Kudos to BBDO for their suuuper fun app letting staff brand home offices as “BBDO branches”...AFTER BEING LIKE THE LAST AGENCY TO ADOPT WFH & MAKING EMPLOYEES COME IN WELL AFTER IT WAS CLEARLY UNSAFE

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They had to delay the WFH announcement because the app wasn't ready yet.

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Omnicom’s Wren had to make the decision on Sunday afternoon right before Monday, because agency CEOs dithered too much for several days. So you are correct.

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That said, I am only going by what I’ve heard from friends of mine there and posts on here, so if anybody else at BBDO can confirm or deny this, please let me know, I don’t want to slander unnecessarily but this seems a little bit “too little, too late“

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