Merry Christmas fishies. I had a nightmare last night that I was being RIFed from Scrooge, Inc. on 1/5. Is anyone else super paranoid that they’ve got a target on their back for taking MTO even though work is slow while clients are closed. My anxiety is so bad that it’s been hard to feel joy for the holidays, all I feel is worry and stress.

For those that made partner (or NEP but where it basically means you’ll be equity eventually), what was your favorite gift you received? Trying to decide what to get a close (work) friend!

Do you all use SW testers in your process?

What impact has the prestige of your school had on your career?

McKinsey consultants- I remember hearing that you have a different comp model from most firms (where title and pay aren't necessarily linked). Does anyone mind elaborating?

A&M fishes ! Waiting for an offer from PEPI MAS today. What’s a realistic TC for a manager on average ? I know it’s very much dependent on utilization but I’m looking for average numbers that someone you have seen during your time at the firm. Lowest and highest in addition to average are appreciated as well 😊

Is there any advantage to telling a company you are interested in working for in the future where you decided to accept an offer from? Or does it not matter? I accepted an offer a week ago with a great company (Company A) that for this season in my life seems like a great fit and only strengthens what I have to offer company B down the road. Company B just sent me a request for interview and I want to keep the door open with Company B but they were just very late in extending an interview.

Hi Fishes, Need advise.. what will be fair deal to demand the package from 2nd company when holding offer from 1st company for 16 LPA Fixed.
Negotiation with 2nd company scheduled this week.
Pls note:
Industry: Banking & Finance
CCTC: 10.5 LPA Fixed
YOE: 8yrs (2 Years in Banking & 6 Years in Market Research)
Tech Stack: Data Analysis/SQl/Tableau/Spark/Alteryx

If you asked to be considered for early promotion and didn’t get it (despite being highly rated, exceeding billable goal, etc) would you look elsewhere? Is it right to be angry about it? I don’t want to spin myself up unnecessarily if it’s unjustified

Brisbane hotels - Hilton or Sofitel?

How do you approach usability testing for new onboarding sequences? I work with a variety of SaaS businesses and recently requests have come in to test onboarding prototypes.

New users are the first to touch onboarding so how do I recruit the appropriate participants to test? Recruiting new users doesn’t seem feasible, I would think we should run A/B tests and cross-check analytics to measure success? Any insight is appreciated!

Anyone know who illustrated the Seamless subway ads?

Hi fishes!

Looking anyone who can reffer me for SIEM / SoC l2 analyst roles in India, have experience in content development and siem implementation. 4.6 years, serving notice period.

Thanks in advance!

Playing my first round of the year tomorrow. For those living in places with snow, golf season is finally here!

Hello Fishesh,

Can someone please help me in filing ITR? CA are charging 10% on returns. Not sure if we can do it by our ownself and save the same amnt.

Hi All,

I have 4 years of experience as a Salesforce developer.
Can anyone suggest good product based company for Salesforce developer.
I have extensive development experience on apex,Aura,integration. After after spending 3 years in service based companies, learning is very low pace now. So wanted to switch to a product based company.
Attend one interview in sirionlabs and got offered but not sure how it is.

Looking for opportunity in abroad in data science. I've 4+ years of experience in data operations and 1 year of experience in data science

which agencies are hiring juniors?

How long are you typically on the phone each day? My phone time has steadily increased throughout the pandemic to around 6 hours per day

What’s the inside scoop on Saatchi’s PMO?

Thoughts on Klick??? Very intrigued

IMO I’ve never seen more pharma jobs open. And I keep seeing so many people in non-pharma looking for new jobs... well, we’ve got them. What’s the disconnect? Why do you think people won’t make the switch?

Is it possible to move from a copywriter job to medical writing?

What are some examples of fun and engaging workshop techniques you’ve done virtually? Looking to try something different in our next upcoming client session.

Thoughts on TBWA\WorldHealth?

A recruiter there reached out to me about a Copy Sup job. What should I be looking out for?

Is there special experience or knowledge you'd need to be effective at a GCD level in Pharma? Or is it like any other account, just different products? I'm considering making the switch from general market advertising.

New to the industry and wondering what a typical Pharma Copywriter does in their role. A bit concerned about the lack of actual copywriting I'm doing so far.

How do we get them to shorten the consumer ISI? It serves no ethical purpose and physicians hate it. Here’s my version:

Apparently some journals can prevent sci-hub from sharing their content now.

Do you know of a sci-hub alternative for free journal articles?

How much should I ask for for an Art Sup role?

So what’s the best agency right now, in terms of culture, work/life balance (lol), and work?

Best west coast pharma agencies?

Have an interview to work with a global pharma company and i have to send videos of me answering questions. Anyone had a similar interview process?

If I was a junior on a team during a campaign launch, is that something I can put in my book? I helped during the concepting phase, was responsible for keeping the boards up to date, and wrote a lot of the supporting materials (print, social etc) but obviously I was not on the shoot or the lead on writing the script. As long as I’m clear about my role is that acceptable?

Has anybody moved into Pharmaceutical Marketing from Consumer Marketing? Thinking about it as a potential career decision. Understand the biggest challenge in my market is the inability to market to consumers.

Thoughts on Micromass?

Could someone please explain the creative hierarchy in pharma? In general market the roles are normally: JR CW, CW, SR CW, ACD, CD, GCD, ECD. How are creative supervisor roles the same/different? Thx!