I'm at a WPP agency and just got a raise. It was wayyy overdue and not at all what I was hoping for. Boss says "that's how it is with WPP." Is there anything I can do?

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People told me the way you get the big raises is leave and come back.

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A WPP raise is the unicorn of the ad industry.

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Leave WPP.

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WPP raises are few and far between and when you finally get one it is pathetic.

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Walk.

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