What do you think about your future in the ad insutry? Do you see yourself being able to maintain a career 10 or 20 years from now?

What has been more beneficial to your career and why: specializing in a service offering or an industry?

Hey IBMers/ex-IBMers,

What is the designation hierarchy in IBM GBS for someone joining as "Advisory Technical Services Specialist" at "7A" band?

Like I would like to know what will be the next designation/band once for me if I get promoted?

YOE: 6 yrs.
Tech Stack: Testing

Thank you in advance!

Gonna be starting an MFSA role here soon. I know there’s 10 weeks of training but how do you recommend I better prepare outside of training to excel in this role?

If you don’t get promoted to senior how hard will it be to jump ship to a competitor firm with a senior title?

I’ve been told my company is changing my title from Associate Director of BD to Sales Executive. I’m concerned it reads like a title demotion. Is it just semantics? How will this look for my career development? Curious about the standard perception of Sales Executive from a seniority perspective. Where does this land on the sales roles hierarchy? For context, it’s a professional services firm, I’ve been there 3+years, and they gave a Sales Executive title to someone who just started 5mo ago.

Hi everyone, how is OW in the middle east?

In terms of culture, career progression and projects?

Are their projects more into strategy or how exactly?

Anyone make the switch out to IT type work? Just not enjoying the BS in accounting and want something more chill.

I currently work at a medium sized firm and have about two years experience in personal injury litigation. The billable hours and lack of work life balance are really getting to me and I am looking to switch to something else out of litigation, preferably in house. I am also looking to relocate to a different state. How do I go about properly marketing myself to companies that might not take my relocation and minimal experience seriously?

Hello, I’m an LMSW in Michigan. I have 15 years of experience in the field as a clinician, supervisor, and an administrator. I am feeling burnt out and unsure of my future. I have worked mainly in the Community Mental Health and the VA Health systems, hence my fatigue. I’ve flirted with private practice work in the past, but my spouse has been worried about not having affordable healthcare and benefits that each system provides. Is it worth the jump? Am I overthinking things?

My career goal isn’t to make it to MBB or a unicorn or FAANG. It’s to feel fulfilled and challenged as I progress. I can’t be the only one that isn’t title or company chasing.

I just accepted an offer from a Tier 2 firm. Currently at PwC. But I had applied to a MBB long back and they just called me for an interview. Should I even proceed?

Dear Partners-
Have any of you switched firms to make P? Worth it? Tips? Have always planned to make at my firm, but my firm isn’t keeping up their end of the deal, so I’m job hunting....

Fellow introverts...can I only advance in my career if I take on a leadership role? The thought of this terrifies me. My current boss hasn't exactly given me the confidence that would reassure me that I'm leadership material. He constantly questions my design choices, which I'm able to defend. It doesn't help that he always presents outdated ideas and throws UX out the window. I know that I know my stuff and keep up with best practices. I have 4+ years experience but am treated as entry level.

I’m interested in transitioning out of big 4 compliance monitoring/internal audit into the cannabis industry. I’m burned out of the 60 hour work week and dream about marrying my background with my passion for cannabis 😉. Any of you aware of remote roles in the industry for my background? I’m chasing 🦄

I have 5 years of work experience with equal experience in Data Engineering and DevOps. Now I am thinking to focus on a particular area. Can someone suggest me which one will have more scope in future. I am equally interested in both.

Has anyone successfully made the leap from digital to brand planning? Any advice?

I just graduated with a concentration in Environmental Policy. Any advice for someone who is interested in breaking into corporate sustainability/a related field?

How many of you have worried about finding a job outside of education since everyone is leaving?

Is a digital transformation certification worth it? I am considering programs from schools like MIT and Wharton but it’s a lot of $$ and I want to ensure it’s worth it. Anyone do one of these programs?

Promotions announced in EY India. Any one in GDS received the call till now ??

Pic thread! Pic thread!! Pic thread damn it!!! Come on everyone!!!!!

