TBWA Media Arts Lab: any information on what it’s like in the LA office? Culture? Working environment? Strategy team? Considering a cross country move from NY, is it worth it?

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Give your life up for a few years and you come out of it on top. Be prepared to make the sacrifice.

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MAL is not ideal but a much better place than TBWA because chiat/day was fine until merged with TBWA...LA though is still a good place vs.NY which is horrible-goes for both NY and Worldwide! MAL is the only stable revenue and only profit center they have going on in TBWA. If they lose that they’re done as an agency.

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I've only heard 2nd hand reports, but the gist I've gotten is a competitive culture, awful hours, but great pay

The people I know there have all given me the impression that it’s unfulfilling, things are always changing at the last second, no work/life balance, and it doesn’t sound like the pay is great. And they complain about all the traffic.

I can only imagine if a current MAL worker posted anything on here the fruit company would sniff you out and erase your career and sue the pants off of you. I was scared of fire and brimstone if anything leaked.

All I can say is there are lots of black out dates, code names and fidgety thumb scanners years ago.

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