Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The road to Couples Porn


It really stinks. I don't like my co-workers much and I have even less responsibilities than I did in my previous job, despite a promotion from copywriter to senior copywriter. When I say I don't like them, I mean I don't like them on a professional level, not a personal one. One of my supervisors changed a word I wrote in an ad, from 'dazzled' to 'blown away'. These kinds of things are my call, as the main copywriter on the ad (senior copywriter, no less). Do I sound bitter?

There also seems to be a distinct lack of common sense, pervading the premises which I can only attribute to weak management. Maybe it's inexperience, maybe it's people doing things the wrong way for too long, which can be contagious or maybe it's just sheer incompetence in all the wrong places. The bottom line, something is seriously wrong with the fabric of this place. The account team don't like the creative team (I mean, really don't like us) and the creative team don't respect the account team. I know this sounds like 'business as usual' for all you advertising veterans, but this is more than normal. These are serious cracks in the infrastructure and not really conducive to an effective agency environment.

People seem more prone to talking and less prone to actually getting the stuff done. The funny thing is, no one seems to notice and, according to our ranking and profits, we're one of the more successful agencies in New York. Maybe I'm just an idealist (I'm certainly not a perfectionist) and am overly sensitive to things not being just right.

Who am I kidding? I AM an idealist, but I can also be right sometimes. It's all fucking lip service in this business, which shouldn't surprise me seeing how I work in ADVERTISING.

God, why can't I just start my own successful porn production company specialising in erotic content aimed at couples?

Grant me this one wish!

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