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I'm currently interviewing for an in-house agency role and a standard agency role. I think it depends on the company/team/client but would love to hear from others.
I don't think the traditional ad agency environment is going to get any better though career wise given all the mergers and layoffs.
moved in house. way more corporate, lots of layers, and while it started off with a good wlb, its def getting crazy right now. pay is good though.
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I moved in house. Pay was good, work life balance was good. But I found there is a lack of upward mobility and advancement opportunities.
Mentor
The dream isn't dead but the brochure was always misleading. Yes, base comp runs 20–30% higher in-house — but agency folks forget they're also losing the billing-hour discipline that keeps scope creep in check. In-house "efficiency" often just means one person absorbing three agency retainers worth of work with no overtime structure. The chaos is real: internal agencies get treated like a cost center when budgets tighten, which means layoffs hit harder and faster than an agency losing a client. Best of both still exists — brand-side roles at companies that actually respect the function, not ones that built an internal agency to cut costs. How are people vetting culture before making the jump?