Honestly we all bitch and moan about it but at the end of the day Ol' Uncle Advertising has moved me to Chicago, moved me to New York, flew me around the world & fed me well. Who else feels this way??

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Yeah there've been perks. But at what cost man, AT WHAT COST?

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The way you wrote your post is a good indicator that advertising is the right fit for you. For many of us, the job can be degrading and demoralizing. For the lucky few, it allows them to get into a work flow where the benefits outweigh the negatives. Congrats on finding it.

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Nope!

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Me. My dad has been a welder for 45 years and is just hoping his body holds out for another few years so he can afford to retire. I get paid to dream up the wildest ideas I can invent. And by the age of 30 I was already making twice what he did at his peak. I feel very very lucky.

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Well, all of the traveling helped me reach the point bonus for my Chase SR card.

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^ There's a Chase SapientRazorfish card!?!?!?

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Management always gets to take the rosy view

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I guess you haven't been lucky enough to work with bitches who try to steal your job?

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Working as an entry level account exec in NY, I do not get "fed" well. I don't make enough money to live here (or for the amount of work I do). Same goes for a lot of my peers.

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👆@Producer1 I've had more than my fair share of that. @LB1 I've been degraded and demoralized along the way as well. @SAD1 anyway can take a rosy view, our industry has a very dark side and a small upside. Just trying to be a bit more upsidey today

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Except for all us non-boss-types hearing the people of power positions tell us to buck up is exhausting. Things like travel and shoots are a very basic part of this job. Let's not pretend their perks (which don't exist). Not interested in cheerleading.

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Anyway = Anybody

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I think it depends on what you're used to. I had a job I loved at a computer company that didn't make it then boring as hell gigs in Telecom and finance. Agency life is a lot more interesting and I don't mind the pace/hours since the salary and benefits are a lot better than I'd had at the other places. I can handle the craziness thanks to experience in dating crazy. (Don't date crazy. It's not worth it even if it is fun for awhile.) In the past, I worked for a company that had 15 rounds of layoffs, another that trashed our 401k, and a startup that didn't start. This place is a walk in the park after all that.

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SAD1 is a sad one ... maybe it's time to find a new line of work if it's that dire!

I must say I agree with you wholeheartedly! Much of what I have experienced and become is credited to my advertising career and specifically to Leo Burnett. Thanks

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