I like to put this as the first slide of my creative decks when presenting to my creative director.
It sets the bar low so my mediocrity doesn’t come off as terrible.

When you do a cut and you’re super excited and proud. And then the director weighs in and it gets even better! And then... the client makes it worse. And worse again. And worser still. Sigh.

My team lead calls be exactly at the time of logout and keeps pinging me to complete everything by eod.

How can escape from this situation.
I want to set boundaries in the beginning itself.


Any kind of suggestions are appreciated

Just discovered a public slack channel (that very much should have been private) that a few women at my work have been using to bitch about the co-workers they don’t like. There’s a lot of very mean posts about several of the CDs, account people, producers etc. There’s quite a few hateful posts about me and my partner too 🙈 should I tell them?

What do I do if I’ve only worked one job (the one I’m currently at) and another company is asking for references? I could do professors from college but not sure if that’s a good idea. I wish I could give my current manager’s contact but I don’t want her knowing :/

How to tell if your boss likes you?

Can personality make up for work product? I’ve worked on two matters with a first year that multiple partners have referred to as a “superstar.” Their work was just fine on both matters and downright wrong on certain issues/points. I’ve definitely been more impressed by other first years in this class. However, this first year is incredibly outgoing and some would probably consider them “charming” (comes across as a borderline sociopath imo). Could that be why partners think so highly of them?

How do you respond when other educators or staff members negatively refer to children and you know it is based on their color?

I have a virtual interview with Tesla tomorrow for an internship position. What should I wear? This would be first internship, so I’ve never interviewed for a position like this and am not sure how to dress (especially given it’s virtual). Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

How do you deal with a coworker you just simply don't like as a person?

1) Hypothetically if you were looking to sabotage a colleague, can you code an excel document to throw off their numbers or calculations, (if you send them that document and they download it for use)?

Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with discrimination as an Asian in the workplace? In my company it seems like it’s a white boys club where and they just promote white ppl because they’re white. And then they have a lower bar for promotions for minorities (traditional minorities likes Hispanics and African Americans). Meanwhile they make Asians do all the work. I am not generalizing that this is how it is everywhere but it definitely is that way in my workplace. Any advice?

What can a junior associate do about a mid-level that constantly asks questions about things they were cc’d on, sends dozens of piecemeal emails and is generally just super high strung and needs everything right away?? No other mid-levels I’ve worked with act this way and this individual I’m working with is driving me insane and I’ve spent countless hours attaching emails and saying “as explained in the attached email…”

Does anyone else constantly get mistaken for a nurse? I get it, I'm 5'4 and Black and work in pediatrics, but the assumption and casual racism is kind of ridiculous when the actual nurse has just told you that the doctor's coming and then I walk in the door. Doesn't really help when I'm one of the only Black on-call physicians. Annoying.

How do I say to my counselor, "be prepared to see a big fall of my utilization because of things out of my control" without sounding like complaining or having a lot of negativity?

“At dinner John (client) said I have nice legs, grabbed my thigh, put his arm around me & invited me to his hotel. Seems inappropriate.” Boss: “Well we won’t be taking him to dinner again this year”🤯

Networking question here. A retired partner at the firm I used to work out reached out to me recently about attending an afternoon during the week (b4 4/30) with one of his long time clients. The partner and I have kept in touch since I joined my new firm and I feel like his invitation is a great networking opportunity since the client (who I have worked with before) is on a number of boards. Torn as how to request off as an S3. Could materialize to nothing but could be good for reconnecting.

My partner is unstable, refuses to take their meds. Regularly snaps and lashes out at me. Im leaving and I feel compelled to tell HR for my replacement’s sake. Am I out of line?

What is the standard ask for Business Analyst- PreSales with two years of overall experience?

Looking to relocate to the Las Vegas area and trying to get a feel for what pay would be for a dialysis technician with 10years experience.

I am planning to move to San Jose and looking out for salary range offered to audit seniors. I am in the middle of my CPA and just need to pass one more paper. Also I have audit senior experience with EY as contractor for 5 months and 3 years of Audit Senior experience with a mid size audit firm based in houston. Since San Jose is overly priced, I would like to get an estimate that how much EY offers in that location.

