What are the most toxic agencies and what are the best these days?

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All of them. The industry itself is toxic.

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This is the correct answer.

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I'm happy at Mischief.

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Nah I wouldn’t say zero toxicity

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All the holdco agencies, in NY at least, are toxic as hell.

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JL is brutal according to everyone who works in ny

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Have heard bad things about both Droga and Adam&eveDDB….

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Report back when you’ve been there for a year!

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Uncommon has the most toxic management. And they couldn’t care less because they think they’re the best thing that’s happened to advertising

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Is this in NY or London? People spill the tea!!!

I think it depends on the team/client but my most toxic experience was at dentsu

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correct

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Most agency leaders are running scared which makes them behave more toxic than usual

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Any of the agencies that make ads is pretty toxic.

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Toxic=Best

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Critical Mass is no bueno.

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Agree CM is bad. CEO is weak and scared

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VML for sure is toxic

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Vayner

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CCOOL

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Digitas

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I could tell you...but then I'd have to kill you.

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I love toxic. Everything is so toxic. That culture is toxic. This person is toxic. Boss toxic. You toxic. All toxic. What a time to be alive.

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Well yeah. Your water is toxic. Your food is toxic. The air is toxic. So makes sense that everything is mentally toxic as well.

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Unscientific poll, just based on people I know at other agencies and what I’ve heard, here are some non-toxic agencies:
Martin- good w/l balance and enough good work to go around
Preacher- friends seem happy there. Laid back Austin vibes.
Mischief- i know a lot of people there. Everyone seems to love it.
RPA- bit of a sleeper but people stay there for years and genuinely nice atmosphere.
Gut- yes, but might depend on group and office. I’ve heard both great and not so great.

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ACD2 I have good friends there and they don’t have a lot of terrible things to say. They mostly enjoy.

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Seconding Vayner for most toxic

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Been very happy at IPG media brands!

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No toxic mentions here for Monks?

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Can you give us an example? Would love to know.

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Every agency has it's problems and levels of toxicity - the question is do the positives outweigh the negatives? Do you have solid work/life balance? Do you at least enjoy some of the work? Do you like your co-workers? These are all questions that should come into play. It's advertising. I equate it to being no different than the music or film industries - a lot of cliques, a lot of politics, a lot of manipulation and back stabbing - and A LOT of fat at companies with people who have no clue what they're doing, are check collecting, and should be elsewhere. You have to have a stomach for it, that's for sure.

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