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How’s McCann doing nowadays?
I got into this industry later in life and I can tell you from experience that a bad day in advertising is better than most days in a lot of other jobs. Not to say there aren’t rough moments, but in general we have it pretty good here.
With that said - if you really hate it, it’s never too late to go do something else.
It really depends on the projects I’m working on.
Enough good ones and it keeps me going, the day the balance falls the other way around I’ll look for something else.
I would be looking into the career pivot if I was you. There are opportunities for writers there!
I’m 6 years in and overall I still enjoy it. I get paid well for what I do and have a good mix of conceptual and production/adaptation design work in my current role. Keeps things interesting, but a large part of my enjoyment comes from working on a brand I think is fun.
There are good days and bad days, but I luckily have a good WLB that lets me leave work at the “office” even with WFH.
That being said, I’ve held 4 jobs in my ad career and only 2 of them I’d consider myself happy at. Maybe parts of your outlook can be attributed to a work environment that you’re unhappy with. Could be time to look for greener pastures or even for an industry-adjacent writing role. Good luck!
I think it’s awesome for group CDs who get paid well…for some of us lower rung folk it can feel like a slog. Especially when the day to day work isn’t that creative. I’m personally not as well paid as I should be because my career only picked up like 3/4 years in, and I find that if you’re stuck on a bad client it can feel awful. But there’s also times when it’s been so much fun, especially when the slate is blank and you’re conceptualizing high level. I think those moments make it worthwhile for me.
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There's a bit more than usual of this sentiment on the app right now. Assuming it's not you posting multiple times in multiple bowls, maybe it's the time of year?
For me, I love this job. Even when the days are long and the clients are dumb, as far as office jobs go, advertising is awesome.
We get paid well. Some, really well.
We get to travel (pre covid. It'll come back. Calm down). On other people's credit cards.
We get to think up and bring to life ideas for money.
We can dress how we want. Ive worn a suit only 3 times in the last 10 years.
We can nap at work,.drink at work,.come in late...
It's awesome.
Visual Storyteller
I do but I’m freelance
Leave. Make room for someone that wants to be here. You’ll make 2 people happy.
Up to them. Duh. Don’t care one bit what they do for work.
Depends on the job and the project. Have had three out of five Jobs been mostly good places that were both worth putting up with the crap. Current job not feeling that way lately.
But as someone who has moved in-house, I'll say there is also nothing wrong with wanting to leave agency life or advertising in general. Just because many people still enjoy it doesn't mean it's for you. Just don't expect other jobs to be happy sunshine all the time.
i have challenging periods but overall i still feel like i’m living the dream. if you’ve only worked at one agency, maybe try finding a gig at a new one - there are a lot of duds. if that’s not your issue, then don’t delay - get out now!! try going client side, or digging into a niche like UX writing. or do proofing or something freelance until you figure out what’s next. it sounds like you’re having trouble admitting to yourself that this career isn’t for you. you’ve done all you can. the sooner you can accept it, the sooner you can be happy. best of luck to you
I love my job.
The only time I hated it was when I worked on a horrible client.
Switched accounts and went right back to loving my job.
Time for a new client/account?