How many shoots are you going on these days? I feel like I used to go on so many more earlier in my career but can’t tell if I was just lucky. I’m averaging maybe once a year now. Assuming though that we just aren’t shooting as much TVC as we used to, but I’m curious

How to politely decline an offer?

Context:
you have other offer in hand, that you think is better for you
or
In general

Please share your thoughts, it would be helpfull.

I thought M&A tax would satisfy me creatively. Definitely better than core tax work but I can’t keep doing this sht. I need to start my own business. Who’s with me?

3.5 years out of school, 2400 billable hours last year in TRS and just got promoted. what kind of year end compensation should I be expecting? Bonus and new salary

Deloitte🐠: Anyone is anxious about the scatter plot release tomorrow?

Top 10 books to read about consulting life ?

Hi Fishes,

Is there a minimum tenure that one has to serve in ZS to ask for office transfers? (within India)

And how often do they get accepted and the general sentiment by the management when one asks for it?

Assuming that my team works from Pune (and i like the job scope) but would like to relocate to Bangalore office (hometown) once the team stabilizes and processes are in place.

Would love to talk with you on DMs if you have any experience similar to this.

TIA!

How do people here reduce their tax bills? Me and my SO earn about 400k gross and take standard deduction. We don’t own real estate, only S&P500.

I fear the unknown. I’ve always wanted to live abroad (somewhere in europe) for at least a year in my life, but then I start to think about the process and the changes I’ll need to make and chicken out.

I also like the feeling of being secure and uprooting myself will mean not having that (at least for a while)

Has anyone been through this? Any advice? I don’t want to end up regretting not following through.

I just heard recently that if you refinance and your house appraises at 20% more than the amount owed, you can remove PMI. Is this correct? Getting a divorce and trying to keep the house but moving from a VA to a traditional loan and would rather not pay PMI if I don’t have to. House was purchased for $460k no money down (VA loan), refinanced at $450k to lower payments $400/month, now have $430k left on the loan... would it have to appraise for $516k?

Happy Ganesh Chathurthi! May Lord Ganesha destroy all your Visa issues and fill your life with love and happiness!

My team is working on some **hot**jobs in aerospace and med device! Sr quality engineers. Director Continuous Improvement. Inbox for details or follow us on linked in @elitetalentpartners

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I’d rather not put a title behind my name, but if I were looking to attract the attention of recruiters on LinkedIn (legal and public accounting) would using “JD” or “Esq.” behind my name help my name pop up in a search?

Looking for permanent work from home job. My profile is of Digital Marketer & my experience is 3.5 years.
Any lead would be helpful.

I and my boyfriend have been dating over a year now. Our relationship in general is pretty smooth and sweet. The only problem is he has not come out to his parents yet. It was not an issue before the pandemic thing since we were just living in the city, being in our own bubble. But Covid happened and he moved back to stay with his dad. Since he is not out, he can’t pick up the phone call whenever I call him, he can’t tell his parents he is dating someone in the city. Cont.

I think I’m finally burnt out on agency life. What’s a logical next step? Freelance? In-house? A new career all together?

One Show vs D&AD - which is more respected in Murica? Specifically Murica ya hear?

If you got fired today would you have a Bach up plan? What would it be?

If you win an award for a category you don’t want to be known for (ex. Tobacco, B2B, or pharma), do you still mention it in your resume or book?

What should you do if they don’t put your name on the credits of work that is yours? Anybody’s had this experience?

I'm reading this book on boundaries. In the work section it says I should tell my boss that I can't work after 5 PM. Knowing that advertising work commonly goes past 5 PM...would my job be in danger if I said that?
There's not really a rule book that says I must work until the work is done even though it's an unsaid expectation. Thoughts?

Got an offer, made a counter, they came back and said they’re keeping their offer where it is.

Jobs ok. Could use the benefits. Offer was below market.

Thoughts?

I've seen quite a few people make jokes about being "aged out" of advertising. Could someone please explain what that looks like and when that typically happens? Forgive the dumb question, I'm a newbie to the industry so I'm a bit confused. Wouldn't agencies want people with more experience?

Today is Women's Day and 'A Day Without a Woman,' -- are you skipping work and wearing red?

Will it ever not be a boy's club?

Dear Creative Directors who’s only talent is showing up to meeting with a full repertoire of buzzwords, die slow. Thanks, everyone.

Why do some art directors only really start looking at stuff at the 11th hour? Thus forcing people to stay late on the Friday of a 3 day weekend.

Fishies - my shop is looking for a freelance copywriter. DM me if you are interested and available for a few hours/week.

Something I've been curious about: why are we so cautious about asking or talking about our salaries with each other? I've never found it offensive but people think it's weird to ask. Opinions?

Thoughts on having PMs manage media teams?

What y'all know about Space150?

Best work of 2019 so far?

Can someone explain how billable hours work? At a new agency and although I had to fill timesheets at my previous agencies, they were mainly used to ensure we weren’t over servicing a client/for setting the appropriate retainer for contract renewals. I asked ppl at my agency but haven’t gotten a proper explanation. I get the impression that billing to the agency admin code isn’t recommended, and my manager said he bills everything to client codes, but that doesn’t make sense to me .

No one—of any age, on any occasion—ever—says “It’s easy as 1 2 3!” And yet every now and then, even now, you see it as a line (junk mail mostly). Did anyone EVER say it, outside of advertising?