22squared Discussions

Hey 🐠, what are your recommendations of books, articles, or practice tips to improve communication, both verbal and written? Want to be stronger at running meetings, pitching ideas, writing (cont’d)

What kind of swag did you get upon joining your company? Most of my friends are in finance and get some awesome stuff but I’m very curious as to what to expect from consulting

Anyone tried cryotherapy? I've heard a lot of good things about it especially as a stress-reducer and general kick of endorphins. Thinking about trying it this weekend...

Tired of this constant grind and constant layoff situation in NYC. Thinking of making the move to LA. Any thoughts? Yay or nay?

NBA hiring package offers zero equity, how much signing bonus would you ask for to equate the loss? Director level position

Young professional with 3 years of retail banking experience, 1 year of claims experience, and now roughly 6 months into insurance sales. Between selling in retail banking environment and every month of insurance sales regularly pacing 200% or over to goal. Loving comp but not loving the call center environment and hoping to move to another lucrative sales position with less non stop calls. Any suggestions?

Has anyone booked a trip requiring air travel and hotels/vacation rentals for 2020? Am I a giant dumbass if I do? I will go insane if I don’t leave my city this year and I’d love to get to the beach for at least a few days

Any good business/consulting books on amazon kindle that y’all have read that has helped you in your job?

should i live in NYC post-grad or save $? going into National Advisory @ EY.

thoughts? travel?

other option is to live at home with parents and stay with BF on weekends (has an apartment in nyc)

How much value do organizations give to managers/principals/partners who are great at developing internal talent? Does it make it easier to move up?

Best recruiters for strategy/ planning. Go.

My manager knows nothing. Everytime before meeting with the partners he would come to me for ideas, and then present those later as in 'we thought about xxx'. 🙄🙄🙄

How many of you follow Graham Stephan and SMASH that like button?

Book recommendations? All genre welcome but I usually read nonfiction

What are your expenses/time horror stories? Has anyone gotten fired in relation to expenses? Compensation withheld?

Partners/Principals, what is a typical day like for you?

Would putting out a lever referral link for my company on a public site (Reddit) be frowned upon? I get money for every hire.

Commercial vs Public sector/Federal Consulting within the Big 4 or MBB. Differences in culture, types of work, wlb, exit opportunities, etc

Anyone know if we can expense coffee pods during this WFH thing? I’m already on my 2nd cup.

What do you do to fight burnout? Got a raise yesterday and will get another in September, for dealing with a lot of stuff, but I can't shake the burnout.

Have you been involved in a car accident that was not your fault? 😬

Hello fishes, Will BNP Paribas delay onboarding to lateral hires?

How do you handle people complaining about store policies? I don't make the rules, but I don't want to be rude

Any luck for US CPA in Canada?

Has anyone successfully turned their side gig into full-time? Or an income enough that it could be?

Science question: is there an explanation for why some amide coupling reagent work better than others? Trying to find an explanation for some results I'm seeing in my research but I'm not finding anything.

Hi! Does anyone have any Christmas gift ideas for a 30 year old female (currently pregnant)? She loves almost all designer brands, but I’m hoping to keep it under $500... (sister-in-law).

Stay in corporate credit risk at a BB as an associate or transition to corporate banking as an associate at a regional bank. Cannot decide! Please help?

What is the best advice you would give to a junior account manager?

Has anyone done Uber as a means to keep bills paid while in transition? wondering if this would be sufficient financially

What are the chances of me getting unemployment after quitting? I left for solid reasons that went unaddressed for months so will that have any impact on my eligibility?

What are some volunteering you all do in Philly?

I'm going to yell at the next person that suggests "just talking on the phone all day" is easy. Telemarketing is the hardest job I've ever had

What's with the saturation of self help/ productivity books on social media (reddit, Instagram etc.) ? Not saying I don't mind reading them, but I see this quite a bit. Know a few people who consciously only read non fiction instead. Just thinking aloud over here. Would like to hear what you guys think ?

Pros and cons of working at a family office?