New writer on an account. Being pitted against the other existing writer on the account for every project. They take it very personally if my work is chosen over theirs

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Do your best work. If it beats theirs and they get upset and take it personally, they’re not quite getting what their job is

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Crush ‘em

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It’s not your fault if they can’t take it. Getting beat sometimes by better ideas is part of the job.

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Just be nice.

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Survival of the wittest. Embrace it

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Competition is good for making better work. Sore losers are not.

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Had that at my last agency. We ended up genuinely cheering each other on toward the end. We (very slowly) swallowed our pride and turned it into how many good ideas can we could all come up with. We also weren’t scared to talk about our ideas to each other, give feedback and ask for help. It was more of collaboration vs. competition.

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Maybe they brought you into that account to light a fire under the ass of the other writer because s/he is lagging and needs to get with the program. It’s ok to be better than other people. Just be gracious, but if they give you attitude, it’s not your problem, it’s theirs.

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such a shitty, old-school mentality. i hate the “duke it out” bullshit. sorry, OP, but good luck.

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Just keep killing them with ideas then :)

Anyways, that's how it normally works isn't it? Two or more teams present ideas, eventually only one is going to be produced, that's how things work 🤷‍♂️

It's okay to be competitive but if the person hates you for it then that's on him/her

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The vitriol is building. How do I keep the peace?

Can you work together on the projects and share ownership?

👆🏼 Sadly, no. The expectation of “these two teams are duking it out” is clear. I have been nice, but it’s becoming hard with their attitude

Just ignore him and do good work

Lemme guess. You work at Deutsch LA. Classic MO

I feel ya, as long as the playing field is even like no bias, then I would embrace it. Like others said competition = better work

Isn’t that just part of the game? It’s up to you both to realize it’s just biz and not personal.

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