Omnicom vs WPP? I’m currently at WPP but interviewing for a director level business analytics role. Would love to know what it’s like there post merger! Thanks!

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I just spent 5 years at Omnicom, recently left for WPP. It feels like I’m back with the adults. Omnicom is pushing OmniAI despite it being way worse than WPP Open. They haven’t won any major business, but have lost quite a bit. A lot of layoffs with more to come. Unless you’re at an agency that is winning clients, I’d stay away.

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Stay far away from Omnicom.

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I think you should visit the advertising Reddit group and see what the unfiltered Omnicom folks have been saying the past few months.

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Same thing. Different name

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Omnicom layoffs coming

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just US, or worldwide?

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No, do not, your vacation good luck. Insurance is garbage, 401k, actual badge monitoring. Shitty offices with bare bone teams.

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Wouldn’t do it. Omnicom is just a merger waiting for devaluation post the market realizing the merger is just a cost efficiency play and won’t unlock anything incremental. WPP is most likely to rebound, they are winning business again and have a vision at least (speaking relative to our industry).

The silver lining is you didn’t mention Dentsu as an option.

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Omnicom only allows 10 PTO days a year, enforces their RTO policy via badge monitoring, has minuscule 401K employer contributions, and has the most expensive health insurance I’ve seen from any agency.

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It is negotiable..

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Better analytics leadership at Omnicom, better culture. Of course it depends on the account but good experience for me overall

Media side, 100%.

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Was at WPP, now at Omni.
Suspect much will depend on which agency and which team/client.
Omni agency I joined is a little chaotic. Mixture of layoffs, post layoff restructuring and attrition caused, in no small part, by said layoffs and restructure. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel though.

I had reservations before making the jump, in no small part due to Omni’s reputation as an employer and (default) benefits offered. Despite receiving many plaudits and being constantly reminding of how much value I brought to the account and really good relationship with the client I was going nowhere fast at WPP; I would argue I was going backwards professionally so a new challenge elsewhere suited me.

Overall, all large holdco’s are much of a muchness; most of what you experience is down to the luck of the draw.

Honestly Omnicom is a mess and Wpp is likely to get messier

Just go to Omnicom and then jump back to WPP at a higher salary.

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