I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I’m thankful for my team” is not a substitute for fair pay. My agency sent out a warm-and-fuzzy Thanksgiving email full of gratitude, but we haven’t had raises in two years and they just cut our holiday bonuses. I get it, times are tough, but the performative appreciation hits different when morale is already low. I’m not asking for a turkey, I’m asking for transparency. How do you respond when leadership tries to serve thanks instead of compensation?

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One year at BBDO, the C-Suite served us all chili in the work cafe/ lunchroom. Think David Lubars and Kirsten Flanik in aprons. It gave “soup kitchen” and was so tone deaf.

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GREAT. Are us at now legacy IPG agencies screwed? Holiday chili to buy out another hold co???

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Genuine question…would you rather them not send out a gratitude message at all? Does it feel too hypocritical and hollow so they should just stand down on all appreciation/recognition?

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Thanks for sharing. I genuinely would like to hear more about the OP’s pov on this, too. Especially for those front line managers, gratitude may be the only form of recognition they can offer.

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All of this

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Preach

We all need to hear it.

Preach.

I mean I’d prefer a holiday thank you card to a holiday lay off package.

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