What are the options for copywriters who've had enough of the agency culture?

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If you're looking for good company culture, definitely leave Ogilvy. I am much happier and healthier for leaving.

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I am much happier and less stressed now than I was during my time at Ogilvy. My work/life balance is better and I am getting more creative opportunities.

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I went in-house after 8 years in agencies. Be warned that while work life balance is better, pay can still be good, etc, there different frustrations. They're usually centered around people simply not having marketing experience or backgrounds. So you end up explaining and fighting for basic tenets of advertising. Depending on the kind of team you move to, some aren't always receptive to in-house teams because they think they can do it themselves.

All that said, I don't regret the switch.

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That's why I don't regret the switch. No one ever treats me like a servant or that I should be grateful for working for them.

Freelance! Do it! NOW is the time. Follow writers who are where you want to be and plan/research how to prep to get clients. It's beyond satisfying. My goal is to scale my business and work less than 20 hours in the next few months.

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Client side/tech

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Freelancing.

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Help please!!!

Strategy & Ops at large tech company (non-FAANG) - 120K TC (San Francisco)

Rotational Program at Industrial Firm - 170K TC (Chicago)

Industrial Company:
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- Work is more niche
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- MBB / tech exit
- smaller less known company

Tech Company:
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Both companies have good MBA placement. What would you do?

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DM for referrals for Backend, Frontend, and QA engineers at ThoughtSpot.
Location - Hyderabad, Trivendrum
Excellent Product based companies with amazing work culture ❤️

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Hope you all are doing great.

I will be joining NTT Data, Gurugram soon.

Please help me in knowing:
How is the company's work culture?
Is it currently WFH/WFO?
Anything that you want me to check before joining.

Thankyou!

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