Pandemic induced pressure & burnout. Is every agency bad at present? Desperate to move on before it kills me but worried it’s not diff anywhere else. Hearing people are off sick in lots of agencies.
Or does anyone have positive experiences to share?

Any suggestions for healthy self help books? Or healthy eating or understand why we get cravings? Looking for self help books alone those lines to help get my eating right

When you encounter a conspiracy theorist re the vaccines, do you set them straight or do you just ignore it? I struggle w how to approach this.

Mental Health, inherited or choice? I am finding myself struggling with processing that ADD, Depression, or Bipolar is a chemical imbalance in the brain vs. behavioral therapy. The best analogy given to me is you would treat diabetics with insulin so why not consider prescriptions to help mental health. 2020 has thrown more at me than I’m able to handle. Has anyone here noticed a significant improvement after a prescription to help psych issues?

Which agency has the Corona virus test kits account? Any rumblings of which client is working on a vaccine?

I was recently promoted, and now part of my team report to me. I'm now able to see their pay rates and I am honestly so disappointed in the company. Especially since we just gave annual raises in Feb, plus we can all see where the money is going and it's not to the employees. Makes me sick

I have a therapist that I see twice a month and it has helped me to some extent. I feel like I’m in a general plateau. I feel like we are going through some repetitive themes that I see and understand. I have high functioning depression and I’m going through the “and what?” Phase of it all. Is this common? How do you move on?

I'm a little worried about microplastics in my food. Is this just hysteria?

Is it too much to ask a home health company for someone to shadow/orient? I was just hired PRN and that was something I asked for during the hiring process and the recruiter agreed. Never heard back and it’s been several weeks yet keep getting texts from the schedule if office to see patients. Is this typical for home health or a red flag? I have only worked in SNF and acute so I am new to HH plus this company specializes in lymphedema therapy. I am a CLT but want just a little but of training.

For those of you who had miscarriages after IVF, was there an underlying cause? Did you do genetic testing of your embryos? Did you do frozen or fresh transfer? Are there any ways to minimise chances of miscarriage during ivf?

Appointment for marriage license seems unavailable on Project Cupid entirely. Anybody know why or have tips? We’re looking to get married early July… (finally pulling the trigger after waiting for pandemic to go away)

Hi! Have any here gone the natural cycle IVF route? What was your experience like? Did you have success in growing your family this way? Would you recommend it to others?

I gained weight during my last relationship (probably around 30 lbs, and I’m 5’9”). Before my relationship, I felt like I could get any guy. But I’ve been single for 2 years now and it’s been so hard to date. I’m not sure if maybe I’ve lost confidence, but I legitimately don’t know how to get a guy to be interested. Any pointers?

December is typically slow due to EOY/holidays. How to maintain momentum when losing motivation and don’t want to stall until Jan?

What's your favorite thing about being a physician? With all the stress and heavy stuff we deal with, it's nice to reflect on the positives sometimes...

Any medical writer/ scientific writer here?

I'm 29 and have acne! Tried everything, have temporary success with tretinoin (by temporary I mean - I get acne back while continuing usage) . I saw Proactive MD ad. Any experiences with it?

****KGS-FNF****
Hi, I have paid medical insurance premium of 27300 in the month of April 2022. My last working day was 17th October. I have talked with finance team, they told me I will get the 27300 rupees on FNF
Today I received mail from KPMG. On FNF , 27300 rupees in not included.

What should I do? Need your help guys!

Quality engineering VS software engineering. I am currently a quality engineer in medical device. I have 4.5 years of experience. I’m stuck between getting a degree and continuing in quality / manufacturing or switching to software where I know money is great. Thoughts?

My job just announced mental health benefits to help end the stigma: 25 therapy sessions for employee+family a year at no cost. 🍾🍾🍾

Just got a new kitten. We already had a cat that is 4 years old. She has never hissed ever in the two years we had her and now she hisses at the new kitten. We are doing slow introductions between doors and things like that, but there seems to be very little improvement. Any other tips or tricks anyone can provide?

