Thread regarding Edward Jones layoffs

Brand art contractors

Anyone else noticing how many contractors in Brand are acting like leaders or even hiring managers? Some seem to be leading parts of the business and directing creative work within the agency structure. It’s confusing when contractors appear to be overseeing other contractors, and it’s often unclear who is actually working for who. The dynamic can feel pretty toxic.

When a contractor in the agency positions themselves as a department or team lead, or even a creative lead over others, it raises questions about who actually has a seat at the table and how those decisions are being made.

Curious how this became the model.


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What about those contractors who have GP as siblings? They said they run the place now.

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@ae EDJ trying to appeal to gen z is comical. We still think placement marketing with no explaination will "sell". We can't use a reputation for treating the workforce properly either. Environment? We said sc--w that that too.
GenZ: We like remote work, and work life balance. We like spending time with our kids and don't like wasting gas.

Edj: Cool, we are going to pretend it's 1995 again, and have micromanaged cube he-l now. All after you sit in traffic for an hour. Your kids? F them kids. Muh culture though!

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@a6 huge EBM hiring growth to me screams a desperate attempt to figure out how to position EDJ as appealing to millennials and Gen Z, because they’re currently failing horribly in regards to features and functionality that these generations would value and want.

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It’s the people who are from creative circle just trying to be the creative directors, when the are just on short comtracts and don’t have any say. Check their personality at the door.

How can they be a part of the hiring process and sharing classified copy and CRE information with freelancers for development? And. No idea what they are doing

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It looks like all of EBM has grown a lot recently. Or maybe it’s just the number of GPs.

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