What’s your opinion of Wieden+Kennedy from an outside perspective?

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Shangri-La.

And apparently the internal timelines for projects are actually realistic and there isn’t a ton of overtime work.

Key word: apparently. This is from an outsider.

But the work speaks for itself

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Goat agency

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The work is strong and the kool-aid is stronger

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A tad cult-y

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Top agency. Perhaps the very top. But also it’s just a agency, I’m pretty sure not everything is perfect there.

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Agency for true ad nerds. If that’s your main thing, it’s Mecca.

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One of the best. Lately haven’t seen AMAZING stuff as they once put out, though. Their work now seems a little bit formulaic.

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Overrated

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The architecture is okay. It’s a building. I’d be more interested in getting an interior perspective.

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Legendary. Wish I worked there

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I think they will always be considered one of the best. But recently I feel like they are going to a little bit of a rough patch.

Nike work is always good, but creatively I haven’t really seen something AMAZING from them in a while.

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Wait, W+K won one of the Dan WIEDEN titanium lion…that’s shocking!

Feels like some people really thrive there but equally talented people struggle. You need to be their type of person to do well there.

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Yeah, from friends who worked there they said it was insanely clique-y

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iconic

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Depends on the role, but people are leaving left and right.

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People complain, even there.

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A job ain’t nothin but work, even a dream job,

We’ll always be evaluating from an outside perspective.

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Seems like they’ve cooled off but they’re still legendary as far as agencies go

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