The vindication of Paul Fishlock
Wow.
You may have noticed that not much went up on Mumbrella over the last couple of hours.
That’s because I’ve been reading the judge’s findings in Paul Fishlock’s case against The Campaign Palace.
I’d always known that agencyland can be a brutal place. But the picture of the cynical, ego-driven, unsentimental world that comes through in the findings of Justice John Sacker is something else. I recommend you take the time to read it yourself.
Thank God there is still some crazy Ego shit going down in Adland, I was concerned we were turning into banks
What a bunch of a$$hats.
Very insightful Tim. Thanks for publishing
To author: Great attention to detail. A pithy and well written piece. Thank you.
Justice Sackville could apply for a position as copywriter at Ogilvy
He certainly has a skill for “the truth well told”
Aside from the more obvious stuff in this article, I like “Clients like Panasonic and Dominos are already pissed about the high turnover rates”.
Well, I can’t speak for Panasonic, but I think anyone who has ever worked with Domino’s would say that they have nobody to blame but themselves for turnover on their account.
Hey Tim,
Good stuff!
Brento.
What a great bit of insightful industry guff to start my weekend. Thanks Tim!
mug shots – US vs Aus, brilliant
Lesson is; don’t work for a multi-national (start your own business and be your own boss) and above all don’t work for any Y&R brands, they have no loyalty to their employees.
Will watch out for those names on the next pitch “beauty parade”. I wonder what they all think of trade press now ?
WPP. Beaten but not defeated.
They WILL appeal – because they want the (advertising) world to know that if you take on this monolith in the courts…you better have very, very deep pockets.
This was never about Paul F per-se… it was about sending a message to those worker bees in WPP honey-pots around the world.
All of the above mentioned executives exchanging memos did a brilliant job of shrinking a once great agency. Maybe they should have been the ones on the chopping block?
Nice piece Tim.
What surprises me most is the informal and liberal use of email in discussing such matters among senior execs…surely they’re not that stupid, well, um…
maybe just another case of shoot the old dude and damn the torpedos.
no mistaking the fact that Tony is obviously over 40 and Reed isn’t!
It’s amazing to me that advertising agencies still behave as if it’s 1985 – as if the fundamental laws of HR (and human decency) don’t apply to them. It’s this kind of behaviour that makes agencies the laughing stock of clients. Unprofessional used car salesmen. I believe others have got off lightly in terms of reputation damage.
Great to see this aired – well done Mummy – what is it with Y&R and bullies? (Edited by Mumbtella for legal reasons)
(edited by Mumbrella for legal reasons) Paul could actually win awards on real business, with work that actually ran.
(Edited by Mumbrella for legal reasons).
Sorry, but where are AdGrunt and Groucho’s comments on this – please??
Isn’t anyone in WPP gonna comment, or are they under starter’s orders??
How bouts you Elvas?
If only the same amount of effort put into strategising sneaky wordplays and sharpening knives went to assisting their clients with their businesses
And to think Reed turned out to be a dud.
Advertising is broken. The emperor’s new clothes are plainly evident. Bankrupt of creative talent, these agency mover/shaker types guzzle agency fees on their expense account while delivering no real value. The sooner the client side starts to wake to to the fact that a name is not a result, the sooner shit can get to where it needs to be.
Agencies should not be run by accountants (not their fault) and dipshits (entirely their fault). This vain tragedy needs to end. Do these backstabbing reprobates really have any shred of credibility? “I did this for such and such client!” That was either 1) ages ago, Mr. Rests-on-his-Laurels (and probably a fluke) or 2) someone else’s great work whom you’ve since probably laid off, you evil fuck. Not a single solitary one of them could do creative on a day-to-day basis anymore. Stealing an idea, or credit for an idea, is NOT AN IDEA. Or original. Or obfuscatable.
Word to the wise, kiddies. If you’re at an agency run by a holding company, get out. Run. Run like the fucking wind. These assholes are completely disconnected with reality, truth, and the practical skills related to what you do. You have little to gain by outstaying your (likely insincere) welcome.
to wake up and look in the mirror Mr Mackay – contemptuous? (edited by Mumbrella for legal reasons)? Excellent reading.
Oh I do so hope that this encourages all those people who have been boned in the past (is there a statute of limitations on this offence) to go for it. Lets not stop at condemning just one as the judge did but let’s exposé the arseholes who had their personal fiefdoms ( thanks Rochelle Burbury for that one), the no-talent idea stealers, the people who encouraged ‘managers’ instead of advertising people to run agencies and the carpetbaggers who flew in, raped and pillaged and flew out. Hope that karma gets them all, but lets not rely on that. Sue the bastards I say.
And thank you Um for your encouragement.
Tim I did like your (unintentional?) slip up in para four, with Young & Rubicam crossing its Rubicon thus creating Young & Rubican.
@Um, we’ll I have tried but sadly I can’t seem to get one up, even ‘edited for legal reasons’
yes, anyone who doesn’t score an ‘edited for legal reasons’ in this thread just isn’t trying hard enough,
Is that all an “ECD” gets paid these days? I made more in 1968.