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Originally Posted by DCurry
I seem to get a little annoyed when the bossman wants a self-promo piece and just says, "Do whatever you want." I'd rather have a little bit of direction so I know what they are going for.
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I get that all the time doing company promo work. Most of the things I'm asked to create never even go to press. It's like Bossman gets this idea of a marketing or promo piece, asks me to drop everything and put it together, everyone likes it...then it just sits. Sometimes he gets so excited about something, prints a few hundred, and again they just sit.
Some of his marketing ideas and targets are so incredibly stupid, I cringe when he says "So what do you think?" I have refused to work on certain ideas of his that he comes up with on a whim, knowing he'll have forgotten all about it in a couple of days anyway.
I honestly don't mind bringing work home with me once in a while. I'm more comfortable at home, can sit at the computer with a glass of wine, and take my time to come up with something I'm proud of. I see it as making up for the time I waste at work just staring glassy-eyed at the screen pretending like I'm working. Everyone's happy that way.
