Category: Ad industry

Do Ad Agency Perks Make Up for Long Hours?

This was a fun and also eye-opening piece for me to report.  President Obama’s new regulation requires employers to pay overtime to staff making as much as $50,000 a year. The question my article was supposed to answer was, what are advertising agencies doing now to improve work/life balance for their staff?

It sounds like a lot of fun to work at these agencies, with classes, outings and trips. On the downside, junior staffers work days, evenings and weekends. What do you think? Would these perks drive you to work day and night?

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