Tech Industry job layoffs looking scary

[chineebai]

The offer I accepted is not one of the big 3s. The accepted role would allow me to manage multi-brands. One of the things that stood out in the final interview was the lady was telling me that she wishes the role paid more, admitting it was a little less than market rate and that she hopes they improve that. I appreciated the transparency there. She also held me over the interview time to ask me who I was as a person and was emphasizing that they don't want people whose whole identity is their work and she was pushing family values and all that. That was a pretty refreshing green flag for me despite the slightly under market payrate.

The other offer I have pending (fingers crossed) is a notable agency that's been around since 1973 that was just acquired by Publicis though so that one I could end up working for a big 3 company. During the interviews one of the guys was talking about it and he seemed kind of bummed about it and said the culture changed when they got acquired and that they are steering people away from remote work and want more in office. But the role I applied for is remote but may be more hybrid come April with it being located in Florida. I think this role would be interesting because it is focused on one brand (Tyson) and I've never had the experience of working with one single brand before. I think earning potential could be higher here but I'm a bit wary of them being acquired by Publicis and how that seems to be coming off in terms of employee morale and strict requirements. But it could be more structured and be a great place to develop as well

I would say that being at a bigger agency does provide way more opportunities because you can jump to another agency or brand and get to know way more people. Publicis has been on a complete tear recently with winning a ton of clients so it’s a great place to be now. Relationships matter a lot at the agency. Negative on working on 1 brand is that if the brand goes away then your job is at risk and also it could be a shytty brand or client but that’s every job.

 

[jaydolf spitler]

I would say that being at a bigger agency does provide way more opportunities because you can jump to another agency or brand and get to know way more people. Publicis has been on a complete tear recently with winning a ton of clients so it’s a great place to be now. Relationships matter a lot at the agency. Negative on working on 1 brand is that if the brand goes away then your job is at risk and also it could be a shytty brand or client but that’s every job.

Appreciate your insight on all this. Sounds like u know ur stuff. What do u do for work?

 

[chineebai]

Appreciate your insight on all this. Sounds like u know ur stuff. What do u do for work?

Im a level below cxo at a big 3 agency but it’s not all that for a huge company, lots of people at my level especially globally and a lot of cxos

 

[jaydolf spitler]

@jaydolf spitler

How did they listen in? We’re you using a company cell phone or company landline

Google meet. I checked to see if the call was recorded and it wasn't but they have like keystroke tracking software or something. The whole situation was dumb because I met with my supervisor the week before and walked her thru the process always with the intention of implementing it for the company being transparent about it. They were acting like I was on some Edward Snowden shyt.

Plus a lot of what I pieced together for the process was publicly available resources related to entirely different platforms than my company's.

I think they were just trying to get rid of me and looking for any way to justify it. At that point I didn't want to work there anyways. Was already looking for a new job.