not funny at all, there is no exageration. it is like exactly like that. Creatives in costumes, limited execs and "don't care" clients. good done though
dislike wasn't funny from a workers point of view..... actually very angry. it may be a fictional video fro fun but it hits the nail on the head to what happens in advertising and many corp. media design sections.... so sad... but definitively hits the nail on the head.
I just Love this. Whoever the genius behind this is deserves a medal and a Pizza. Wish there was some credits so we could see who those dead-on awesome actors are. Where they even actors? Almost seemed to real to be faked.
My favorite part is the scene where the budget gets cut. I've had this happen to me while pulling an all-nighter to finish up a "comp" that has interactivity, SFX, and 80% functionality. That's not a comp, my client friends. How quickly clients can kill a project, and then you get to chase them down for weeks just to get back the upfront percentage you agreed upon. "How much was that again?" "Are you sure?" I actually told someone I wish I could punch them in the face through a phone after this.
The main three letters in the word, "Client" are LIE. They sap you of any creative energy. I always say I'd like to shake hands with the person who sold the concept not the group that came up with the concept. Good Clients make good agencies. Sometimes it's better to tell them to hit the road than to bow down to their weak excuses.
I used to work as a copywriter in a big advertising agency, and i quit because i got sick of sitting in the same room with these two faced ass holes who are willing to sell their soul for a buck. we should make a revolution where creative people earn their respect and stupid corporate fucks get to clean our shoes once in a while, or make our pizzas.
Today I am a DJ and an Artist, i play music and paint pictures and my life is beautiful. Make the change - Make your life count !
i love how this little video is catching on (i first saw it about two weeks ago). Seems to really be resonating with those of us who deal with this crap every day. This is my favorite "work" video since Truth in Advertising. We all need 27 brand tenants.
This is true but not new. Somehow it have not changed since I started working as a creative like 10 years ago. The worst part is that if we try to do something about it, we will be replaced for some junior kid willing to work for half our salary! WE ARE HORES!
In 15 years I made it to ACD to then be cut and replaced by young kids working 70 hr. weeks for small salaries (kind of like I did). Been own my own for five years now, but I realized pretty quickly that no matter how much client crap I put up with dealing directly with the clients it's about 1/4 as much as when there was an account worm in between. This video is funny but true. Clients are idiots and Account Execs are lying worms. Anyway it's spelled Whores. Jeez, you spell like a designer :-)
Its the same story over and over again. Sad thing to say, but then again: is their money. In Latin America a taxi driver or a maid make as much as a copywriter or a junior Art Director and work less. I think I'm in that moment of my career that I ask my self; what happened with the hundreds of guys I worked with all this years? lets say 1 out of 20 still in the industry.
I am very familiar with this..after a while you get to realize your first idea isn't going to please everyone. The "we have no changes BUT can you change.." phrase is used daily around the world.
i heart this video. for anyone who's worked in an agency it's crazy accurate. favorite line: "I don't even know what tweeting is...but this wouldn't make me want to do it."
alguem me entende!
chicones182 5 months ago
not funny at all, there is no exageration. it is like exactly like that. Creatives in costumes, limited execs and "don't care" clients. good done though
strummer77777 8 months ago
dislike wasn't funny from a workers point of view..... actually very angry. it may be a fictional video fro fun but it hits the nail on the head to what happens in advertising and many corp. media design sections.... so sad... but definitively hits the nail on the head.
darkstar87d 9 months ago
oh so that's why yahoo was mentioned
renaum 11 months ago
As a new copywriter and conceptualizer for a premier Indian "event management" firm, I can't believe how true this rings!
Kudos!
jacen110091 1 year ago
Wolf like me?
wolfattack402000 1 year ago
Pizza budget has been cut, too.
Funnynotslutty 1 year ago
amazing! nice work!
ARRENJ 1 year ago
Wow - it's really the SAME everywhere!
g33gi 1 year ago
Great..
rospalding 1 year ago
"No changes... We're just going to have to change this this and that!" - This is SO true.
elephantattack 2 years ago 3
I should show this video to the rest of my clients :)
dopysloth 2 years ago 3
simply the truth
xcarlosrosax 2 years ago
aerosmith ringtone = genious
aleborba 2 years ago
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goodspeed1 2 years ago
I got chest pains watching this.
nburmandesign 2 years ago 6
I agree with you Hpfightin. What is the tie-in with Yahoo? Obviously, we're talking about Yahoo. So...Yahoo you guys are genuses! Right?
Hmranger 2 years ago
Hahahahaha !!!!
SpasticSalad 2 years ago
Nice vid, but... I just dont see the relation to Yahoo Ad Buzz. Will you have a rejected ideas competition or what?
hpfightin 2 years ago
Omg. Totally relatable.
ccwl210 2 years ago
I just Love this. Whoever the genius behind this is deserves a medal and a Pizza. Wish there was some credits so we could see who those dead-on awesome actors are. Where they even actors? Almost seemed to real to be faked.
gavinfarrell 2 years ago
Too on the nose.
Philm35 2 years ago
I think the account guy is not realistic enough; they are usually much worse than that.
machadomas 2 years ago
This expresses my feelings right now. Every time I come out of the meeting I just think FML and SOL.
aikobaka 2 years ago
This video made me sad.
arandia 2 years ago
Had a fun little meeting like that about three hours ago. To everyone who thinks copywriting is TOTALLY AWESOME BRO!, save your sanity and your soul.
Be a farmer.
captainhags 2 years ago
so dead on.
the four words of epic FAIL: "I like it but....."
agenturge 2 years ago
It's a shame Yahoo's own advertising is toss.
