Well that didn’t take too long.
Soon after news of the massive merger between advertising giants Publicis and Omnicom shook the industry yesterday, this parody Twitter account surfaced, claiming to represent the new two-headed ad agency monster. The account takes shots at Publicis’s archaic use of Lotus Notes and even WPP. Take a look at some of these gems:
Bonjour! To ease transition, we've created a new code called CONFUSION001 for you to chart time against on your timesheets.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 30, 2013
Michael Roth says we are 'too big to fail'. We completely disagree. We are totally big enough to fail.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 29, 2013
In this marriage of equals, we're still trying to figure out which one is Nigella Lawson, so please bear with us.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 29, 2013
We're not the first ones to make WPP look small.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 29, 2013
Apologies for announcing the merger on a Sunday. It was supposed to be on Friday, but Lotus Notes.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 28, 2013
Please affectionately refer to our co-CEOs as 'Jaurice', and not 'Maurohn'. Merci.
— Publicis Omnicom (@PublicisOmnicom) July 28, 2013