I was recently made ACD, and it hasn't been easy at all. The hardest part of it all is seeing how concepts I build out with the team get completely butchered by the time the juniors on the team flesh it out on a deck and I get to revisit it. I've had bad ACDs before, so I know I'm doing my best job explaining myself. And then why I go in and make changes, the juniors understandably get very bummed out. Can't get myself to let it go. Does anyone else feel this way?

PARTNERS: two questions —1. If you see an associate has really low hours for the month, do you imagine them chillen on a beach somewhere or do you consider they probably spent most of their days sitting in front of the computer being “available”? 2. If you send an associate a random e-mail on a weekend like “Can you pull X and send to Y”, would you get annoyed if they responded saying they weren’t by a comp or would you consider it reasonable that they wouldn’t be by a comp on a weekend?

Can you take and drive leased car from US in Canada?

If my H1 is up for extension on July 2019, when should I initiate extension. Can I change my home city in that time period?

Can H1B holders filed unemployment when serving grace period for 60 days? D provided information in Separate Memorandum?

I asked for a counter offer at Tiger and they say pls join the other company ..... even if u join Tiger your doj will be pushed by a month.
Did anyone also get this kind of answer.

Anyone have any insight on base salary for a Staff 2 in the BC group? Got an offer the other day and was wondering if it was on the lower or higher end. Thanks!

What are your tricks for getting started at the beginning of the work day once you’re on site? I have the hardest time getting my brain engaged to begin working, often wasting huge chunks of time.

Base salary for top end Principal in Singapore? MBB / OW?

Hello everyone.
Hope you're all doing good.
I appeared for the interview for KPMG GS for the role of Associate Consultant.
So far there has been an online assessment, round 1of interview with assistant manager, round 2 of interview with the Manager.

Are there gonna be more rounds of interview..? If not, what is expected timeline they take to make the final decision..?

Thanks in advance.

Anyone have any experience consulting? I have a long term gig and wanted to know how I should charge for my consulting services?
The company said that they would send me an offer on Monday and I wanted to see what is a reasonable expectation for hourly pay?

What should a big law clerkship bonus be after one year of clerking for a federal appellate court? Trying to make sure I do not leave money on the table.

What makes a great agency environment (aka, culture)? Having worked in several, it almost sounds like an oxymoron. But if YOU were in charge, what would you do to provide a great employee environment?

Anyone willing to chat about a PEPI M&A Services role I'm shooting for? Would really appreciate the networking.

Hi...One of my friend is joining in Kpmg GDS after having an experience of 9 years in Audit...what would be the expected salary in Kpmg..?

My team is in need of an experienced senior accountant. With inflation and the job market taken into consideration, wanted to get some insight regarding the salary range in the NYC area.

Company is offering me either a macbook pro or dell xps for a non engineering role. Which laptop should I choose? I’ve only done professional work on PCs

Anyone working for Pill Pack (Amazon) willing to talk to me about their experience?

Been thinking about going freelance. What are your best tips for making the jump and finding work? Should I just connect with a recruiter and gobble up contract gigs? Not sure how it all works.

Just had to go to thesaurus dot com to look up synonyms for “exciting”. I think I need a vacation….

Any copywriters (in branding/otherwise) currently report to a strategist instead of a CD? Trying to have an open mind about them approving copy without judgement but it’s like pulling teeth for me.

I’m a copywriter and I’m shite at writing cover letters, which makes me feel like a fraud. Any other writers feel this way? Any advice?

RANT: People re-writing a cw’s stuff has always been painful. These days it’s far more common than when I started. It’d be one thing if they upgraded the work. If I learned from it. If I genuinely seethed with envy over their wit w/that perfectly placed semi-colon. People can’t re-art direct stuff bc they don’t know the programs so they ask the ADs for changes. Word and a keyboard made everyone think they can write. Which they can’t. Google Slides is Google slip ‘n slide into (bad ref. here.)

Working with a Junior AD who’s too opinionated & doesn’t respond to my feedback well. He’ll just show ideas that I’ve already debunked/scripts that aren’t very good, which makes me look bad. Advice?

If that’s your Art Director, then why is he in my google doc?

How old were you when you started as a junior copywriter?

Do you charge your clients for time spent on email communication?

Would any of you goofballs want to join an informal drinking group for copywriters who write non-advertising stuff like fiction, non-fiction, comedy, plays, poetry or whatever?

Jumping off a related topic: am I delusional to not care about jr/int/sr level titles? I've been a "copywriter" since the day I started and steadily gained responsibility, autonomy, and money. Happy with career progression, always getting juicier assignments, work directly with ECDs/CCOs... am I missing something crucial? Is my case an anomaly? Or is it okay not to push for a title upgrade?

Anyone doing NaNoWriMo this year?

I think it’s so crazy that once you sign-full time as a CW, you can’t freelance as well. Feels like there’s so many opportunities out there for freelance roles but the full-time gig steals us from them ☹️

Shout out to everyone who’s ever had a white paper to “copyedit” that they just ended up rewriting entirely. I’m there today.

When non-ad ppl ask you what do you do? In terms of title; do you tell them “copywriter”? Or immediately assume they dont know and might confuse it with copyright infringement, and just end up telling them that you’re a writer or a creative director, and skip the hassle

Sick of writing emails client-side all day and can’t seem to get into an agency. What’s another career path for a copywriter? Getting too old to try and become a teacher or anything.

How common is it for writers to go to the video shoot they co-wrote? If they aren’t invited, and the CDs go instead, is that a leadership perk or an insult?