Two weeks in at a (contract) client gig and not having Slack (or any form of instant messaging across the office) is driving me crazy.

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Don’t you love when someone your same rank has clearly been assigned a task and say to you “oh this is kinda tangentially related to your task, wanna start this for me?” 🙄 and then they slack off

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Maybe there’s a bowl for this.... but anyone up for case interview practice? Could be via Skype... DM me and I’ll arrange the logistics

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Anyone interested in practicing cases remotely over Skype for the next month or so?

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Anyone interviewed with Facebook? How is their coding assessment in the Skype interview?

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Why do people completely disregard “busy” status on Skype? You can ping me with something important or a quick question. But too often I get “hey, how are you...” while set to busy...why?!

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In first year at Big 4 advisory firm and assignments are scarce; killing my utilization. Should I look for another job or are newbies given slack? Anyone laid off in first year or been through it?

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Anyone have any real life horror stories of people getting fired for talking trash about their company on the company’s messaging platform (Skype, Slack, etc)?

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Anyone want to skype prep case interviews for a month or so? UG FT recruiting, intern at T2 this summer but trying to get MBB :)

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2000% zoom and nope it won’t be straight

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Does anyone else’s Outlook/Skype profile picture lose resolution/become blurry after the Office 365 update? I get an error message when I try to update the picture

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If IT monitored my computer for all the shit I talk on Slack and iMessage about my agencies management / C Level team - I’d probably be escorted out by security.

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Who here still has a phone on their desk? Feels kinda pointless given the fact that we have email, Skype, Slack, Gchat or actually walking over to the person.

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I hate using Microsoft Teams.

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I feel burnt out. Got placed on a project that was not scoped correctly, and it’s fallen on me and someone else to pick up the slack. This has gone on since February, and is scheduled to continue...

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When do you usually put “do not disturb” as you Skype status?

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PSA: Deloitte PPMDs, please learn how to use Microsoft Teams and SharePoint! It will save your teams SO much time managing versions, coordinating and communicating by replacing email/Skype/ShareFile

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what’s your slack style:
1. extra minimal: just the name
2. business minimal: name + photo
3. co-worker friendly: name + photo + title
4. look how fun I am: nickname + irrelevant title + not your pic

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I have an interview with EY for their IT Adv practise. It is supposed to be a 1hr skype tech interview? I have 2 years of exp in consulting so far. How detailed would the technical round be?

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Is there anyway to block people on Skype? Appear offline to a few lucky individuals?

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Someone started snoring mid client webex meeting. I am done 😂😂

Happy Monday everyone

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On vacation and hallucinating the Slack ping sound anytime it gets quiet.

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Anyone else ping their friends at other companies who are also on skype?

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My favorite thing to do in slack. The recognizably positive (yet different) thumbs up.

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Worst skype fights you’ve been a part of / sat in on?

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Every time my boss starts a copy team Slack channel to share ideas and inspiration, no one participates. We seem to be a fairly antisocial bunch. Is it just us?

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It’s late I’m tired - trying to finish something due tomorrow - meant to Skype to my colleague “I’m looking at it” but typed “I’m looking at a ...."

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What’s with Deloitte cutting the relationship with Slack? No one wants to use Microsoft Teams. Gross.

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Anyone looking to do a case prep this weekend via Skype / phone?

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Why don’t public accounting companies use Slack? I haven’t heard of any using it, whether it be Big 4 or regional. Is it a liability thing, i.e not wanting records of IMs being saved?

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Skype’s instant messaging is pure trash and a tech company that’s been around for this long should have figured it out by now. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

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Does anyone use slack at work?

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Anyone using video conferencing like gotomeeting / Skype / zoom to sell life insurance or DI? What are you showing them or just video?

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Do partners monitor and read Skype conversations?

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Met someone in training a month ago and want to reach to them about seeing they could bring me on an engagement in a different service line. How do I reach out/bring up the topic itself (email,Skype)

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Has anyone used “Zoom” (audio / video conferencing service)? Any feedback?

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Skype for Business users: like this post if the emoji banging into a door is your favorite

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Do any firms use Slack ?

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People who permanently set their Skype status to "Busy” (regardless of their actual schedule) give me trust issues

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Just took a WebEx call with screen share at FL370 with no lag whatsoever — can’t wait for more Viasat-equipped planes to replace Gogo WiFi in the fleet #gogo #morelikenogo

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