The best ideas my team has often come from random hallway chats or late-night Slack messages, not the big scheduled brainstorms. For those of you in creative roles, have you found any small habits or rituals that reliably spark better ideas than the classic let’s all sit in a room with Post-its?

Does anyone freeze with deadlines, and if so what works for you? Whenever I have a deadline my brain freezes and refuses to work. It used to be that my brain worked overtime right before a deadline - now it refuses to work until after a deadline. I think this is because all of my deadlines are internal and I’ve never had a partner look at anything immediately after a deadline. This is affecting my work obviously - any tips would be useful and appreciated!

What do you guys think of JvM / Sports these days?

Hi Everyone, I'm a refugee in the U.S. Work permit granted by the Gov. Have extensive (non-tech) work experience in my country. Is it possible to relaunch my career even with an entry-level job? Possible obstacles and solutions to overcome?

Anyone who got immigration medicals done in the Bay Area for i-485? Any place you recommend? Do they take insurance?

H1B visa stamped.

While applying for visa my company quoted 80K as compensation. Now they want to reduce it to 75K.

This feels like unfair practice. Is it common? What should be my approach?

Has anyone recently joined EY GDS Noida location and collected their laptop from office?

Hi fishes,

I have been given rank 42(senior tech lead 3) for my 12+ years of experience . Is that correct one ? I'm not much aware of the ranking and designation in EY, could you tell me if this is corect or should I ask something else for my experience? I am yet to accept the same as I got confused with the designation

@Assurance - Promotion letters started rolling out already?!

I have been married for 3 years. We have been trying to have a baby and found out my husband is shooting blanks and requires surgery to possibly resolve that. Recovery is 4 weeks and he refused. He is also not open to adopting or fostering or using someone else’s sperm. What do I do now?

How much are firms currently looking to hire within the advisory practice given there may be signs of recession? Will it be easy to internal transfer to MC with an above average rating?

Hey y'all, kind of a two part question:
1. I enjoy the people management more than individual contributor stuff. What career paths do you see in our industry for people who are managing support engineering teams?
2. What certifications are valued today? Seems like being a AWS Cloud Practitioner is a good general one, but are there others that stand out?

I have 2 earlier companies where I absconded.
Now i dont want to show those 2 companies on my resume, i have 1 years of experience with all documents and i am only using that on my resume. So will it be a problem during bgv?

Anyone ever invested in a real estate syndication?

Does anyone getting similar mail daily :Know Your IBM January'22 - Register Now ?

🐠 who specialize in op model/org design cases — what sort of exit ops are you targeting? Most of the recruiters who reach out to me are for internal consulting gigs, and I am just curious what else there is out there where our skills could be useful.

Favorite free item in your office ?

It’s hard to be motivated when rounds of layoffs happen and you see all your friends leave. But one thing that’s gotten me through all of this is working out. And when I say workout I mean the most pathetic, sad, barely completed beginner-level cardio dance routines. I’ve somehow forced myself to move while on lockdown and it’s somehow forced me to feel better. Whatever you’re doing, wherever you are: get up and move even if you don’t finish or end up going on a walk. Pls take care of yourself❤️

Which holding company gets the best rental car discount? And which rental company?

Best (non-agency) company to work at in Boston??

Looking for senior designers that knows shopper marketing. Please DM with books!

Too late in life to start a cult? Getting kind of old for advertising.

Would you ever go in house if your role is the only one of its type? For example, I'd be the only product project hybrid? I'm coming from a large agency and debating the pros and cons.

What do CDs look for on a resume? What would you expect to see on an art directors resume? Do things change if applying to agencies versus in-house?

I just want to write one weird/funny commercial. That's it. Then I can quit this business. Why is this so fucking hard?

a friend just let it slip that it's generally known that I'm an asshole. feeling hurt and not sure how to proceed from here.

It took the horrific and completely inexcusable death of George Floyd to move the racism issue to the forefront. And while it’s a crime of a much lesser degree, with different circumstances, what’s it going to take to get ageism properly addressed? Intelligent thoughts/debate requested only please.

Well, we were the only team on a pitch. We won and still have to hear my boss complaining about me.

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

CAN WE PLEASE STOP WITH THE

“Unoriginal criticism about white men!”

-a white man

Pretty tired of smart women undermining each other, especially seniors doing it to juniors. Why the hell is the first instinct to attack&destroy? Not into kumbayas but more into having my peer's back.

Tips on landing entry-level strategy?!

Say I want to take a break from advertising for a bit... is it impossible to leave agency land and then go back a few years later?

Has anyone received a job offer after being initially ghosted by recruiter? How long did you not hear from them? Feeling down after not hearing anything for 2 weeks after a round of seemingly promising interviews.

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

What happens if your company wins an award for your work after you've left?