Seeing people becoming senior creatives with barely 2 years experience and not much work to show for it and in bigger ad markets. Are agencies really that desperate?

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I got promoted to a director position after 10 months, with no experience before that first position. Respect the hustle

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Idk why this was so funny lol

Agencies are desperate to sign people in positions for less money than what the people who are currently qualified for those positions demand.

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Nah, people just hustling.

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Lying ain't cool, but props to anyone who can speed things up.

Desperate to underpay ppl but give them title boosts? Always.

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Yes. The holding company agencies at times recently have had 30 or 40 open positions. They’re struggling hard to attract talent.

The labor market is starting to change, but for awhile there you could get more money and a better title than you normally would.

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I can almost guarantee they aren’t getting paid like senior creatives.

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Agencies want to to make money off their hires. Therefore, sometimes they’ll hire an “ACD” with zero experience, pay them a mid or senior level salary, then in turn, bill the client for a real, $150K ACD salary so they can turn a profit.

If I was a client and saw my AOR pulling this crap, I’d pull my business immediately

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“ACD”: “Wow, I really got one over on them!”
Agency charging for ACD price but paying mid-level salary: “Wow, I really got that over on them!”

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