Which campaigns will clean up this award season? (at the big shows like Clio, One Show, Effie, ADC, D&AD and Cannes etc.)

Brand new baby lawyer dumb question - I am tasked with drafting response to request to produce. How long should this take? And follow up… how do I bill this?

My boss in my creative agency threatened to fire me because I, a male, came into work with my nails painted. HR is having a very complicated day today as I found out I could take legal action if he does fire me since we don't have an established dress code that has any guidelines against male nail polish wearing.

Thoughts on a m340i? I might just pull the trigger.

Hi I am Shyam, Commerce Grad and General & Strategic Mgmt Certified from IIM Calcutta.

Have 15 yrs of total exp and 9 yrs of PMO exp, have worked on MS CRM for almost 8 Years and currently designated as PMO Lead ERP for NOKIA customer.


Have been associated with HCL Tech from past 14+ yrs. Currently serving a notice period. Ready to join in the 1st  week of Oct.

Looking for Onsite opportunities in Europe, Aus, Canada.

Hi!! I’m an HR Coordinator currently (about two years of experience) but my job has so many responsibilities and tasks I’m beyond burnt out. It’s truly impossible to focus on one task because things are constantly being thrown my way. I’ve heard whisperings of a promotion or raise, but my workload is already too much, I don’t know if I’d want to accept more responsibility. Is it normal to feel like you have just as many responsibilities as your superiors who make 30k+ more than you?

Doed anyone have details of what was discussed in GDS webcast(EY Split) for TAX?

I made a couple errors at a new job. An important document to be distributed had wrong information on it, which was proofread by 2 other people. Then a couple of typos in emails, the person micromanaging me told me to send out but I didn’t fix the errors. Failed to meet a deadline but completed 95%. I was written up over all this last week, fired this week. There’s a lot more to this but I think it’s because the DM doesn’t like me.

How many days a week do you manage to go out? Dinner, drinks or movie with friends etc.

Another week of models and bottles... And by that I mean excel models and bottles of 5 hour energy

Anyone managed to fly their parents down from India to US off late? Cousin’s pregnant, trying to book tickets for early Dec. trying to understand how entry here is playing out here. I know Qatar and Emirates aren’t operational yet for flights from India to US.

Who knows the email for the creative recruiter at Mother?

Hello all, my first post. Anyone else feel like their general manager won't promote them because they're afraid you'll make them look bad. Like they don't do their job well enough so you'll outshine them? Do you stay? Leave? Try to build the relationship? It's been a year. @Aimbridgehospitalityllc

Hi! Excited we have a space finally :)

Does anyone know if Dwell Design in DC is a good company to work for?

Hello Fishes, I have 7 days for joining. please help me decide below

UST Global - 19 Fixed + 1 Variable + 1 Joining bonus

NTT Data - 16 Fixed + 2.2 variable

i can ask NTT to match the offer, if they match which is good to join??

Techstack - Backend engineer with Python, Django, DRF, SQL

YOE - 5 years

Who would make a better president than our current nominees?

Got an offer at another agency before going into production (it’s a few weeks out) with my current agency. Can I leave without burning any bridges?

Want to get your opinions on the best small agencies in LA in terms of work produced (media and creative)

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

I'm reading this book on boundaries. In the work section it says I should tell my boss that I can't work after 5 PM. Knowing that advertising work commonly goes past 5 PM...would my job be in danger if I said that?
There's not really a rule book that says I must work until the work is done even though it's an unsaid expectation. Thoughts?

Serious question - which one lasts longer: real Donald Trump or Marcel?

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 ❤️🙂❤️

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

Happy, found out most of my team is unhappy, now I’m unhappy, too.

Can we please be done with vertical video? It’s completely opposite the human field of view, looks horrible, no camera other than a cell phone shoots it. Seriously dreading IGTV.

Mccann creatives - what are the good groups?

Any advice on nailing the perfect headline?

Any advice for presenting somebody else’s work? I’ve been stretched thin on different projects but have to present in place of some of on vacation with little time to prepare.

After an awful solid four weeks, I left work today at 6:30 and am fucking getting my nails did.

We’re in such a vicious business. You give your heart & soul to an agency, a client, a brand. Then the wind changes & you’re laid off, reassigned, chewed up, spit out, on to the next. I’m tired.

@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.

Retail, Social, Pharma. Fuck, Marry, Kill....

Shoutout to account peeps ready to explain why, actually, it isn't that much work and, actually, EOD tomorrow is plenty of time.

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

What's the most bizarre exiting (quitting a job/agency) story you've heard or experienced? 🤔