I don’t mean to be vague but does anyone have experience or insights on if things are “better” as a black person working as a consultant or in house somewhere rather than in an agency? Any POV is helpful. For background I currently work at Ogilvy in a pretty junior role and I see NO ONE that looks like me. Peers or at the top aside from those in HR/diversity and in addition to dealing with the day to day reality of being a POC in corporate America, its hard to visualize a path to “the top”.

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Thank you Manager 1! This is extremely helpful. Im definitely gonna check it out.

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I’m at Ogilvy too. Senior role and happy to connect 1:1 and be of service however I can. We are few and we can have each others back. Hit me up if you’d like!

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