What’s a good rate to charge for freelance gig as Account Manager? I’m brand side full time with really good experience but really just wanna do this moreso for fun. About 5 years marketing experience. $43-50/hr?

Anyone else find themselves getting extremely stressed at work during pregnancy? It’s like my emotions are just off and I get so stressed so easily. I want to be calm for baby but it’s hard to not get worked up!

Looking to fill 2 open QA roles in my team.

1-Functional testing (A little knowlegde on automation is a plus)
2-Automation testing - C#/Java, C# is preferred.

If interested kindly DM me.

What's your fave restaurant to take people to when they are visiting? And why?

Anyone have experience with Qventus? Recruiter reached out and I’ve never heard of them. Looking for insights on comp, WLB, etc.

Max you would spend on a condo/apartment with about $1.5M NW and 500-750K income? No kids so no fixed costs currently for childcare and school though could see those emerging in the next five years. Otherwise pretty low key lifestyle with maybe a few meals out a week. Interested in hearing both from a purchase price and rent perspective. Thanks!

Working Moms/Dads: Do in-house positions exist with flex time hours? I need to be able to leave work at 4pm to pick up my son from daycare, but i can get back online at home to resume any unfinished work at 8pm. Is this realistic to convey to any companies in an interview? Pandemic aside, is face time 9-7pm really important? Or should i just try to find a job with a salary that covers a nanny salary and accept that i will never see my son on weekdays (which would be sad for both of us)? TIA!

Can someone tell how is the work life balance in JP Morgan client in Synechron.

And is it good choice to accept Synechron by rejecteing deloitte offer

I have to choose between EYGDS & Globallogic.

Domain : Data science
Yoe : data science 4 yrs, total IT ( 8Yrs )

Heard mixes things abt EYGDS, largely bad.

Currently work in product dev company in data science.
Not exactly sure, how data science work is done in service based companies.

Any inputs?@globallogic, @eygds

I don’t know even know what I’m good at anymore.

Hello hive mind. I am currently interviewing with three agencies. Pretty far along with two of them. One of the positions is a Jr. copywriter position while the other two are just for a copywriter. How important would it be to not have the “Jr” before the title? Personally, I don’t care about the title, but wonder about future employer’s?

I was just asked to relocate to a different city. The move will come with a raise and promotion, but I'm conflicted. I enjoy where I live right now and I like being close to my family. Would love some advice.

For those looking to get into Consulting, there’s a new platform called Profesh that has short videos and reads that explain it in simple terms, and lay out how to break in. Everything is less than 3 mins. Super helpful to learn about it in chunks between doing things. Give it a try!

Random thought non related to agile, why do people put the whole the email in the subject line ? 😐 😮‍💨

Any leads for a room/1 RK near ZS gurgaon office, have my joining from 5th so need to shift ASAP.
Please help.
TIA

Tips for writing a bio to sound credible without saying things like, “award winning art director”? I’m judging an award show, just need something short.

What’s the best way to blindly reach out for a job? My dream agency is one of those ones that never seems to actually post job ops. No real connections yet, either.

How are you coping today? I've found it difficult to get out of bed. 😢 🇺🇸

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

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

Thank you all for existing on Fishbowl and for being such a supportive community. It’s been a difficult year, but at the end of the day, I’m glad to have people to commiserate/celebrate with ❤️🙂❤️

Are there any amazing creative directors in Minneapolis? I need someone I can believe in if I'm gonna move there.

Hi friends of fishbowl! A year ago I told myself no more agencies. Then I got a job at another agency and I’m basically hating my life more than ever right now. This place is not good for me mentally and I’ve only been here for 90 days. I should’ve listened to my gut but here we are. So my question is what job titles should I be targeting as a senior project manager if I want to go to to client side?

Grey Merge with AKQA, VMLYR merges with Geometry. Are those „mergers” just the coverups for potential wave of layoffs?

Strange as it sounds, I'm kinda gonna miss quarantine life.

Without asking or confirming, account lead booked an in-person client meeting that requires travel. Who books ~any~ major client meeting without first checking with the team ?

Where you fish getting ad industry news? I can’t bring myself to pay for publications like AdAge, Campaign or AdWeek, but I want to know which accounts and teams are moving around.

Just saw a commercial that was definitely filmed in my apartment building in downtown LA. Felt kind of weird.

Do any of u have book recos that give you the low down for digital/social (inclusive of what reporting means ect)? Just joined a team and would like to be proactive since everyone is super busy for

Serious question: why work in advertising if you’re not a creative? I know plenty of smart account people, strategists, data analysts etc. who would almost certainly make more money and enjoy more autonomy in a different field, or at least in-house. What’s the allure if you don’t represent the product?

I am a strategist and have been told InTouch is a “strategy-driven” organization (which is unusual but would be amazing). But another poster just said it’s account driven (which is typical). What’s your experience and how do you know?

It’s so nice that every agency laying off people, have those left standing (and other agencies) trying to hustle jobs for their unemployed friends, but there are also a ton of people who were unemployed prior to Covid...so no severance, job hunting lot longer, and not earning income for longer time...hurting even MORE due to quarantine.

Any creatives impacted by Forsman Bodenfors layoffs? That agency does beautiful, powerful work.

I just got into reading books, any suggestions to start with? Which could help to increase media/marketing knowledge.

Advice/suggestions please:
Let’s say you were interviewing for a global client lead role - at the holding co level - for one of WPP, Omnicom or IPG.

What questions would you ask in the interview phase?
What concerns would you have?
If you had your pick of essentially the same role at all three of those holding companies which would you pick? Or not pick?

If you have any insight/two cents you up for sharing to help me out, thank you!

A lot of posts on LinkedIn might as well start with "dear diary....."