True or false: there are more layoffs happening right now in advertising than at any point since 2008.

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Definitely false. This sucks but '08 was a blood bath.

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It feels like there are a lot.....

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Let’s not forget 2001

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☝️yours happened over the last 4 years when you lost a shitload of accounts and replaced them with lowes

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For me personally: True.

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Are layoffs happening? Haven't noticed

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Layoffs no - hiring freeze or x-fer to in-house ....yes. All part of the cycle.

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Since 2008...It does seem like it.
There's definitely a lot more empty seats and space in the company refrigerator compared to a year ago.

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Been in this business since 2002 and there has been nothing but a steady stream of layoffs my entire career. The worst was in 2008. And smaller little annual purgings have plagued every agency I’ve been at since.

What’s sad is that because the companies are turning profit with lower staff numbers, they have no reason to bring back additional staff.

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Just heard EY is about to make more layoffs in audit too

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One of my senior managers is a boomerang and told me she was laid off when she was 7 months pregnant about 10 years ago. I think she was a senior or manager. She was in a specific group and everybody was laid off. It wasn’t performance based.

Would you work at your company again if you were laid off?

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Deloitte people. I confirm layoffs of 4 ranked individuals and this year it's been hard rankings. Many 3s forced into 4. I was on the calls. Beware. Not trying to scare. Sharing facts.

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Did BCW NY just layoff it’s EA staff?! Seeing a bunch of these names on Connect and very upset that great people were let go!

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How is it that every company complains they can’t find workers yet 9/10 posts on linked in the last few weeks are all about layoffs? And just taking a look at the jobs in your are…why does every job suck and want to pay you 45k?

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Anyone here get laid off and then lateraled? Are you happier now?

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Hi, received an offer from another Big4 in Amsterdam (currently working in Eastern Europe), but relocating, I’m concerned about potential layoffs in the coming period being the last to join the team.

Hot take: if it’s actually a stealth layoff then everyone else got the same speech as you and outing the firm won’t identify you.

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