Other than working in an advertising industry

Enough is enough! It's time to get out!

Measuring the stress level to your salary by index points

Salary : 100
Expectation from
- Employer : 138
- Subordinates : 126
- Suppliers : 118
- Clients : 148

We are superhumans now - going beyond requirements and expectations.

My client turned me into a gangster

When I was in m teens, I was very timid and shy. Will only speak when required. I'm so soft till the other person on the other side of the phone cannot hear me clearly.

After 10 years of working exposure and with the increasing demands from inconsiderate clients to do the impossible, I've now turned to be someone who takes no for an answer and will force my way through to get things done. These days, most of the people I deal with (the suppliers) dread receiving calls from me as I'd get them to do the impossible and last minute tasks for me. Or when my subordinates are not able to solve and get the proper proposal or solution from them. Furthermore, I've got my clients using my name to get things done.

Therefore, I now feel like a gangster in my field.

Is this a good or bad thing for me?

Good Money vs Work Stress - Is it worth it?

I wanted to be an interior designer when I was in Form 4 - mum was against it. After much negotiation, I settled for graphic design course - to be an ad person. But after completing the course, I saw the working hours my fellow mates had to put in ..... it turned me off. After 2 years of working in a non-ad company, I still wanted a taste in the ad agency - but not in the creative department which I was trained in. There was an opening as a media coordinator in a media agency and I took up the offer. After a year, I quit to further my studies and majored in .... guess what - advertising. But, I sweared not to join an ad agency.

Upon completion, it was recession. I took up an offer in an ad agency as a media planner for the interim period while looking for opportunities else where. After 10 years, I'm still in the media industry. What kept me in here was the continuous learning, exposure and excitement gain .... and not forgetting, the money was good. As the years passed ... the work stressed increased. Clients' got more demanding and unreasonable. Management was putting more pressure on individuals to keep clients happy, win awards and ensure that the accounts was profitable.

If you have to choose only one ..... which would you choose?
A. "More money with lots of work stress"
B. "Less money but more time for yourself"