What is a fair freelance Creative Director hourly rate and day rate if Iive in South Florida (outside Miami). And what would be a good hourly and day rate for if I’m freelancing remotely as a CD with a app game company (in-house not an agency) based out of Las Vegas?

How do I download my offer letter from the KPMG portal, i forgot to download the offer letter when I last accepted it. The earlier link is not working. Thanks in Advance.

What's the salary band for a Senior Manager of Product Operations in HelloFresh?

What’s your take on Lydecker? What is the culture? Market salary? Expectation on billable hours? Mentorship? Etc.?

Watched the first episode of the Terminal List on prime last night. I was totally blown away and 10/10 would recommend. Can’t wait to watch episode 2!

OH: (RE: required meeting attendance)

"Ok, fine. I will say yes now but fair warning I may fake my own death beforehand."

Got targeted for Amex platinum 100k. Is it worth it? Is there a higher targeted offer?
Considering doing it since no more personal card for BCG expenses. Also have CSR fwiw.

I was one of the first people to get a CSR when it first came out - can I downgrade to a CSP and get the CSP bonus? Or how do I take advantage of the 100k CSP signup bonus?

Do you consider dispute advisoru( litigation consulting) more finance or accounting?

Anyone worried about layoffs?

Me: Hi, can I please get a report of (insert report name here)?
Individual: *sends screenshot*
Me: This is great! Can you please send to me the report?
Individual: *sends screenshot of another report*
Me: You know what, never mind! *copies and pastes screenshots into word document and adds to the audit file* Done!

How much time do you spend after regular working hours on learning and improving technicals? I feel the most challenging part for this job is not just to complete the client work but also endless learning which requires a lot commitments after work hours.

I have $30 remaining in my technology subsidy. Can I use it to pay part of a purchase of an earphone set worth $200

Dieting- does anyone else do bouillon to trick the brain? Sometimes only something that ‘tastes’ like meat can satisfy. Put a Maggi chicken cube with a Knorr onion cube and nuke for 5 min- delish.

What are Senior Managers in the southern CA area making right now? Considering a relocation.

Looking for a men's watching ~$350, any suggestions?

Has anyone used PracticeDump to study for CFE? Is it legit? I’m thinking of getting it since it’s so much cheaper than the one offered by ACFE website

Just had someone in NYC I want to work for ask me my salary. It's illegal now but I didn't know how to tell them. I told them my range. What would you have said?

Best time sheet system you’ve ever tried in a job?

I promise you, whatever you have to tell me as I sit down with my lunch is not as important as eating my lunch.

Just found out there’s an ECD in a big NYC agency who claims to have won awards, but the name doesn’t pop up in any of the archives.

How do they get away with it?

@Long-time creative freelancers, please enlighten the masses about why you might make a better staff hire than say, someone with nearly all staff role experience. Help clear up this weird prejudice.

Why do companies do this? I interviewed with a company. They loved my work and told me that I’m going to start the following week. They made me sign all of the onboarding papers and poof ghosted me! 🤦‍♀️ I feel so down right now! And I feel like I won’t be able to ever land a job!

Is anyone hiring free lance/ contract AEs or PMs? Any state.

How long can you go without having anything to do before you get laid off?

So now I have to live with the knowledge that someone named Young Gravy is out there

Should you mention you checked out LinkedIn during an interview? Such as “ I saw you worked on ___ account at ____ agency”or “I noticed you got an MBA from ____, I’m an alumni there as well”

Media arts lab. What does everyone think about it? Culture/work life etc?

A post-mort meeting scheduled with:
6 account
2 strategists
1 creative

Sounds like an ambush!

When ppl talk abt mental health in adv, we neglect the topic of cognitive dissonance. Most of us work on clients that are terrible in some way - sweatshops, bad for enviro, unhealthy. How do u cope?

How do you not go absolutely batshit with anxiety while job hunting?

How long did you stay at your first job?
And what made you change places?

Just heard Explosions In the Sky’s “Your Hand In Mine” in a random beer commercial, and now I want them to tour again.

Have layoffs been finished for the year or are more coming?