Tag: toxic

I’ve worked with creatives who’ll spend hours complaining about the brief, the deadline, the account handler, the client, the industry, other creatives and just about everything. 

I'm scared because of what the people in these stories might say and what you might think of me. But putting it out there feels cathartic and unburdening.

I've always worked in startups, and the "we're a family with a higher mission" attitude often leads to a lack of personal life and a complete lack of balance.

My biggest fuck up was growing up thinking that being older or being in senior management meant that you knew what you were talking about.

I was literally getting calls from the Group FD who was now running the business, as my wife went into labour.

I had massive anxiety that everything else I was doing at work was shit. The biggest thing I learned was to make a decision early and stick to it.

This supposed imposter syndrome isn’t a result of your fragile brain, it’s the structural toxicity of many managers and work environments.

I spent too long ensuring that the captains of the industry got free rein, encouraging toxic cultures.