I'm not the best at coming up with lines on the spot. I can write good lines when I'm by myself in front of my laptop, but not when I'm talking with my CD or someone else. Is this considered an issue?

How to tell Hiring manager and recruiter that i am not joining company after signing the offer letter?
Reason: I have offer from a better company.

I don't want to burn the bridges.

Linguistic question, should an associate say "my partner" when talking to a client about a partner? To me this comes off like implying your also a partner, but saying "our partner" sounds weird too...

How did you give your notice to your employer? In person vs email? At the end of the day? End of the week? What did you say? Did you share where you are leaving to if they ask?

Have you ever yelled at your coworker in public?

I’m giving my notice on Monday. I’m looking for advice on:
- Checklist of things to do, both before Monday and within next 2 weeks
- Tips on convo informing Counselor / Manager
- Anything else that’s good to know / not well known

I've been almost 3 years in my previous company and never have I ever tasted any raise from them. I got transferred to different accounts and LOB it was so exhausting and finally when I decided to leave and send my resignation my Supervisor be like "you know you should be thankful of your job" To be honest the job was very stressful and supervisor at some point is somehow toxic but thankful I get to take my leave.

Has anyone ever successfully prevented their colleague from being promoted? Spill the dirty deets if so 😈 need some drama in my life.

Anyone else’s love life so DRY that you find yourself having a crush on an older man at work who is in senior leadership? I keep it professional, but I feel like I’m doing something so bad by having this crush.

Good places for buying business casual clothing (men's)?

I struggle w/ deep convos in social settings w/ partners. We have team dinners every few weeks that I go to, but find it tough to engage with them. Doing well on case, but feel it’s career limiting.

Have you ever actually let loose on a customer? I think about it almost on a daily basis but I’ve managed to keep my cool so far

How to work with overachieving colleagues without working my heart out and being compared to them?

My boss was telling me during SARS time ppl were racist towards Asians, didn’t believe her until today I got cut off on the street and a guy stared me down. Sign.

Typical days on a difficult project with a difficult partner

Poll: What dress code do you follow at your home office?

Can I still work as a telemarketer even though I have a noticeable accent? People don't say they can't understand me but they seem relieved when they get to talk to somebody else. My boss acts like I'm not very good at the job and I think it's because some customers think I am an "outsider," for lack of a better term. I just want to fit in.

Dear group account director,
If I tell you click tags can’t be added in an edit, and u don’t trust me and ask the media agency. I can’t save you from embarrassing yourself and our agency.

Looking for professional looking, comfortable, and reasonably priced walking shoes that I can wear to work. I used to wear Cole Haan. Any other recommendations? Thx

Partners / Managing Directors: in your junior years, how did you manage not wanting to work with a Senior Mgr who consistently tries to pull you into work he is doing? (He lies, tries to make you think that he is doing you favors, etc.) Does your answer now change as a Partner / MD?

Is it appropriate to give your PL a gift (MD)? It was a promotion year to SM…

I am finishing my 1 year this coming week. I am a graduate hire. Will my band change after 1 year automatically? Should I expect any hike?

Question for MAIP Summit: How to successfully transition to client side? What are some tips and things you look for when finding a career outside the agency world.

Are customer engineers allowed to work from a country other than US if needed for a few days ? I am planning to visit India for visa stamping and I won’t have much PTOs to take.

Going on a first date in a long time tonight … feeling nervous 🙈

Which credit card do you think is the best for ME consultants?

Looking for info about the engineering culture at Netflix from the perspective of someone who identifies as a woman or non-binary person and is also a person of color. Do you feel safe and included? Would also love some input from someone in a leadership position, do you feel supported as a leader?

What is your toughest challenge hiring someone in their early 20’s?
For lots of different reasons I get the impression that younger people aren’t equipped for the employer, employee relationship.

Does anyone else just not even want to be a people manager anymore?! The amount of work this is taking, I’m just so over it. In addition to them piling on my work (which is a full time job) the people management stuff is just as much a full time job that no one in management seems to take into account. I have tried countless times to explain this but I end up burnt out, everyone suffers including me. I just left one role bc of it and now this new role, same thing. I’m over it.