Which agencies are mandating in-person return to work? Hearing a lot of agencies are staying virtual through the end of year but mine wants everyone back Tue-Thu starting in September 🙄

Any from Google Cloud looking for Customer Engineers? I passed my onsite, but currently recruiter mentioned there is not headcount to fit me in. Happy to be squeezed in anywhere at this point.

Hi,

Looking for opportunity in procurement in supply chain, have a deep knowledge in P2P if anyone can help kindly refer.

I have 3+ years of experience.
Location -pune

Any advice for final round interviews for PE associate roles? Any unique questions you’ve seen? Any tips on how to standout?

What is middle/back office at a hedge fund like? Specifically roles that are supporting portfolio managers? I’ve been trying to move to PE Ops and came across a promising HF opportunity, so I’m looking for more insights into those projects and type of work.

How is Data services (DATA) BU at LTI? Getting designation for Senior Data Engineer.

Any pharmacist in industry and willing to give some advice on getting in? I’m a clinical pharmacist looking at roles in industry and wondering what positions fit someone who has practiced as a clinical pharmacist in oncology, critical care, and internal medicine who has not done a fellowship? I’ve seen medical science liaison, scientific associate, and market research, any other roles to look into? Thanks.

FCB Health Chicago - What’s it like?

Hi all. I’m looking into potentially transitioning to PE with a background in Finance Transformation consulting @KPMG of 4yrs. Do I stand a chance? Any advice on how to best approach this would be super helpful, thanks.

Moving to the city next week and found out that I need to set up internet (obviously 😅). Any tips on how to go about it? How long it’ll take? Never done this before and I work from home/need internet soon when I move in

Hansen Technologies : £72k
NTT Data: £80k
Tech M:£75 k(with sponsorship covered of worth £10k for 3 years)
Role: solution architect Teleco domain.

Any suggestions?

Im working in AUM reporting side and looking to automate some daily and monthly processes that are done in excel. I know it is possible with python but I know little to no python any suggestions? Or any other software that may be able to help!

Anyone here watch or read Little Fires Everywhere?

Partners - what was the most stressful year of your career? The year before you made partner? Your first year of partnership? The year(s) you or your partner gave birth?

New to IT B2B marketing. Any advice on how to educate myself with IT? Any classes, books, etc. that you recommend?

Apparently every agency sucks according to every "What do you think of Agency X" thread on here. I don't even know why people ask anymore. 😜

Does anyone have contact info for a sales rep for Google Campaign Manager? We have been looking to switch from another platform but haven’t been able to get in contact with sales.

Just read a Q&A with Nick Law (Publicis) in the Drum. Surprised that he perpetuates the "creatives are crazy" stereotype. After 7 agency years I'm pretty sure the account people are the real psychos.

Just started rewatching Happyish, it is so good! If you are jaded by the Ad industry and you have not seen it yet, it’s quite cathartic.

So how much money did Jim Carey get for his Super Bowl spot? Guesses?

Favorite dialogue-driven humor spots?

How soon after starting a new job is it OK to take a vacation? Is it seen as bad etiquette to start a job and, a week in, book a vacation a month in advance? I’d be taking three to five days off.

Recommendations for places to look for UX/UI or visual design roles in Seattle? Not Amazon.

Should I do the IPG employee stock plan? Anyone else do this? Don’t even know if it’s a good stock or not

Best campaigns since the pandemic began?

Only worked at my new job 60 days and I’ve had an epiphany. I will be quitting this new job in 2 weeks to move my life elsewhere. Should I feel guilty? I actually feel very relieved.

For full timers, what percentage of salary do you contribute to your 401k and how old are you?

Anyone know what it’s like to work at Amazon on the Prime Video business ? I’m actively interviewing but this process is so long and drawn out that I don’t know if I want to continue.

Current agency: Juneteenth is an "optional day off"

Agency I'm interviewing with: Juneteenth is an official holiday for the company. Can we schedule you for Monday?

Any advice for presenting somebody else’s work? I’ve been stretched thin on different projects but have to present in place of some of on vacation with little time to prepare.

So we just had a brief where the strategy is just a big pile of nothing. How do I explain to the planners what we need from them?

Pro tip: if you really like a song don’t put it on a spot.

God gives his toughest briefs to his best creatives 😌

Stealing The Crazy Ones and making that mess is a new low.