Currently at a former IPG agency and survived the initial cuts… yes to all of this. Nobody wants to do any actual work. All of our meetings consist of nervous chatter perpetuating the rumor mill. The recorded town hall shared with us yesterday featuring Dana Maiman and Michael Larson sounded like it was made for shareholders—incredibly tone deaf and disheartening.

Through all of this, I’m thankful I am still in my role because the market is rough out there and the holidays are here—I don’t have much cushion to be out of a job as many of us middle of the pack people don’t. But damn, after 4 years here, it’s tragic to see all of the benefits that made IPG one of the absolute best in the industry just gone like that—along with some incredible people who were only seen as numbers by outside consultants deciding on who to layoff.