“It’s the little things”

Anyone else feel being a creative director is just not all it was cracked up to be?

I went through two rounds of interviews for
a job that the posting stated $36.66 per
hour (FP&A Analyst)…the company
recruiter had told me in the initial call the
pay could be 32-36 because of the other
benefits. If I do get a job offer what range
should I try for? I was really hoping to get
around the 36-40 but now I feel like they
may try to offer lower than what was
posted. Also there was no range but the
average for this position is upper 70s-90k.
Thanks for any help!

CDs, do you applaud your Art Directors and Designers when they ideate campaign concepts on their own with your occasional input? Asking for a designer.

Any EAs make the make the switch to virtual EA? Have you noticed a decrease in pay and benefits?

How do you all role out your ERG

For those of you that jumped from Big 4 to smaller audit firms, what are some of the things that you did that helped you have a successful and fulfilling career at your smaller firm?

Anyone else having sudden issues with Getty charging for easy access comps?

Experience with keeping the account once your client gets acquired? Does the account get moved to the bigger company’s agency?

How good are brooks Brother sports jacket

Will Stadia make it easier to play Apex at work?

I'm looking to improve my communication skills to navigate a very political environment better (i.e. I need to be more diplomatic). Any books recommendarions are appreciated 💁🏼‍♀️

Graduating senior. Have choices between MBB and SWE at FAANG. Not sure what to do. Long term I’d love to be in a small startup or a leader in a tech company. Not sure which path is better for that. Any thoughts?

Was considering lateraling from one AM15 firm to another. My full-day callback is next week. I have decided I want to stay another year. Should I cancel the interview? Or go for the “experience”?

Got an offer for an Interview with Littler Mendelson. Anyone got any pros and cons, and starting salary for a new attorney in the Midwest?

Entering 3rd year at mid size firm in SE doing ID. I like my firm but really dont like the partner i exclusively work with and am going to put in notice. Do i tell the partner i work with first or the managing partner?

Any craft beer brewers here?

In the last two year I’ve gotten more and more into alcohol free beer. The selection in my country (Europe) is still small and mainly driven by the big brands (e.g. Heineken). My idea is to start my own small brewery which only produces alcohol free beer as a bit of a pendant to the booming local craft beer industry. Any thoughts on that idea or someone who has experience in the market?

I have a big interview in 30 minutes. Please pray for me 🙏🏽

Current TC: 88k (83k base, 5k performance bonus), 3 YoE. Healthcare specific domain consultant. Looking to get into strategy work. Offer at strategy firm is 95k base pre-negotiation . Is this worth jumping over for? Tips on negotiating higher? For reference, manager level at my firm pays 95k base and if I stay, that would take 3-4 years for promo. Thanks for any advice!

What is the longest you have seen someone with less than 50% utilization stay in a firm?

Is it normal for every single call (client or internal) everyone dials in from their desks at an open format office? Everyone avoids takings calls together/conference rooms like the plague.

God I love seeing a slate on TV. I keep seeing one for a Cricket wireless ad. It brings me so much joy.

I'm reading this book on boundaries. In the work section it says I should tell my boss that I can't work after 5 PM. Knowing that advertising work commonly goes past 5 PM...would my job be in danger if I said that?
There's not really a rule book that says I must work until the work is done even though it's an unsaid expectation. Thoughts?

Any tricks for keeping up with social content trends? Anyone know of a site that tracks them?

NYC: my wife has about 16 years of professional graphic design experience in the garment industry. She wants out. She’s thinking about branding, UX, or digital design. Continued....

Saturday night live is getting good again.

Has anyone been able to negotiate anything extra or terms when being laid off?

Any other integrated agencies working in Agile across the full agency? Trying to understand how this plays out as we roll it out.

Wendys twitter interactions are pure gold.

Anybody looking for data folks in NYC?

Hiring managers and recruiters: a lot of well-respected schools (Harvard, BC, Cornell, Penn State, MIT) now have pretty robust online programs. Contd

I laugh during awkward situations. The other day someone called me out on laughing. It was awkward.

Man that TurboTax dancing spot is just....the worst. Sorry but extremely not for me. I like the other “all people are tax people” insight though.

CDs, do you applaud your Art Directors and Designers when they ideate campaign concepts on their own with your occasional input? Asking for a designer.

Will Stadia make it easier to play Apex at work?

Like this post if you want to TP one of Sir Martin's houses with me.

Looking for a new job: all the recruiters don’t reply back or are OOTO

Not looking for a job: 5 emails a day offering you great opportunities

Anyone have a recommendation for books or resources on upping my sales game? Open to in person class, online class, books, etc!

What small or mid sized NYC shops are doing good work right now?