Sorry, Italy.
I still refuse to pronounce Nutella as “nu-tella”.

But yeah. What a shakeup for Battle Creek.


https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5463521/ferrero-kellogg-cereal-nutella?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=threads.net&utm_campaign=npr

Decided to give a guy another chance after politely turning him down. Turns out my intuition was damn right about his ego… trust your intuition folks, not worth it.

Recieved an offer from PwC at M, they already raised initial offer by 2k but now I'm hearing rumours salary adjustments coming into effect in July, should I go back and ask for more?

Are new associates in your firm eligible for bonuses in their stump year?

Many companies have these strict policies about what you can and cannot post on social media, which is fine and all, but the second you try to address a concern or highlight something in your workplace that could be improved, they will come down on you like the hammer of Thor.

When mba consultants shred your resume, is it because it’s really that bad or are they being overly critical. Used one late in the game because deadlines and she tore mine apart. Now I’m worried i won’t get in to wherever i already applied

What are the best and easiest EMBA programs to get into?

Anyone have updates on the HBS R2 process? Other schools have released dates for interview invites; haven’t seen anything come across for HBS beyond the “early Feb” mention a few weeks ago.

What are your strategies for completing work efficiently? How do you figure out how long projects should take? A consistent piece of feedback on my yearly reviews has been that I over-bill & spend too much time on assignments. It’s something I actively work on, but I still have no concrete sense of how long I should spend on basic tasks (e.g., drafting a motion to dismiss). My firm is right to expect that I manage my time better as a mid-level associate. WFH has made my time management worse.

“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”

Sir Winston Churchill

Best hotel to stay in Dubai for projects?

How are other people approaching inventory counts during covid, for people with 6/30 year end clients? Need ideas. Anyone thinking of doing a virtual audit of the count?

Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin. I'm a reporter with more than 32 years of experience and I feel that, lately, local television news has been kind of dead, but I am pleased to fight for it from my local newspaper. Locals love to see someone from their own town succeeding or finding out something inspiring.

I am a firm believer that this will not change for a long time, local TV will continue to live as long as we stand for it.

My coworker has the flu and sits directly in front of me. All day they coughed without covering their mouth. Right. At. Me. Ugh. STAY HOME.

Question! I just moved(transferred) to another team of my company and received new title, graphic & creative services. I was a senior graphic designer at the previous team. What do you think about my new title? I know that title is not a big thing but why I feel like my title is downgraded here… Good thing is my jobs here at my current team are what I really wanted to do. This is amazing. I love my new team and people here! Super healthy working environment! But just curious about the title.

What are some good personal finance books?

Need Advice - I have been a copywriter since 8 years now with in-house and agency background. How can I make the transition and become a UX Writer or a Content Strategist? Is it worth doing a User Experience course from a university? What should be my next steps?

I'm up for a pharma agency senior CW role in the Rx/HCP vertical. I have been freelancing for 11 years, so mostly contract rates between $50 and $80 p/h (lower end on W2, higher 1099). They want to know my 1099 rate and salary requirements if full-time employee. Would $75 hourly and $110K be within range? They are in Philadelphia. I have been working in the Chicago, San Fran, and NYC markets mostly.

Hi All, I'm currently working as a Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys in Application support and maintenance(Infra team) role for Oracle - Argus Enterprise edition. My current CTC is 3.92 LPA. I am not happy with my career and financial growth after 2.5 YRS. Can someone please provide a refferal for better CTC in a similar role? I'm open to learning new technologies as well! Thank you so much.

I'm 4 years qaulfied & in an accounts based role with exposure to personal tax. Starting to feel my learning is slowing down. Due to acquisitions I feel like I'm falling down the pecking order and while I love it there concerned about my long term direction.

Ultimately I want to start up on my own and currently thinking if I use the next year to gain an tax based qailfication (ACA) looking at ATT?

Alot to unpack but welcome advice, would I benefit from ATT/advice on starting up?

Got laid off. Just started at the agency. Was so excited because it’s a great shop. Now what?

I'm reading this book on boundaries. In the work section it says I should tell my boss that I can't work after 5 PM. Knowing that advertising work commonly goes past 5 PM...would my job be in danger if I said that?
There's not really a rule book that says I must work until the work is done even though it's an unsaid expectation. Thoughts?

So I was laid off. Is it okay to talk about it at my next job interview? Feels like everyone knows anyway.

how many of you get high before/during work?

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Added a recruiter on LinkedIn from an agency I don’t really wanna work at. Now he and a few people from that agency is looking at my LinkedIn profile. 😒

When you become EXECUTIVE creative director, do you have to dress executively like with executive slacks or can you still wear the denim pants?

In NYC going from Junior CW to Mid at same agency. Currently making 72k. How much to shoot for?

Why am I so bad at leaving voicemails. Anyone else have this problem?? Wtf is wrong with me 😭😭

What are the steps to becoming a marketing manager on the client side?

Hey strategists, what’s something you would love an intern to provide you with or something they have done that made your life a little easier? (Cont.)

I’m a strategist interested in branding shops like interbrand. But I hear they aren’t doing well these days since everyone claims to be a brand consultant. Also I’m curious about the work

I find it insane that recruiters have been calling me on Teams. How is that ok and not seen as disruptive?

Books on human psychology that have affected you. I'll start: influence, sales Bible, on killing.

Those that have pivoted/are considering pivoting out of advertising, what are you doing now/interested in doing?

How many of you have met your significant other at work?

Does anyone else feel like people who are generally nice in person and on calls sound mean or stand-offish in emails and text/chat? I get that over-use of friendliness in text can come off as green/immature, but I tend to try and cushion my words with positivity or even exclamation marks/the occasional emoji to show that I don't sound completely unemotional.

Or maybe i'm just an overthinking copywriter who's reading into it too much.

If you get an offer a few days before you have a final interview (or while you're waiting to hear back), is it okay to ask for some time? Or do they expect you to answer right there?

i'm in the final round for 2 different media positions in 2 completely different places (NYC and NC) and things are moving really quickly for both. the NYC job is my dream one but they're both offering $40k so i'm conflicted. any advice would be helpful lol

Anyone still being asked to come into the office for pitches?

Didn’t know who the CCO is when I was asked about it in an interview... is there anything I can do to redeem myself? I feel like I really dropped the ball on this lol

Here’s to hoping the start of the new Serena Lincoln navigator ad is the end of the Mathew mcconaughey Lincoln Navigator ads