Working under Omnicom right now and my God, has it taken a turn for the worst. Everybody I respected has fled for the hills to M&A, Imre, and 21GRAMS. I desperately want to get out and have gotten courted by the agencies I mentioned, all for higher pay and a better title. There is no perfect agency…but are there any lesser evils?

Stick with the devil I know or the devil I don’t? Lol are there any devils that allow me to actually end my day at 5PM?

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Same fear here at Area 23. Not sure what hell is coming. I would look at the client list. Heavy DTC roster may be trouble with RFK’s meddling.

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You work at an agency. The only day that ends at 5 is your last day unfortunately.

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What’s funny is I’ve been ending at 5 for about 6 years at Omnicom now — which now I see was some sort of divine miracle.

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Anxiety level is so high right now. Between the impending acquisition, AI, and the world just generally going to hell, I’d absolutely be headed to therapy if I could afford it. And that’s before IPGH benefits convert to Omnicom’s.

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Now who said I wasn’t already in therapy

I know 2 people who are/were at Imre. One got laid off the day he came back from a shoot, the other hates it.

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Imre is so phony. They fein love but they are exactly the opposite.

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chatting with all of them is the only way to see if it’s worth moving for you. i work at one of the agencies you mentioned and it’s leaps and bounds better than the omnicom agency i was at. will never work with omnicom again.

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If you’re comfortable, would you mind sharing where you are now? If not, all good, but agreed that Omnicom sparks zero joy for anybody that is currently here.

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Where at omnicom? Barely notice I’m a part of it.

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Anyone who fled to 21 Grams will be fleeing again. Horror show there.

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Been at 21G for years. Been fantastic for me personally.

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Check their client lists. If heavy DTC, stay where you are. If not make the leap to greener pastures.

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If you’re courted why didn’t you take it

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I would run far away from Omnicom. I actually did and so much happier. If those three courted me (two actually did) I would take it.

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Feel free to dm

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If you’re at IPG Health Dana is supposedly staying, but consolidating so many jobs that you should get out

For sure there will be layoffs. Client-facing, highly billable people are likely to be at the bottom of the list though.

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