“I’m not going to get mad at you if you need to log off to put your kids to bed, then log back on later.”
-the CD in my job interview today explaining culture and work/life balance at his agency. The reason I don’t leave my current agency is because all the others seem so much worse. It’s not cuz I love it.

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This is the reason I’m about to reach my 5 year mark at my current agency.

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wow🤢

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what agency are you at? Bc what that CD just described is far and above what I’ve experienced since becoming a parent….

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It still comes off as tone deaf and douchey just better than completely bullish and tone deaf.

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I can’t work out if I respect the person for knowing the reality of our industry and offering flexibility in how to manage that with normal life, or if it demonstrates that company is definitely going to have so much work you’ll work crazy hours (where some have a perception that there is a unicorn agency out there that doesn’t) and just don’t care that after already doing a full day, and then being a parent for a few hours, and eating, that at 9pm you will need to log back on rather than getting a 60min break or some actual sleep!

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Haha! Classic.

And they wonder why there’s a mass exodus in advertising

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