We need to make a public list of agencies who treated people well, and horribly, so when these same agencies desperately need people, we can go to the good ones and leave the horrible ones to fall apart.

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As someone who’s been full time at a handful of agencies for a long time, and then freelanced at another dozen, I’m going to say this: the list of agencies who treat people like billable hours with a name is long, and the list of agencies that treat people like people fits on a post-it note.

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Can I get those post it note names? @CD1

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Leo Burnett Chicago did pretty well so far. I may be wrong but it seems like Publicis as a whole was on a scale of pretty good to great on their response.

Pretty fast on social distancing to begin with, shipped all my hardware to my home, and my client has been reasonable (our leadership set expectations properly back in Feb/ March to allow fluctuations in timing). No layoffs yet, and I haven’t seen a pay cut.

We also receive weekly updates from Publicis, and biweekly from our own leadership.

Overall I have a better opinion of Publicis and LB after this than I did prior to Covid, which is surprising.

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Leadership at Leo is doing very well.
The town hall last week was inspiring and good to keep track on what people are working on.

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InTouch - Mean Girls culture powered by cliques and gossip. HR asked my perspective about an abusive supervisor and then reported my feedback directly to that person. That was my cue to wrap up and move on.

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We could unionize and negotiate as a block—uniting creatives holding group agencies, small agencies, in-house, pharma...

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It’s powerful yes, but ask yourself will it work? We need jobs and salaries to survive. It would be a show down of who can last the longest. Certainly not us, without the deep pockets when we can be easily replaced.

Oh oh we definitely need Verizon on the shit list

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How do people define companies treating their people well through all of this?
If a company had to make layoffs to keep some others employed does that mean they treated people poorly or is it more about how it was communicated?
Do you think it's better to offer some people severance packages rather than making everyone in the company take a 25% haircut?

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Haircuts are kinda useless when you’re heavily balding. Better to just Bic it.

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Did anyone mention Oliver Agency? Its a very ‘unique’ and shady way of business

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Huh? SC1 I dont want to discredit your previous experience, but that aint the case now. Same structure as big agencies that I’ve worked in.

Zimmerman, top of the bad list. Don’t. Ever. Work. There.

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Still there. Can confirm.

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OMD...😏

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Kepler Group has also been incredible. Bonus deferrals, extensive accounting work to preserve cash flow and staff headcount. CEO holds a weekly all hands (prior to COVID) and gives updates on business and prospects. It’s an enormously challenging time for all agencies and we are incredibly fortunate to work for one that cares about its employees and long term health.

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Would you mind telling me more?

Decoded’s been great. No layoffs, frequent leadership checkins, very transparent.

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If your a healthcare ad person- culthealth has been great. They offered everyone a comp day, $35 amazon cars for supplies, and $25 credit for the local watering hole to help them stay open.

Zoom meeting with a farm and weekly virtual yoga.

They really get how to make their people feel good about where they work

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I work at a Project Worldwide agency. We were told everyone gets a 15% pay cut, and the leadership team is taking a larger pay cut.

Come to find out that leadership is only taking up to a 25% pay cut. Come again, Mr. Vallee?

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I don’t think so.

Ooooo I agree

We don’t need a list. These agencies will be outed within a matter of days. The one thing the agency business is quite good at is eating its own.

In this case, rightly so. Go get ‘em.

LOL @ “when these same agencies desperately need people”... as far as I can see, that won’t happen, at least not anytime soon

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