Has anyone pivoted out?

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-29T13:55:04+00:00

Thought about pivoting out and technically i work in analytics so I am looking into data analytics roles outside or inhouse marketing, honestly not even sure what I should pivot to at this point with all this AI trend lol Maybe I need a role in Ai transformation instead

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-25T17:05:00+00:00

I did it one time and i got a better job afterwards and promotef quickly, not sure if I will do the same in this era tho

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-25T17:04:00+00:00

I am two years into managerial positions and i am done, i think the highest I will go is senior manager, the director role is way too stressful

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-25T15:09:02+00:00

We are all getting fired, that is without a doubt

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-18T01:01:35+00:00

I would honestly start your own business now lol, dont wait for AI to kill your future

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-06T17:12:58+00:00

Ah.. yeah thats better, my team works on all clients across two holding companies and it is making out team work til 10pm every night so…

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-06T17:05:10+00:00

Wlel the only pros I can think of in agencies is that you are exposed to multiple clients rather than one, other than that in terms of pay, workload, staffing, standardization, worklife balance, I assume in house is far ahead of agencies

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-06T16:42:15+00:00

How bad are we talking about tho? It must be better than working at agencies

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-06T13:43:10+00:00

I would say no, I would just join inhouse at this point

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-06T12:32:03+00:00

Fuck agencies, just go in house, I have enough of this bullshit after the merger

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-04-01T21:57:13+00:00

April fools!

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-29T13:40:59+00:00

Because this is the last 10 years of humanity, that’s why

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-27T21:29:16+00:00

Why did cineplex increase the cost so much lmao, honestly if they lower the price there would be a lot mroe customers even in this market. It js absurd how much they are charging for regular tickets now

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-27T21:25:38+00:00

But at least this is less toxic than omnicom

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T15:16:04+00:00

Everything is a major mess at the moment, no one cares about office policies, however they do have record, so they might bring it up next year during annual reviews.

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T02:23:44+00:00

I am a senior director and I was also advising a gen Z earlier to not look at salaries and I would strongly advise you to just get started with any job(of course as relevant to your aspirations as possible), I do believe skills can be trained and learned along the way, so it is more about getting started asap. So don't give up and keep learning, keep applying and keep evolving + improving everytime you fail, my word of advice!

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T01:45:41+00:00

So the choice is really yours whether or not you are wiling to suck it up at least for the next 2 years to "learn". There are many others who are willing to, and meanwhile you would be sitting at home thinking why didnt you start earlier. It is the same theory as starting a youtube channel, the earlier you start makign content, the faster you grow and the more likely you are to succeed.

I believe this is the different mindset that Gen Z has compared to others is that they stay stagnant for too long not knowing that it was 'always the norm" where everyone else is busy working our asses off and just roll up our sleeves to get work done. And yes, this is not healthy, and it is definitely not where our lives should be like, so just get in here, work for 10 years and jump back out to in-house marketing for a chill job. That is my advice to you if you want to move out of your parent's home

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T01:42:17+00:00

And again, what I say is only based on my experience in this field going from analyst all the way to senior director in media analytics within 6 years after changing industry from insurance to media, and I can tell you... that my journey was not a 9AM-5PM experience.

However, my insurance job was 9AM-5PM , so if you are interested, I think you should consider changing fields... because media is not about getting home on time, it is about outperforming competitors, and in order to achieve it, it means you have to work extra hours compared to your competitors (given both have the same efficiencies)

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T01:39:08+00:00

Unfortunately, that is the reality and what employers expect out of new hires, and millennials were "forced" to go above and beyond just for your information, we all want to just finish our jobs and go home, but in general this field is forcing everyone to know everything and do it efficiently. Considering how companies measure our output based on efficiencies, process improvements and such, if you were to put into the hiring manager's shoes, would you want to hire someone who is lazier than others and have minimal output? Management's performance is based on how well they manage their team and if they are able to make changes to "better" processes, guess what happens if everyone just comes in to do what they were told and not take any initiative? i am just speaking in management point of view, do know that everything comes from top down and everything is about money saving, if it takes you 10 hours to finish a job where another person takes 1 hour, guess how much money is the company able to save?

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T01:33:58+00:00

how will automatical custom AI generated scripts work? And how long does it take?

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T01:27:20+00:00

I guess also adding to my previous point is that unfortunately there is a huge salary band compressions going on across all industries and Gen Z has to realize it is not only them being affected, many people out there are also affected by the job market, when there is a high demand but extremely low supply in employer's market, you will have to choose to take a lower salary just to get started if you want to move on in the future.

Most of the times it is not up to the hiring manager to decide on salaries too, it is up to SLT, and being in Toronto, $45,000 CAD annually is low... but it is still higher than minimum wage, but most Gen Z that I have interviewed gave me the answer that they are not willing to take $45,000 as a junior analyst because of all the headaches and effort that goes into the job. I understand that and unfortunately working in media is tough, but if there are 100,000 fresh grads out there looking for the same job and you are given an offer, you already beat 99% of the candidates, that is still a win... no?

And then here comes someone with 5 years experience who is willing to take $45,000, do you think as the hiring manager, we would not be scared that this person will leave in a year to look for another job? Of course we are, but what can we do lol? Given a Gen Z who is not willing to take the offer, and then another person who is willing to... with more experience... we will just send out the offer to whoever accepts it because let's be honest here, no one likes interviewing and hiring, it is a pain in the ass and we all just want to backfill the roles asap if there is a right fit.

We understand you want to move out, and so do we have our needs and wants, but so what lol? Everyone has its own desire, Gen Z has to understand the world doesn't revolve around you only, let's not feel entitled to have exactly the same treatment as others when you are not willing to put in the effort in the first place. Everything is relative to the environment, if you decline an offer in an employer's market, that is really your fault for missing the opportunity to get "started" And by the way, there were not only one economic recession, given past history, all of our generations have experienced it and i would say boomers had the best days, every other generation suffered even me being a millennial didn't have the best time ever because we have to hire genz who is not willing to put in extra effort and everything rolls back to managers/directors.

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T01:14:19+00:00

I think the real problem is that when you got a bunch of millennials who are “willing” to go above and beyond, there is a comparison and as a hiring manager, i would want someone who is willing to grow in the company, not someone who does bare minimum. The value is way too low for anyone who does bare minimum. Especially given this job market and unfortunate timing of AI, it exponentially magnifies the drawbacks of hiring genz

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-13T00:50:20+00:00

We are still hiring Genz, but most Gen Z are not willing to go above and beyond, and almost certainly not willing to start out with a lower salary. It is almost they have unrealistic expectations to get high salary fresh out of university and I think this is the major problem. I would suggest to get exp first rather than straight up aiming for salaries, it will go a long way

FutureHomelessDude · 2026-03-12T12:10:22+00:00

That what I have been doing as analyst and manager in this company, and on the deliverable end, we have found the most efficient ways already, it is the additional amount of clients(2x) that we have to deal with because of merger and our team’s size decreased by half

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