I have always drawn the line at advertising for gun manufacturers, gun sellers or gun accessories. Probably lost at least one job because of it. Anyone else asked to step over a line they wouldn't cross?

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I would not work on products or services of a company that is affiliated with committing a genocide right now.

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Stop paying taxes then

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lol @ having a choice in 2025

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Anti-abortion campaign was a no for me. I also wouldn’t wont work on cigarettes/nicotine/vapes. Worked on big oil (gas and side-related projects) once. Lovely people. Trying to make a living. But you also saw they were caught up in a biz reliant on things that negatively affect us all and could only do so much.

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I didn’t know it initially, but I worked at an agency where Chevron was a client, and I’ve participated in climate marches. Definitely put a damper on feeling good about my job.

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I don’t work on tobacco or cigarette companies. My grandmother died of lung cancer from smoking. I lost a job opportunity at Leo because of it.

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Guns don’t kill people. People with easy access to military-grade weapons who are radicalized by video games kill people.

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Hopefully, their games have graphics. We’ve moved beyond text-based adventures.

I turned down the U.S. army account and Marboro. Military is a big no for me and my dad smoked cigarettes all his life. Also wouldn’t do guns or like Raytheon lol

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I do… but I wouldn’t work on those accounts. I am more so meant I have interviewed for roles that were those accounts and then walked away even after an offer

Alcoholism runs in my family and I won’t touch alcohol clients.

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Military, Big Oil, Gambling. All no's. I'd rather bartend and complain about money.

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Where did you get an opportunity for advertise for firearm manufacturers and accessories? I’ll take that job in a heartbeat.

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Years ago I got recruited by the Annex at Havas. They had a really compelling sales pitch about being an agency run by and for the next generation. At the very end, they said "oh by the way, this is focused on tobacco clients, and funded by them."

So it was all about about selling cigarettes to young people. I politely but firmly cut the whole thing off and declined.

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So it was even worse than I thought 👀

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I was to start at a branding agency about 15 years ago and the first brief was a “industrial corporate rebrand” that turned out t be a made missile systems/arms manufacturer. I declined the job. I’d also never work for a gun manufacture as well, Rx pain meds, or certain political or media groups.

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honestly yes. esp when it comes to working w people or company who are pro-gun or pro-genocide. and it’s hard. but i have mad respect to those who stands up for their values.

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Guns are a no for me.

I am curious, what would a gun ad campaign even be like? I’ve never seen a gun ad before.

“More guns in more places.”
“The ultimate shooting machine.”
“America runs on bullets.”
“Once you pop, you can’t stop.”
“Just shoot it.”

I wouldn’t work with gambling.

Not really. Probably wouldn’t do ads for Dems or Republicans, though. If you own pretty much any mutual fund, you’re financially supporting all the things you claim to hate. So what’s the point of not working in a particular vertical?

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