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This reads as though you are discovering this fact for the first time
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But they do fire after a business loss. I don’t see the incongruity here.
lol wow @SapientRazorfish 1
Agencies expand and contract as needed. It’s like breathing.
I’m curious as to what role you’re in and how you find this fundamental part of the agency model to be such an outrage.
You also don’t have enough information about the other commenters’ backgrounds to write them off them like that.
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It seems off to me, that’s all. I’ve been around the block but not at a place that chops me off the agency after a loss just as soon as it will willingly advertise to me that it’s looking for someone like me after a win.
My point is that it makes you feel like your value is tethered to the account that was won. And while I’m not surprised that’s what happens, for recruiters to frankly advertise feels strange.
Okay, @SRF OP, it feels strange to you. We acknowledge that and - while not diminishing your experience of strangeness - are telling you that this is, in fact, a 100% normal part of our business. I don’t know what else you’d like us to share.
The work we do is risky, but you have to weigh the pros and cons just like any other kind of offer. It may be helpful for you to know that since this is such a standard part of our industry, no one bats an eyelash if you were let go in a staff reduction. It is not the same thing as being fired and people do not treat it that way
Yes
These other replies don't have backgrounds at a company like SRF where we don't shortsightedly staff up and down talent on a whim based on wins and losses
I get that the traditional model ties your position and livelihood to an account who's success you generally only have a small say in- and that's fine, I guess, if you're into it. Razorfish, at least 8 years ago when I started here, spent an average of $20k finding and vetting each new hire (I'm sure it's different now) and they worked very hard to find work for anyone who's position dissolved rather than releasing them. I know that's not the norm, but I feel that's how talent should be treated if possible. I don't mean to sound salty, and I know most places can't be this way, but I bet a lot of them could be but don't, too.
Let’s be honest, I have A LOT of things I would change about this industry if I could. But, that’s not in my power, so on we march.