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  • Raybandana5

    So get this. I spent 5 years in Dubai working for a well-known ad agency. 8 years before that in Toronto. Our team produced so much award-winning work, we won agency of the year and network of the year in 2018. I saved a good amount of coin too. Then I decided to move back to Toronto and I got a transfer back into the same company. 2 months into the job the CCO fired me because of chemistry, which everyone was super surprised and confused. Now I have daycare + rent cost which is soul-crushing expensive. If I don't have work for a few months... all my savings are gone. Insane. Try so hard, do so much, to be left with nothing. Advertisting fucking blows.

    • fuckernexbcn
    • I sense you are gifted, likable and of course you threatened the CCO. This is just mental shift to get over, use your talent, it will be okrobotron3k
    • Would love to see your work ray so I feel inadequateHayoth
    • Left with nothing? If you have all the work and even awards under your belt isn't it easy to find a job for you immediately?NBQ00
    • With this cool acomplishments and awards, you will find work soon sir. Im sure! Easier said than done, but it will all work outFabricio
    • I dont have that many contacts in Toronto anymore, but if you want, you can share with me your portfolio and share it with my friends in CanadaFabricio
    • *and I will share with my friendsFabricio
    • I wont be left with nothing, but I'm worried I'll have to spend all my saving waiting around for a job. took 5 years to get those savings!Raybandana
    • Here is my book - http://claytoneedham…Raybandana
    • Thanks the support guys.Raybandana
    • I've worked all over and I still find Toronto one of the weirdest markets for advertising/creative jobs. So political.ben_
    • What the issue is I was being paid alot and I crafted my lifestyle to that pay. Its hard to find a high paying job like that again, within a timely manner!Raybandana
    • Yeah - I mean reach out to some of the better recruiters in the city who handle senior talent. I've had good experiences with Trina Boos in the past.ben_
    • Goes without saying, but where you can scale back do so till you find something good. I sold my house in Toronto and got the hell out of the city because of...ben_
    • a nervous employment market here. For us it was the best move possible. Good luck man, it will turn around!ben_
    • Yea that sounds about right. Super political and uncertain. So wierd. If you move out of Toronto, where do you find work?!Raybandana
    • Love that camel concept, so uniqueHayoth
    • Thanks HayothRaybandana
    • solid work man! it's a setback i'm sure but with work like that i doubt you won't find a good position.renderedred
    • Thanks. Yea I feel the same it's just so political and the timing is bad. Anyways dont want to bitch too much, just really unfair treatment I've gone through.Raybandana
    • Ah. So you ARE Claymantis. You spent a lot of time denying that years ago. Congrats on the family. You’ll be fine.monospaced
    • /\ Lol, I thought that was confirmed years ago.
      Clay, I work for a Toronto firm (not advertising) as CD co-managing our studio - 3 days a week I'm in Toronto or
      ben_
    • with clients (NYC right now) and two days a week I'm at home. Sometimes it's flipped. It's manageable.ben_
    • but seriously reach out to Trina who owns boost, she'll likely work with you directly. Tell her Ben from Jackman sent you if you decide to do it.ben_
    • haha there is Mono. Yes this is claymantis. And thanks.Raybandana
    • Yea I always wondering how to move into a role like ben_. I feel like I just depend on these shitty agencies too muc, wish I knew how I could shift gears a bit.Raybandana
    • Okay thanks ben_! I will, do you have her email?Raybandana
    • I sent her a linkedin msg. thanks again!Raybandana
    • Sorry was wrangling my daughter in the hotel room before dinner. let me know how it goes!ben_
    • haha I understand the wrangle factor. Will do! I reached out to a ton of recuriters there all saying wait for the new year.Raybandana
    • That's probably a safe assumption right this moment. I will see what our freelance workstream is looking like for AD needs.ben_
    • Hopefully after being a rockstar for many years they gave you a good severance. spend time with your little one and hunt for work. Collect Unemployment?monospaced
    • Yea I'm banking on that. But it still not an easy win. I have to compete. I don't have enough insurable hours to collect EI.Raybandana

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