Rumour is that they’re going to push us to five days in the office. VCCP, stand firm. Fight. Call them out.

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5 days in office coming up with different ideas for animal mascots 😞

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This push for rto is insane. I’d much rather have creatives that can think, dream, and ideate when and how it works for them.

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I’m surprised it’s taken this long for agencies to stop pretending they care about what their people want tbh.

But there’s more cruelty in letting the pretence continue for nearly 5 years, because now so many will have built their lives around flexible office days.

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Yeah, there’s quite a few people here who have moved out of Ldn for what they see as a better life. Three days in the office worked for them. It does for most of us. With 3 days in we do get to collaborate and catch up and also get time to actually do some deep creative thinking at home. Everyone just sits here in silence with their headphones on anyway so I can’t see any benefit to being in this office more.

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Look up the WPP petition and join in

Tell us more... where are you hearing this rumour?

The GC

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