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Great role in a growing account with a horrible manager. Should I take it?

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Have an ACN "skills based" interview for an experienced hire manager position, as a return hire. What to expect? Thanks in advance!

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We are hiring media planners, a social media manager, an account manager, and an art director in Durham. In NYC, we are hiring an experiential producer and experiential technical director.

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Tips for dealing with a micro manager who is also very new to his/her role. Also this is dealing with this person not telling them how I feel because that isn't an option at the moment.

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Just shy of four years of experience in consulting, BS and masters in engineering, and working on my MBA part time at a top 25 school. Any chance I can get a manager role at KPMG federal?

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Hi Partners - Any tips on expressing interest in transitioning roles to one closer to home without burning bridges? I really like my sr manager and he went to bat for me to get promoted but I am interested in finding a project with a closer commute (current commute can be ~ 2.5 hours round trip per day). The current role looks like a longer term role but we have projects significantly closer to home which I am interested in, and it will help me spend more time on a budding relationship that is getting more serious in my personal life. Any thoughts on how to frame this convo with manager while keeping a good relationship? 😬 I'm okay if I take a hit on my performance rating etc. thanks so much for your time!

So how many people here have been hit up by Uber for a operations manager position?

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