Recent admit here - how important are these pre-MBA Virtual networking sessions? Feeling like it’s hard to network virtually.

I’m looking to get into Tech Sales and would love to connect with a fellow sales savvy for tips on how to crush my interviews but also perfect my resume. I’m coming from a fintech background

Looking for a salesforce referral, highly qualified, passionate product manager seeking something new! Will DM the role(s)!

Anybody joined PWC UK recently? Have some questions around allowances if you would be so kind to answer.

Interviewing for a Practice Manager position, what Level should I expect (L6/7/8/9?) Also, any interview prep advice?

Can anyone tell me what is the SA2 salary range in advisory for more than 5 year experience

It’s amazing the power that asking easy-to-answer questions can have on a community. It’s a great way to get nervous users more comfortable with engaging.

Can anyone refer for PMO vacancy.
Relevant YoE is 5.5 yrs
Total is 7.5 yrs
Loc Gurgaon
CTC 1105000

Tumi Store in Mcnamara Terminal (DTW) is closing everything is 20% off.

Is there a good probability of receiving an offer after an on-site interview with Deloitte? Interviewing for digital care group.

Hey guys, any idea on where to go for audio system diagnosis for Audi in NJ/NY area?

How do you plan to care for yourself this week?

Best place to research salaries? I’m getting a wide range. Glassdoor is “highly confident.” Should I be highly confident in their range? I’m researching a Sr. Director Corporate Communications role in a major health care org. HELP!

Anyone know what the current atmosphere is like in McCann New York after they lost one of their biggest clients, U.S. Army? Does losing such a client deteriorate an agency’s culture/career prospects?

BEST or WORST ECD/CCO in London? GO! 👏🏽

How is Karmarama these days? Good work + nice people? Can’t access the campaign school reports…

Anyone found the silver / bronze winners for Creative Circle yet?

What’s going on at Engine? Seem to be losing a lot of good people including the CSO.

So, who wants to vouch for me to Soho House?

Canadian copywriter looking to hop across the pond next year on T5/Youth Mobility Visa. What should I know in advance?

Are there any recruiters in this bowl? What would inspire you to post openings?

Best recruiters for client side roles?

Is it standard or common for ad agencies to cover egg freezing and/or IVF? It’s a common perk in the US

Londoners what is your agency pregnancy leave policy? At ours the current procedure for women is: less than 3 years of employment 6 weeks full pay and 12 weeks 50%. 3+ years you get 12 weeks full and

Our senior creative leadership keep talking about winning Cannes Lions and D&AD pencils but none of them have actually won any since 2007 (that’s 14 years 😭 ) and between all three of them they’ve never won more than a couple of silvers, a couple of bronzes and a couple of in-books (that’s with a combined experience of over 60 years 😭). They have no clue 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭. Tell me something about your agency so that I can feel better about the hell-hole I find myself in🙏

Opinions about Phantom?

With all these redundancies happening, how can we as a community help each other? We had a thread about new job opps, but it didn’t get much traction... Shall we try again?

What’s BMB like to work at?

London parents: What’s the best place to buy uniforms for girls? Would also be grateful for any tips for making it feel a bit less…well, uniform.

Can anyone honestly tell me what Mother is like? I’m an AD. Early pregnant. Weighing up offers from equally top agencies. I’ve heard Mother ‘doesn’t treat staff well’. Is that true? All views welcome

Visa friends! Had an interview in London, got the verbal, and am doing the visa dance. Started the process 2 weeks ago with HR and now they've ghosted me since then, though they said I have stuff to fill out ASAP. Normal? And am I too American pushy if I reach out to the hiring manager (and my future team) for an update instead?

My agency is making salary cut backs cause of covid-19. Whole agency at 80%. Because I'm on a junior salary in Manchester that means 80% is less than minimum wage. Do I have any rights?

Considering moving to London to freelance until I find fulltime, how’s freelance currently looking?