Big layoffs coming in commercial, GSW

Lots of year end chopping ahead. GSW folks, watch your backs. It's all about the numbers and you don't matter.

 

How many? and who? where else will there be layoffs?

 

No layoffs are coming. GSW has the best talent on the face of the planet. They are the smartest people anywhere. They would not lay off anyone. Maybe some of the other agencies. But not GSW. No no no.

 

No layoffs happened. that was posted by someone who was layed off a while ago. But more consolidation is coming.

 

This may be true. Lots of buzz overheard in Columbus office about layoffs in early 2014.

 

OP was right, a few dozen let go in Columbus this week. Rumors of lots more to come. Private equity owners putting the squeeze on.

 

looks like the last agency is about to be consolidated

 

I'm surprised all of the agencies haven't been put under the same roof in NYC. It would be far cheaper.

 

New york is expensive wtf are you talking about. Plus they are going to lose another client in the next month

 

What I meant was it is cheaper to have all the agencies (Columbus, Palio, NYC, NJ, etc.) all under one roof. The NY area location is sexier and is close to the pharma belt in NY/NJ/Phil and the owners are organizing the whole company for a sale.

 

Seems to be something very wrong with the inVentiv agencies branding. Now why would i go to one of the agencies. Take a look at their web site.

Palioignite--Looks like they have a burning cross on coal. Ok someone is religious or in the cult area. negative image
GSW--Talk about organization of assets
Navicor: Branding looks like doo doo. It's brown. if it's yellow let it mellow if it's brown flush it down. That's a reflection of how they think?

Nothing screams innovative, nothing unique. Is this the best of creatives?

Did this work all come out of Ohio?

 

nice

 

Wow love those inventive web sites. Who is better. Navicor or Ignite. The color brown. Is that an agency? or Ignite. What image does that provoke?

 

The brown of Navicor is reflective of how they think. The burning image on Palio takes me back to the 1960s

 

DID YOU SEE GSW website. Not great either. But agree Navicor and Palio are very strange.

 

Word on the street that a big deal is happening with inventiv soon.

 

watch out, its a shit storm. Griffith will single hand bring this great offering down.

 

everyone is leaving. have you noticed. the agencies are going to probably have some more layoffs. They will have one or two creative directors over all agencies and probably get rid of some of the higher level folks.

 

"They will have one or two creative directors "

That would be more than they have now, all they have now are puppets collecting checks.

 

More layoffs last week and folks being asked to take pay cuts. Rough times ahead for GSW.