so how did you get made redundant? i got laid off while I was on PTO moving to a new apartment, the weekend before thanksgiving. oh also the week before that, the agency threw a lavish party for winning a pitch.. a pitch i was a big part of.

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Oh man, that fuckin sucks. I’m so sorry.

I was part of Dentsu Creative’s December bloodbath. The North American CEO sent out an agency wide “victory lap!” email the same day as the layoffs, announcing a new business win. It was so tone deaf, which is pretty on-brand for her.

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I was part of a Dentsu November bloodbath. Omnicom/IPG gets a lot of the hate, not enough attention is given to the complete incompetence and mismanagement at Dentsu.

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There was a rushed awful round of layoffs at BBDO way back when which was held on the day of the holiday party because word got leaked to industry press.

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I got laid off the Thursday before I was supposed to return from maternity leave on Monday

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that’s so disgusting and i feel like this happens more than people realize.

Feel your pain! Sorry. Total get it.

Wow new level of savage! Ugh sorry OP!

At one job they sent me an email to call my boss on Christmas Day

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