I have 7 YOE and applied for a position that is L4. I feel as if I’m overqualified for the position, but the Recruiter told me that when they say L4, they are actually looking for someone with 6+ years of experience. Is this true? I feel like I should be looking at L5 with my experience

Does anyone comment in this bowl

How many of you had a first transfer success? Curious to hear what issues prevent it from happening

How much would you charge for building a design system for an enterprise, already having web and mobile apps? What would be a fair price?

This could be an interesting opportunity. I’m a youth soccer coach and have become very popular in our area. So much so that a local magazine is going to publish an article on me next month. With a marketable look, is there any pathway for me to utilize this opportunity for lucrative marketing deals? Open to thoughts and ideas.

Has a partner ever come back and asked you why you spent so much time on certain things? Im a first year and this hasn’t happened to me at my firm and they tell us not to cut our own time, but my first firm (short stint, small firm) did this to me allll the time and made me feel guilty — so just curious if this has happened to anyone in big law.

MD mentioned the possibility of getting funding for a PM program/certificate since we’re newly shifting to managing some solutions as products; anyone have any experience/recommendations?

Is there a UX design equivalent of a creative brief? Something for stakeholders to sign off, and for everyone to use as the master starting point.

Does anyone have a good OB they’d recommend just outside/west of the city (Brookline, Newton, Wellesley, Waltham)?

Best recent healthcare books related to improving our broken system? Atul Gawande’s books are a bit dated now I think.

Just finished An American Sickness again. Thank you!

Jan 6th check in. How’s your workout?🧐

How do you navigate when you've already accepted an offer, but you get a better one? I'm supposed to start a new role tomorrow but got an offer for the job I really wanted, and it pays 50k more. Is it horrible if I quit while having just started?

Is an SDR in tech sales for a saas company typically a very challenging role? Do you feel a lot of pressure? Can the sales skill be learned?

Has anyone recently off boarded? I’m about to put my two weeks (three weeks since I’m taking a week off) and would love to hear how the experience was. Leaving for FANG so not a competitor

Chicago media agency people - what’s your company’s current RTO policy?

I’ll start:

Spark - 2 days a week mandatory in office this year, 3 days mandatory in office next year.

Gotta think W&K has to open a Chicago office to service McD’s. What positions do you think they would staff up on?

Hi all!

Apologies in advance if this is the incorrect space for this - but my agency - Spark Foundry - is hiring at multiple levels within the analytics team. If you’re interested, private message me. A lot of growth here!

What’s the story with Army account at DDB? Heard so many different things about their leadership and culture.

What would you all say a VP, Management Director at an Ogilvy, Leo or FCB make? $150k sound right? Appreciate any insight here.

thinking about making the move to Havas, I’ve heard they’re making a lot of changes and restructuring. Trying not to base my decision off of all the rumours. Any thoughts from current employees?

Anyone know the recruiter at Energy BBDO? For a mid-level writer

Who is working on Walgreens pitch?

Ogilvy + WundermanThompson?
McGarry?
DDB? Energy BBDO?

How’s working at Ogilvy? How are they doing?

JOBS!!
Neptune Retail Solutions is hiring an Art Director/Senior Art Director. Amazing work life balance! Feel free to DM if you have any questions :)

Aldi at Digitas? 👀

Do we know who the new BBDO recruiter is? Thanks Chicago fish!

Anyone know who the creative recruiters are at Dentsu MB? TIA!

Anyone have any insight into working at Epsilon Chicago?? Much appreciated!

Any insight to Critical Mass? What’s the work like? The people? Agency? Etc thanks fishies!

Thoughts on going from Weber Shandwick to a traditional ad agency?

Did Epsilon just go through a round of layoffs ?

For those that work at Edelman now or recently, any insight into what it’s like? Especially if you came from working at a traditional agency?

If the wife is the chief creative officer and the husband is a creative director within the same company, isn’t that a conflict of interest? Asking for ogilvy.

Anyone know what the scoop is on Fusion92 and what kind of work they do?