With the state of the ad industry, with everything happening with AI, what would still be your ideal next move? Where at? Agency? Indy? In-house? Tech? Why?

Anyone else feeling extremely burned out? I can’t even bring myself to prep for my Wharton TBD tomorrow because I feel so worn out. Between work and all of these interviews… not to mention all of the essays I wrote before. It’s a shame Wharton is my last interview, because I am running on fumes and feel like I care a lot less (since I am sitting on an acceptance)

Has anyone had any side effects from Ovidrel? I did my shot on Wednesday night and Thursday and Friday I was SO tired and fatigued and it was impossible to focus. Did my IUI on Friday and I’ve been SO crampy and in pain and I’m soooo cranky and irritable and I can’t figure out if it’s from the injection still or what

Is there anyone from Deals/Pursuits from EY GDS?

So here in CA there is a lot of talk about certain jurisdictions doing virtual jury trials. As a firm we won’t agree to it and if push comes to shove we’ll take it up on. Writ. What is everyone else’s opinion?

Any tips or words of wisdom as we prep for the panel presentation and Q&A?

Any manager present here ??
My current CTC is 8.5 lpa , YOE - 5.5 and i hve an offer of 18lpa
Thing is I want to get retained by Wipro, can Wipro retain me with 13 or 14 lpa ??
I want to know from manager perspective how they retain someone

Best/Quickest way to get United lounge access?

Most of my family members think all I do is write addresses on boxes and toss them in the mail. Is there anyone else who has this problem? It feels like people think of logistics as unskilled labor

What's your Sunday routine to get ready for work on Monday?

Biden adopting progressive policies would not be possible without giving thanks to every progressive politician who has been scrutinized and vilified. Thank you Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Ed Markey, Rashida Talib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Presley, Pramilia Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Raul Grijavla and the new class including Cori Bush ❤️ 🌹 🇺🇸

I work at Google and am interested in creating my own agency. Do you have any experience with this? Thoughts?

Has anyone in your company heard the word (cross-connect) or (leased Line) perhaps you have heard this from the network team at your financial institution?

Anyone familiar with working for Kiavi/LendingHome? My experience is in private equity and structured products, I’ve been wanting to leave that and enter real estate for a while. They’re a self-proclaimed FinTech organization and I’m not at all familiar with that kind of structure for a company.

Going to India for 2 weeks for my project, any tips related to culture/way of working?

Any know the salary for a senior solution analyst at BCG in the Chicago area? Glassdoor doesn’t have that job title listed, surprisingly.

Laila Blueprint Cabernet 😍 I swear this is the best wine I've had in years.

VMLY&R merged with Geometry, to develop the "most powerful commerce capability and ad agency at global scale", who's worked with them because this seems like a stretch based on my experience with both.

Hi friends, I am reading this book ‘radical cander’ and was wondering if you have Fav way/ example of receiving and giving tough feedback? Or have any stories about feedback that have stuck with you through your career.

In West Philadelphia born and raised...

Thanks to the robots, there’s just not a lot left to do.

So why do we still have to spend all our waking time playing office?

Has anyone received a job offer after being initially ghosted by recruiter? How long did you not hear from them? Feeling down after not hearing anything for 2 weeks after a round of seemingly promising interviews.

If you got fired tomorrow, how long can you go without a paycheck? Assume you get 1 week of pay for every 6 months worked, and then can do unemployment after that ($425 a week)

Remember The Woo? Yeah, me neither. Well, they cut everyone’s pay (except mgmt of course) by 1/4 to get the small biz gov loan, and used it to hire a $500k/yr mgmt head. Agency still working barebones

I need infographic tips please!

😦 Whenever I fast forward through an ad on my DVR, I feel a brief but sharp pain in my chest. ⏩

What are the best brands with work life balance? Want to leave agency and work life balance is super important, thank u!!

What’s the worst advice you’ve ever gotten in this business?

Mine, as an account person: “You should take more credit for the creative that’s presented.”

How did your agency handle layoffs? All-agency meeting before they started? After they ended? Both?

Kinda sorta trying to predict if I’m losing my job tomorrow.

Let’s all agree on some collective self care this week - NO early morning meetings or client deliverables the day after the election. Perhaps we extend these rules this whole week. K? Great. 😅

Going in house is the move, right?

Which agencies in NY do great strategy work and are actually valued? It feels like strategy is lacking at most agencies...

Working with another agency on a project and think I'd rather work there. Protocol for reaching out to someone to pick their brain? Email? LinkedIn message?

What, exactly, are these Archive global creative "rankings" based on? I see people posting/humbled-and-honored'ing on LinkedIn and feel like posting that I'm the #17 CD/AD/Freelancer as ranked by both Better Homes & Gardens AND Cat Fancy Magazines.

Next time I have a meeting my Senior Manager, I may just snap and tell him that instead of constant nitpicking and giving hurtful, blunt feedback, how about acknowledging sometimes for a change?

Best way to find a mentor? I'm trying to better my book to get better jobs but I need some guidance.