assigning me new features to build without checking first if I had the bandwidth for it. How do I communicate this politely?

Any steps taken by your employer towards reducing their carbon footprint?

Thoughts on Equinox Seaport? With the Corp discount I’m looking at about $175 a month.

***Urgent *** Where to join?

2 days left to join.
IBM - 17 lpa
Capgemini - 23 lpa
Tech - Oracle apps/fusion technical Yoe - 10 years.

I heard, there are projects shortage @IBM in Oracle Apps currently. (As my colleagues are on the bench for 2+ months in IBM after joining)

Please suggest IBM Capgemini Accenture Tata Consultancy

I met this guy online a month ago, we see each other once a week, and I find myself like him a lot, I feel more and more smitten with him (no sex at this point). We are not exclusive, and I think it’s early to have the talk anyway. Another guy matched online asked me out on a date, and I feel guilty about going. Can someone help me overcome the guilty feeling I have? 🥲

Has anyone recently interviewed with S&P Global and got an offer?

Any recommendations on data warehousing solutions? Struggling to find something that covers all the bases but is still economical. Considering looking into consultants at this point

Recommendations on how to simultaneously pay off student loans and invest?

Anybody on here send their kids to Francis Parker?

Hello! Looking at an opportunity with established startup in UK that's just been acquired by a large co. I'm US based and my salary is around $250k (NYC) -I've been asked my expectation without the startup giving me a range to work from (though I've asked). I'm not sure how to reply to them because I have a feeling that my requirement may be out of their range and while I don't want to undercut my value, I also don't want to be cut out of the process because it's an interesting co. Any advice?

Market sell off - You buying or selling into the weakness?

Can we start a thread of the most toxic firms? Include firm name, location, and department (if this was a large company).

Saw someone asking about high-rise apartments in Mott Haven earlier. Just moved into a new apartment building here and honestly it’s not as bad as I thought. New buildings are safe and pretty spacious (relatively speaking). Downside is not really much to do around this area and food delivery is not great. Hope this is helpful for any one who is looking at this area.

GSP San Fran or Leo Chicago?

If the internal account and project people on brand you work on told you “don’t spoil the market” and just do the basic things that had been done- what would you do?

What questions should I be asking an in-house recruiter? Seeking Sr/ACD roles.

How can I help our UX/UI people and developers become more familiar with conceptual advertising? One Show books? Hey Whipple, Squeeze This?

Offered 8 grand less than interns who were hired on last year...need negotiation advice!
Is it appropriate to bring up that I know the salary amount that was offered there in previous years?

Would a CD here look at some line edits I made for a campaign? Would be great if I could email you them?

New writer on an account. Being pitted against the other existing writer on the account for every project. They take it very personally if my work is chosen over theirs

What’s a gal got to do to get an interview with Droga5? Any CDs in here willing to check out my book?

What’s your take on a job listing that states “From $xx,xxx”

The particular job I’m looking at has this on the listing and I’m curious as to what their budget actually is. Do I assume a range?

They’re seeking someone with 5-8 years experience. I have the latter (8 almost 9)

How would I approach this when asked without pricing myself out of the position? Especially if they’re not willing to be upfront (assuming here) how much they’d want to offer me in particular.

The industry is crumbling under our feet and I still can’t decide if I want to go in-house or not. I’m afraid it won’t be as exciting and I won’t travel as much. But also, I need a job. So 🤦‍♂️

If you could work at an agency for the rest of your career, would you do it? Or do you see being a professional creative as a means to another career altogether?

Kind of wanna move to Europe, where do I find an awesome job europeople? CD.

Where do you stay up to date in the best ideas from the industry?

I Have a HR scheduled meeting, in the morning. Is that Sus?

*meeting begins*
Strategist: we really think this brief could be fun. The client needs to promote this new product and we found...
Data guru: Data
Strategist: ahem, we found...
Data guru: DATA!
Strategist: we...
Data guru: BIG DATA!!!!!
*a tattoo grows on the data gurus neck. It’s a birthday cake that says Happy Data. There are no doors in the room. Everything turns to numbers. You die, then awake you are now the data guru. You try to speak and only data comes out*

Which one would you pick?

Big name shop. Shitty account, but you get opportunities beyond that.

Shop with bad reputation that lacks PR and hardly enters awards but has a lot of book-worthy projects.

I worked with a Junior AD that skipped college and went straight to portfolio school. I was mad resentful of him at first, mostly because I wish I would have thought of that and saved $100K.

Which is the right move for a young creative: free ride to portfolio school, or take a full time junior position where you’ve been interning?