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She’s awful and the epitome of how to fail upwards. But this has all the hallmarks of a PR move on the part of Wren to soften the blame for what will no doubt be massive layoffs.

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Funny thing... there are still a lot female leaders inside the organization who still try to defend her sudden leaving. Have some dignity people. You don’t have to justify her actions just because she is a woman. What she did was wrong. Inexcusable. Same thing had she been a man.
Wren is not my favorite either. But I’m glad he called it out. Bravo!

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After her disastrous run at DDB, why would anyone be upset she left? I don’t understand this business.

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Rich People Problems

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Looks like you didn't get the joke. Nope.

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Good for him calling her out. She knows nothing about leadership and has absolutely no integrity. Dentsu is just looking for a headline and someone that will get them in the news more often. In about 2-3 years, they will learn she’s a self centered fraud.

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I wonder how long until this post is removed...I’ve seen it happen every time Wendy Clark is mentioned in a negative light. Why is Fish Bowl censoring what is valid criticism from someone who is important in our industry?? Are we not allowed to criticize our leaders??

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Be happy John! Now she’s someone else’s problem.

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👏👏👏👏👏 finally she’s called out for her jumping ship in the middle of a crisis. She shouldn’t be called a “leader”.

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Leaver!

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Her timing was atrocious with this move. Her legacy will be remembered for massive business loss. And the Ted Royer hire was simply inexcusable as she helmed the Me Too Chair. She hit for the cycle.

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John Wren should show more loyalty to employees and their best interests before questioning others. Also she was terrible by most accounts so why would it be a good thing if she stayed?

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There are other people more to blame for losing State Farm, Capital One and Jeep all under a year.

Now when will stockholders and board members call out John Wren? Still don’t understand the ROI on $24 million (or more) a year.

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Senior Manager 1, the person at the top is ultimately responsible at any company. No matter who’s actual fault the screw up is. When an agency is losing all of its clients like DDB, there are many factors and many people involved, but the person at the top is responsible. As a Senior Manager, I think you should know that.

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Apparently Wren didn’t rate Dave and Greg at BBDO. This is spin, Omnicom will shed as much of its ‘terribly talented staff’ as it has to. It’s a real estate company that does so advertising at this point, not the other way around.

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MJ LOL'ed.

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What was her deal anyway?

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Good for him for saying it

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You are absolutely right. This will be down before the end of the day.

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Carole Baskin!

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Was she the real deal? Asking someone who actually works at ddb. The McDonald's thing kind of imploded on her.

She was

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Doubt the dismissal of Dave and Greg is Wren’s problem and doing but the helm at BBDO. A CEO at one of the network’s shop is a problem of his because then he would need to do a search for a replacement.

It’s my understand Wren and Phil have full visibility into layoffs and the likes of Dave and Greg done grow on trees.

Can someone give some context on the whlle Wendy Clark and Mcdonalds story?

Sounds like Author CD may have been one of the creatives that got fired at WAU 😬

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