Why is the WPP promotion process so terrible?

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Because they are a massive bureaucracy and losing money.

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They have to make sure Sir Martin is getting his $60,000,000 raise before they can give you your $3,000 raise.

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they’re a corporate entity that is concerned with only one thing - $$$$. their margins are shrinking and they are far less profitable than they used to be. they don’t care about doing good work or hiring good talent - they are singularly focused on the top and bottom line. easier to cut costs than make it rain. and when you’re in a service business - there’s only one cost to cut.

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They sure aren't losing money. But when you are anticipating slowing growth in a business where your primary cost is salaries it shouldn't be astonishing that approvals take longer.

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I've worked on and off for WPP for almost 20 years. It hasn't changed.

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Welcome to the shit-show

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IMO promotion issue is the wpp thing. I quit wpp circle— now on different agency group. i agree w/ the burreaucracy is 7 layers deep (as what CW1 say - cuz i kinda been there lol). And also agree w/ analyst 1: in former agency i was at, they choose to hire newbies for less of a price instead of promoting the existingn one. And for Director1 - Yea man!!!

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I think last I heard raises had 7 layers of approval.

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You'll never get promoted at ipg either my guy

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as compared to who?

D2 - has it gotten worse ?

@EVP 1 so can that be a real reason behind all those trending articles about how "35-40% of workers are going to be freelance" by 2020 like it's something fantastic? With narrow budgets agencies can't afford to cover all the extra costs associated with a full-time employee?

Bureaucracy. It doesn’t help that on the HR side they’ll acknowledge people want more compensation but then dismiss it as if that isn’t important.

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