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- calcium0
Viral marketing for R/GA
- instrmntl0
Surely if he was a decent copy writer, he could have come up with a better acronym.
- Nostradamus0
I'm still lol'ing at the copywriter that turns "chase" into "chance"
- Nostradamus0
d_rek you'd be lucky doing layouts for Field & Stream.
- I'm not sure if that's supposed to be an insult ...d_rek
- d_rek0
I would never work for a guy with hair like that. Ever.
- Nostradamus0
seriously, wtf does "chance down copy changes" mean...please explain this mystery.
- Nostradamus0
Chance down copy changes, checking clowns breakin' faces!
cool rap, bro.
- Nostradamus0
"chance down copy changes"
What??
- jteore0
I went through something similar at Direct TV last week_
I was going into mid-day sit downs concerning rush deadlines only to have the ECD and CD say to me "This is wrong, there were changes."My "team" was not emailing me copy changes or coming over to me to inform me of copy changes. They had 4 ENTIRE copy overhauls in 1.5 business days for a 4 page brochure. They also had a total of THREE copywriters working on the one job.
The full time designer that they also had working on the job (Her cover design was the one client approved), also did not inform me of her design changes to the cover. This was most surprising considering I was in direct contact with her multiple times through the day.
At the 3pm sit down after I was told items in my layout were incorrect, I made the comment out loud "I should not have to chance down copy changes, I should just be informed of them."
Needless to say that evening I got a phone call from the headhunter that placed me into the position. Direct TV felt I was not a fit.
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Got a call today. Going to work with my old Creative Director from Christies Art Auction who is now at The Lincoln Center.Heed this: Avoid the Acquisition Marketing Department at Direct TV. Very disorganized bunch. There is a difference between rush deadlines and true chaos.
- I was pulled in as titled "Permalance Art Director"jteore
- cannonball19780
This doesn't change the fact that the place sucks.
- dMullins0
"You'd think that as a writer, this would be a better crafted rant. I was at R/GA around the same time as the "not so anonymous, if you worked there" disgruntled employee and the truth is nobody wanted to work with him. He was weird and just not talented. And from what I recall, he was caught surfing porn for hours on end, on a daily basis. Which is why it's funny that he not only brings it up, but he doesn't even deny it. And they caught him not because his screen was facing everyone, but because everybody on his floor was very aware of what he was doing and a girl complained that the creepy guy in the corner was surfing porn all day (with his hand on his lap). So when IT checked the records, there it was. Also, the pencil he is talking about was a pencil for Nike ID. I'm pretty sure it didn't win for it's glorious writing. I'm not sure what the strategy for this was in terms of getting new work, but hey no publicity is bad publicity right?"
- utopian0
Any naughty sites that you would like to recommend?
- chuparosa0
Moral of the story is trust your instincts. If you feel like it is time to quit then you should.
- I'd never get out of bed with that philosophy...neue75_bold
- fooler20
P.S.
I'm pretty sure I can be fired for clicking that link.
- fooler20
yeah the writer sounds like the control freak asshole.
Take the severance and move on asshole.
- instrmntl0
sounds like they are both at fault. hr seemed lame, and the guy seemed like he has trouble working with people.
- cuke4260
^ i worked for the tech department under the guy in the middle of that photo there, i was there for a year, worked under John Jones, it was a bit stiff in the tech department but i have nothing bad to say about the place.
Sounds like this guy got laid off, plain and simple. Not sure about the inferring that he was looking at naughty sites, but they offered him severance, etc. which is great - after reading this i'm still not sure why he didn't accept.
- BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD0
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That photo just made me throw up a bit