Anybody who recently upskilled from non coding background to a MEAN or MERN stack ? Need guidance

How strict is Jio background verification?? My wife has not shown her previous company in CV and now HR has asked to share last 3 months salary slip to release offer letter. Is it fine if she skip this company??

Is IB worth the sacrifice of WLB? Obvious pay is really good but are the prestige and pay worth it if you’re planning on only doing it for a couple years?

Currently working at an IRA with great WLB. Honestly I love my job, the firm, and people I work with.

Also doing MBA part time at a T15 school. Thinking about switching to IB but I’ve done my research and I think I would burn out of IB in two years but I might be ok with that for the opportunities after.

Anyone do the daily readings on the national conference of bishops page? If not here’s your friendly reminder.

Also, anyone have success, or know anyone who has had success, using Catholic Match?

I want to buy a new home and then sell my current home after we are moved out. Current home is a VA loan, is there any way to buy the second house on a VA loan?

How hard/often do you get promoted at A&M? What do raises look like from year to year in %?

Meeting with a recruiter at one of the FAANG companies. I won’t be able to move jobs because of H1b /GC at least for the next year. Any idea if I should start off with that or should I just try to understand the work that they have been doing?

Are there any CDs working on Post Mates, Grub hub or Door dash. I just wrote out a whole campaign for fun. Print, commercials, activations, etc. Would love to pitch it.

8 years sober today! I love AA.

Am I the only one that feels people don’t really understand that writing takes time? If anything, the shortest copy can sometimes take the longest time

"I'm not a copywriter so this is gonna be terrible BUT..."

🙃🙃🙃

I don't know if this is a recent change but I’m seeing postings for junior copywriter/community manager roles. Have these roles always been attached or posted at a junior level? Is this merged role worth considering as someone young in the industry with more traditional intern and freelance copy experience.

I’m a copywriter in advertising, but I’m seriously considering a sabbatical to start a novel. Anyone have great resources for book building/novel structure guides?

I once had a creative director tell me to add a blog of my own to my portfolio to make it more personal. Thoughts? If you’ve done this, how did you approach it?

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?

"Use the approved language."

"Why'd you use this language?"

Hiring FT CW in LA. Seasoned mid-level or newly senior copywriter. Boutique agency in Culver City.

Reach out with your book!

Autocorrect and predictive text keep thinking they’re better writers than me and I don’t know why it bothers me so much.

Does anyone else balk a little bit when applying for jobs and the recruiter or job description mentions a lot of blog writing and other content like that?

I was hired to work on one account as the only writer. Told they’re handing me another account (or they may hire another writer). I need and want more responsibility and $$. How to negotiate??

I keep getting recruiters asking to apply for new roles, which is what I thought I wanted because I’m not growing at my agency. But I’m so fatigued I don’t even know if I want to stay in advertising. Have y’all left or took a break to do something different? What did you do?

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?

Any tips for HireVue interviews/Delta Airlines?

Does your art partner contribute to visual descriptions when you’re working on scripts?

LA! Hiring mid-level CWs and ADs! Must have video prod. exp. and be very conceptual.

Solos and teams apply!

LINKEDIN ME (I’m bad at fishbowl)
Samantha Schneiderman (director of creative services)

Would a full time copywriter salary be higher for client side vs. agency side? Debating with a couple friends on it. Some say same. Some say lower at each. NYC. I know there are variables but...

Is it a red flag to interview with a potential new agency that I'd have to move to a different state for and they never give you a chance to ask any questions or fly you out to meet in person?

Please help! I'm looking for writing terminology. At our agency, we are getting more into creative writing vs ... executional writing? Please help me find the right term. Creative means developing the big idea (concepting), writing scripts and headlines with flair, etc.) for an awareness "hook" and then the other camp, which includes brochures, one pagers, banner ads, sales sheets.

What should we call the other type of writing? (Cont in comments)