Here’s an interesting topic: Agencies that have 50%+ of their employees working remotely (from their homes) while the other 50% work in the HQ office where the owners take daily attendance, chastise employees who need to come in late or leave early, employees are threatened to have holidays taken away because “the owners work on holidays” and “all hands” meeting are regularly scheduled for Friday afternoons to make sure no one leaves the office early. Fascinating.

Hey friends, I’m going to be relocating to Chicago in about a month. I’m currently a freelancer with some remote clients in the coasts, but would like to expand my network to hopefully get local work or maybe go FT. Any pointers or advice for someone new to the Chicago ad scene? Agencies that hire more freelance? Agencies to stay away from? Anyone want to be my friend?

Is Epsilon actually hiring? How many times are they gonna post that campaign analyst position???

Are any brands in 2026 still overlooking the buying power of women and treating them like a “niche audience” as suggested below? This seems more like a pre-1980’s issue but curious what everyone else thinks.

How much do people rely on Glassdoor reviews theses days? When I come across reviews like the one below (Empower Media), it makes me thankful we have resources like this to rely on rather than the bogus info hiring teams share during the interview process.