So what’s the best agency right now, in terms of culture, work/life balance (lol), and work?

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I feel like at best this is one of those “pick 2” things. The work is good and culture good but WLB sucks. Or good culture and WLB but the work is boring. Or work and WLB are good but it’s toxic. Pick your poison.

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No, but I guess I hope. I think the first two are definitely the more common- either the work is lackluster or the WLB is awful.

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Intouch Solutions (Chi) is pretty good! Except for launch brands...

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Not A23

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Said agency.

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They are all the same. Long hours, painful processes, infinite rounds or revisions, messy routes, lots of back and forth, boring work, etc

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Tim from A23.

Klick

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That’s so wild to me I’ve literally been on a brand that has us billing at like 75% and that’s a stretch. They just pushed us to a launch because the brand team made the work so delayed.

Pretty happy at H4B Chelsea. Work life balance is good — the occasional late night but that’s no different than anywhere else.

The work is mostly HCP which is kind of a shame because I’d like to experience more patient/consumer — but lots of exciting new biz work/launches coming.

I love our culture. I truly feel valued and cared for. Im working on a team where I’ve met almost no one in person but leadership has done a great job keeping us “social” while being remote.

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Completely agree with that at the HOV (newly to be renamed since we’ve expanded so much in the year past hematology and oncology) I also work pretty much equal parts on DTC and HCP which I love.

Happy to say The Bloc is delivering on “people first” promises for me, so far. :)

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I’m still new-ish, but have heard (and seen) some great efforts to move things forward.

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Heartbeat is killing it in terms of culture and making genuine efforts in terms of work-life balance. But I wouldn't want to be a producer here. We're going to have to address that.

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I was also a producer there. Work life balance was NOT a thing. Culture is fake. Leadership doesn’t really care. Except for maybe Michelle.

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Not Grey

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Can't say I love the work life balance where I am, but the culture is ok? It comes down to clients being insane and nobody challenging them.

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Nothing. Pick your poison. I say make sure you read them right on the interview and make sure they’re someone who you want to work with. Everything else is all the same.

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Not merge (formerly sandbox)

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Really liking the work/life balance where I’m at. DDBH has Friday MyDay and it really helps ease into the weekend without the craziness of back-to-back meetings.

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Not havas, I’ll tell you that much.

My team at Havas is great.

MRM for culture, people.

Pharma is pharma wherever you go— it’s what you make of it and how much you can convince clients to break the mold. When you can do that, you get to do really interesting stuff.

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Is IB worth the sacrifice of WLB? Obvious pay is really good but are the prestige and pay worth it if you’re planning on only doing it for a couple years?

Currently working at an IRA with great WLB. Honestly I love my job, the firm, and people I work with.

Also doing MBA part time at a T15 school. Thinking about switching to IB but I’ve done my research and I think I would burn out of IB in two years but I might be ok with that for the opportunities after.

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How did your attitude towards work and work-life balance change?
Have you ever revisited or regretted your conclusion? Why/why not?

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Australian 🐟 - how's wlb in Australia? It's a long shot but might be looking at a potential move... Mostly within consulting itself though.
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Netflix

Pros: ?

Cons:
- culture deck is something else: if they think they can do better than you, they will just let you go

- they think they’re the Yankees: if you’re batting.385, but they think there is someone out there who can bat .400, you’re going to get fired

- they will openly discuss at a meeting why you suck

- Reed Hastings' leadership style was once described as being "unencumbered by emotion". A VP once told him he's not a good listener and tends to be unempathetic.

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