Would you give up the agency life for a 9-5 at a bank with a pension? So.Torn!

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Folks! Loving your job is an urban legend. Please do yourselves a favor and stop looking for a dream job. That's a fallacy with a few exceptions. You're focusing on the wrong thing. Nothing is perfect or non-stop amazing and no, you're not going to be pumped about it 24/7. If you're doing something productive that helps you grow and you're learning and showing career progress, and you're also at least 50% interested in the subject matter at least 50% of the time, you're doing GREAT!!

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I would give up the agency life for many things. What you described is most definitely NOT one of them. Then again, you're a GAD...so maybe that's not quite as far of a stretch for you.

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^So now we have to "love this business enough"? Who determines "enough"? GTFO.

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Seriously? Go do it then. I'd rather die.

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The "you don't love this business enough" mentally is why so many people get burned out. Maybe we'd love it more if we weren't overworked and underpaid? Jesus, what an insane mindset.

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The first 15 yrs in advertising is great. The last 15 years...I shoulda went into banking.

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You should have banked by now. Pull the rip cord.

Yes.

I was in banking. I would, yes. Depends what you're into and good at...

If you have kids, yes.

Yes

Never.
But if you have to ask the question, you should do it. You don't love this business enough and it's probably negatively affecting your team and your agencies work.

Pensions still exist?

Do it. You don’t owe anyone sh*t. Even better if the job doesn’t come with a cell phone aka tracking device and a team slack account.

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