The Mother Ship has become the Anti-Christ

Okay, this morning i need to offer a rant for a good friend of mine. Said friend is an amazing media director. ridiculously smart, and has been written up in mediaweek (big mag in the biz) as well as been tapped to help an up and coming agency develop and set up their own media dept.

the other day she interviewed at a certain ad agency here in the twin cities; we'll call the agency F. they used to be called F M, oh, and they also used to be a big deal. 'course that was in 1999!

i used to call F the mother ship b/c for account planning, my former occupation, they were the top place to be. 'course every time i interviewed with them (2 or 3 times) they found me lacking. at least i can say that at the time i hadn't hit my planning stride - although i was still damn good.

the past week or so the amazing media maven (my friend, hereto known as AMM) has been interviewing with them. the dumbass recruiter - i know if there any other kind? - is a former F employee and thinks their poo-poo don't stink. um, note to F - you haven't had a good or recognized campaign, again, since 1999. get over yourselves!

i digress, so the recruiter couldn't even figure out if there was a position - there wasn't. then sent AMM into the interview unprepared for what the clients were looking for. now here's a new concept for the asshats who interviewed AMM - if there's a specific type of experience you're looking for in a candidate - ASK THEM. apparently this was news to them as they didn't ask AMM about her experience working on complicated campaigns but then said she didn't have what they needed. hello?? see above for the qualifications of AMM. let's recap for the slow kids:

1. written up in mediaweek for amazing, innovative campaign

2. consulted w/ up and coming agency

3. here's one i forgot, has been asked to apply for a adjunct professor position at the U of M

yes, this seems like someone a has-been agency wouldn've want to hire.

as far as i'm concerned, hey Fallon, i mean "F" - you wouldn't know a good media person or at this point a good campaign if it was presented to you on a silver platter.