Mad Men
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- MrOneHundred0
for _salisae_;
I freelanced at a LOT of ad agencies and had a very strong rep as a “guy who solves problems”. I worked the bad hours, did the dirty jobs, saved some arses superior to mine and bent over backwards to please my temporary masters. I am happy to say I got paid well and had a lot of respect from my peers. At one point, I was desperate for full-time employment (the details of that desperation, I won’t share here). I was, basically promised permanent work with more-than-one agency and each time I got screwed over. One place I had been at for near 6 months with the promise of a job and I found out they hired a junior. The way I found out was when I turned up for work and she was sitting in my chair and introduced herself. When I fronted the CD about it, he said I had imagined the whole thing. Similar things happened more than once. Art directors taking credit for my work. Brainless copywriters getting paid 3 times my wage and “borrowing” ideas from me. Just the typical fun stuff you see on Mad Men. Yes, hard to put exactly into words, but you should be able to get the gist.
But there have been a few who I would consider mentors (two who strangely can’t even utter eachothers’ name). They can’t be generalised in any sense.
- I have to be discreet. My disguise on QBN is dangerously thin.MrOneHundred
- *pulls up trench coat collar and puts on dark glasses_salisae_
- Well, it is a very small industry where I am, and if I get into specifics, it could get nasty...MrOneHundred
- ...and I have put it behind me, where it belongs.MrOneHundred
- Are you making fun of me?MrOneHundred
- not at all i just felt like i created a risky situation for you._salisae_
- putting it behind you is the best idea. sorry you had such screwy situations :/_salisae_
- That’s alright. I tend to be a little paranoid. I bet others have had it worse.MrOneHundred