tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post6443664174892839122..comments2024-03-17T03:15:14.033-04:00Comments on View From Madison Avenue: Adventures In Advertising: An Employee Gets Revenge View From Madison Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-84414885882644209512016-08-18T01:48:05.576-04:002016-08-18T01:48:05.576-04:00There is no reason to ever be nasty or rude and I ...There is no reason to ever be nasty or rude and I know executives who think this is a way of establishing their control and power.View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-20717326935184921782016-08-18T01:41:07.896-04:002016-08-18T01:41:07.896-04:00As they say, honesty is the best policy. The plann...As they say, honesty is the best policy. The planner spoke the truth, which may have been tough on the kid at the time; but the kid knew it was true. I have always tried to be truthful and honest with my candidates. Sometimes, it is difficult - like when I tell a fifty year old who has had six jobs in five years, the advice that he or she should have a Plan B. (Wrote a post about that.) View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-79464501289923192332016-08-18T01:05:52.419-04:002016-08-18T01:05:52.419-04:00On the flip side of this: I once heard a story abo...On the flip side of this: I once heard a story about a kid applying for a junior account planning job. The hiring planner really liked the kid but didn't think he was a planner. After HR informed the kid he would not be moving on the hiring manager called him to give him advice including that he might be better off on the client side. A number of years later that planner was pitching an Jonathan Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548753948087830803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-69511554112292242522016-08-18T01:02:30.138-04:002016-08-18T01:02:30.138-04:00On the flip side of this: I once heard a story abo...On the flip side of this: I once heard a story about a kid applying for a junior account planning job. The hiring planner really liked the kid but didn't think he was a planner. After HR informed the kid he would not be moving on the hiring manager called him to give him advice including that he might be better off on the client side. A number of years later that planner was pitching an Jonathan Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548753948087830803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-76752369408241450742016-08-17T12:30:00.625-04:002016-08-17T12:30:00.625-04:00I love "good karma" stories. Have a few...I love "good karma" stories. Have a few myself. I was connected to your blog by an old friend, Lonny Strum [we went to high school together]. Noticed that you collect glass and wondered if you've ever come across seltzer bottles with the name "Hodes" on them?CarolNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800609385380053183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-43499119728996134982016-08-16T17:11:06.342-04:002016-08-16T17:11:06.342-04:00How lovely that you can still bask in this moment ...How lovely that you can still bask in this moment years later. It certainly is one to savor.agencybrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059120602971486673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-20678612398789569442016-08-16T16:20:02.382-04:002016-08-16T16:20:02.382-04:00Firing a client is the ultimate revenge for an ad ...Firing a client is the ultimate revenge for an ad agency.View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-39685049668771539292016-08-16T14:48:35.678-04:002016-08-16T14:48:35.678-04:00A number of years ago I worked at an agency with a...A number of years ago I worked at an agency with a particularly nasty client. Treated us as a low level vendor that was supposed to do exactly what he wanted. After a meeting in which he re-art directed a particular ad, the agency CEO called him up and fired him as a client on the spot. Short-term hit on the bottom line which we quickly made up. Long-term boost for the morale at the agency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-12440114864565044992016-08-16T13:42:14.710-04:002016-08-16T13:42:14.710-04:00I am sure I never thought of making him sit throug...I am sure I never thought of making him sit through an interview at the time. But I couldn't wait to throw him out.View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-8101058259946395182016-08-16T12:47:30.044-04:002016-08-16T12:47:30.044-04:00Haha, you were actually pretty merciful Paul. You ...Haha, you were actually pretty merciful Paul. You could have made him sit through a half hour interview first and then delivered that line. As I commented recently in another of your columns, my father (also in this business) advised me right at the start of my career, "Be nice to everyone, you never know."Ed Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12281584519364948939noreply@blogger.com