Speak from experience, agency A, agency B, agency C, but each agency with a different culture. To have work-life balance is quite difficult to find in the advertising field.

Agency -
U learn more/faster since there r alot seniors with different strengths, but when more ppl, politics appear. U got more chances to climb higher position.

crazy experience - when staying office for almost a week. The moment you walking up to the stage to collect ur trophy

In house -
Normally '1 leg kick', u need to do everything. Since ppl r less compare to the agency, politics lesser.


Don't stay too long in 1 company, u wont have a significant increase on ur pay.
Important to learn how to work with different people, then u r cool in every company u join.