Advertising may be a rewarding, engaging and highly sought-after creative career, but there is a dark side to working at agencies: their long hours culture.
By Kate MageeJust scratch the surface and you will hear the horror stories. People vomiting in the work toilets because they are so burnt out. Bosses making “part-timer” comments when staff are leaving at 10 pm. The expectation that you will turn up on a weekend for a regular creative review. An executive creative director standing on a table at 3 am the night before a pitch, screaming at everyone “it’s all fucking shit”. People no longer making plans wit
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