BuggelyToons 2 years ago
Shit! It doesn't matter the country... is the same. I'm from Venezuela and we have to deal with this every day.
cahlitox 2 years ago
My favorite part is the scene where the budget gets cut. I've had this happen to me while pulling an all-nighter to finish up a "comp" that has interactivity, SFX, and 80% functionality. That's not a comp, my client friends. How quickly clients can kill a project, and then you get to chase them down for weeks just to get back the upfront percentage you agreed upon. "How much was that again?" "Are you sure?" I actually told someone I wish I could punch them in the face through a phone after this.
fvckingtest 2 years ago
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BWWOfficeBullRun 2 years ago
Its amazing... I loved the "Account executive" guy, Specially at 3:42 when he joins the client side... its sooooooo funny, great one...
rebeldesigner 2 years ago 6
The main three letters in the word, "Client" are LIE. They sap you of any creative energy. I always say I'd like to shake hands with the person who sold the concept not the group that came up with the concept. Good Clients make good agencies. Sometimes it's better to tell them to hit the road than to bow down to their weak excuses.
13GRATIOT 2 years ago
A reader asks what the creatives "transformation" song was. It's TV on the Radio, "Wolf Like Me."
YahooAdBuzz 2 years ago
Oh, too true.
ralinad 2 years ago
I used to work as a copywriter in a big advertising agency, and i quit because i got sick of sitting in the same room with these two faced ass holes who are willing to sell their soul for a buck. we should make a revolution where creative people earn their respect and stupid corporate fucks get to clean our shoes once in a while, or make our pizzas.
Today I am a DJ and an Artist, i play music and paint pictures and my life is beautiful. Make the change - Make your life count !
poet2012 2 years ago
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hjmhjm 2 years ago
i love how this little video is catching on (i first saw it about two weeks ago). Seems to really be resonating with those of us who deal with this crap every day. This is my favorite "work" video since Truth in Advertising. We all need 27 brand tenants.
HazyDavy73 2 years ago
There should be a way to favorite a video multiples times equivalent to it's awesomeness level.
Morinoko7 2 years ago 3
fit!!!
jamiehutber 2 years ago
You toser
carltonbanks81 2 years ago
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA and I would like to add (no pun) HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Just like the old days when i had sold my sold to satan to be a 'creative director' and sell crap to twats globally.
It was a real Paradigm shift :) Very post modern using browns.
partytree 2 years ago
The only thing that doesn't change about the business is the business.
moproducer 2 years ago
great casting on the douchey Account Exec
shawnyfresh 2 years ago
This is true but not new. Somehow it have not changed since I started working as a creative like 10 years ago. The worst part is that if we try to do something about it, we will be replaced for some junior kid willing to work for half our salary! WE ARE HORES!
jpdegamboa 2 years ago
In 15 years I made it to ACD to then be cut and replaced by young kids working 70 hr. weeks for small salaries (kind of like I did). Been own my own for five years now, but I realized pretty quickly that no matter how much client crap I put up with dealing directly with the clients it's about 1/4 as much as when there was an account worm in between. This video is funny but true. Clients are idiots and Account Execs are lying worms. Anyway it's spelled Whores. Jeez, you spell like a designer :-)
YzYrCmnSns 2 years ago
Its the same story over and over again. Sad thing to say, but then again: is their money. In Latin America a taxi driver or a maid make as much as a copywriter or a junior Art Director and work less. I think I'm in that moment of my career that I ask my self; what happened with the hundreds of guys I worked with all this years? lets say 1 out of 20 still in the industry.
jpdegamboa 2 years ago
Join the frickin' club.
"I love it but..."
olliepalmerdotcom 2 years ago
the client part is the most accurate. i've spent too many hours changing spots that the clients originally said they "loved."
watching the AE switch sides was all too true, sadly.
freesedogg 2 years ago
So unfair!!! but soooooooo truth! Its the Story of my Life
horn666666 2 years ago
OMG... We live this every day!!!
mtt481 2 years ago 2
So true. I was a bit disappointed in the lack of faux-hawks though.
bf33l3y 2 years ago
harr harr - it's evil, but it's real
MacDeFessel 2 years ago
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
tbnews2 2 years ago
yep - they about nailed it!
sheviche 2 years ago
I'm generally on the Client Side... and this just makes me cringe. Runs too close to home.
mkarim 2 years ago
ps - the paste-on goatee is EPIC!!!
apocalippz 2 years ago
i'm a CD - this is my life, EVERY day
apocalippz 2 years ago
that's so true to how theose stupid meetings really go and how you have to look very funny
ryehixson 2 years ago
that is hilarious needs more swearing for realisms sake
demblic 2 years ago
Amen to that - not nearly enough Fbombs for the ad world
apotherix 2 years ago
Brilliant!
The tweeting and baby seal lines are pure genius.
rreardonm 2 years ago
Decent casting actually. The clients are dead on.
toddanthonydirect 2 years ago
All of my clients have Aerosmith ringtones.
theBaronLIVES 2 years ago
baby seal tears XD
I am very familiar with this..after a while you get to realize your first idea isn't going to please everyone. The "we have no changes BUT can you change.." phrase is used daily around the world.
zincink 2 years ago
i heart this video. for anyone who's worked in an agency it's crazy accurate. favorite line: "I don't even know what tweeting is...but this wouldn't make me want to do it."
HazyDavy73 2 years ago
you know it's bad when even the pizza budget is gone.
Snittster 2 years ago