They say there are PR agencies in India, leading ones in that- big names, old names- where employees have to don fresh morning after-bath looks at 7 pm. The work goes on till 9pm on an average. Saturdays are working- it’s actually a half day but the bosses always find an excuse to make you stay back till 6pm. The reason for not giving Sats off- they have a lot of clients who work on Saturdays. Their client servicing people should therefore work 24/7. Probably that’s why the poor souls there have dark circles under their eyes.

Rumour has it that they have to constantly face their computer monitors whole day. If caught loitering around, you can be reprimanded. There are cameras hovering above. Ok this one’s a bit exaggerated maybe. But the idea is that only.

90% of the agencies in India probably have Sats off. There is no rocket science hi-critical job required everyday in PR. Of course if there’s a crisis, people can cancel their Saturday siestas. That’s the norm everywhere. When will the yesteryears’ PR guru wannabes give a break to the young ones?

Another reason why these agencies suck is that they don’t pay. The bosses scream like horror films. A manager level person is given 5 clients to handle- and made to do gluing the newspaper cutting to the PR agency masthead to strategising 5-star ideas for the wannabe famous clients. Result- people quit that place like crazy.

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