Dealing with a bum partner
Submitted by Norwalk1977 on Tue, 02/10/2004 - 03:24.
I*d say the best way to avoid a bum partner would be to not work with one in the first place. I wish that were the case. It really seems wise to find someone good and stick with them. I*m still in school and don*t have a copywriter. But I would think from an agency perspective hiring a team that already works well together would be more appealing than a lone art director.
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What do you guys do when you*re supposed to work with someone you just don*t like? How do you keep going when every word that person says makes you want to run screaming?
It*s a tricky problem Norwalk1977... I*ve had the same but can*t say I dealt with it very well... so my advice is useless. I*m just commenting to give this a *bump* up so that others here might spot this post and give their input.
(hint to anyone who frolics in the forums. Do say something. cheerios).
That can be a tough situation. If the person isn*t the only one you have to work with (usually only applies to smaller agencies), then I*d say just deal with it on the projects you have with them, if it*s not too often. But if this person is your only partner you work with, maybe you should speak to the CD and see if maybe you could work out a switch with some of the other creatives or something. I*ve never had a creative I couldn*t work with, yet, but I have had some others in the agency that made me want to bash their head against a wall. (Yipes that*s quite violent huh?) I guess overall try to be dipolmatic about it so that you don*t end up looking like the bad guy, and if you talk to your CD tell him it*s affecting your ability to work well or something. If it is affecting the work, then you really should tell the CD so that s/he knows what*s going down.
actually hang on.. I did learn something from my bad dealings. here it is
Don*t spend days throwing tennisballs at their heads. It will only makes things worse.
grin
Caff has a point, you should bring it up with the CD somehow if its affecting your work. However, if you are fused partner with this guy/gal, it*s generally expected that you bring it up with them first.
>>actually hang on.. I did learn something from my bad dealings. here it is
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>>Don*t spend days throwing tennisballs at their heads. It will only makes things worse.
*hahahahahaha*
>>Caff has a point, you should bring it up with the CD somehow if its affecting your work. However, if you are >>fused partner with this guy/gal, it*s generally expected that you bring it up with them first.
Yeah. I kinda skipped that part. Heh. Although it can be hard to tell someone you just can*t stand them, if it is just a clash of personalities (and even harder for the other person to change if that*s the case). But if possible, it try to make the attempt to work it out between yourselves before heading into the CDs office.
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>>Yeah. I kinda skipped that part. Heh.
.....and well, it depends on how you are teamed up.. In the US AFAIK, you might just get crammed together with someone of the opposite creative title with no input from yourself - as you might do in some european agencies. If you can*t stand the person (big-ass personality clash) then you should bring it up with whomever teamed you - usually the CD.
In the UK (and a lot of european agencies) you are a team before you get hired, and tour together etc. In these cases, you take problems up with the teammate first. always. Thats kinda what I ment. smile
He*s actually left since I wrote that, but thanks for all the feedback. I did essencially what you guys suggested, and I think it was just a clash of personalities/work styles.