The agency workload is too much. Making great work and selling a lot, but feel underwater all day, night, and through weekends. Where have other creatives pivoted career-wise?

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In-house. Consistent workload, higher pay, more granular, log off at 5 (generally).

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Granular meaning everything is thought out to death — especially with performance metrics and audiences in mind. Far more detailed. And of course, with the perspective that you want the brand/company to grow and do well (especially because bonuses are tied to performance).

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If your company gets big enough and just makes creative its own internal agency, you get the worst of both worlds 🙌 what even is a bonus?

in-house is your security blanket!

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