American Association of Advertising Agencies Discussions

How would you advise companies to improve their corporate culture? Doing a practice case study now and not sure what concrete recommendations I should give.

Are there any scrum masters out there willing to take me on as a mentee? I recently received my CSM, but I know that is not enough to get a job. I am looking for someone to show me the ropes and help me apply what I learned in the CSM course so I can start applying for jobs within the next 6 months. I am currently a business development consultant dealing with enterprise accounts. I want to stay in tech but I HAVE to get out of sales. It’s just not for me. Thank you in advance!

Tax vs audit? Which is better?

Assuming this causes a recession like in 2008, and many people get laid off, how long to take to find another similar paying job? I’m currently a strat manager in FS. Scared for job.

Looking for salary range for X-ray techs with 15 years experience or more.

Anyone who can be able to provide referral for SAP SD in Deloitte.... Having 8+ years of experience

Please ping me once

Hi fishes,
Need your suggestions on which one is best to join.
I have two offers in hand.
Yoe - 3+
Skill - Servicenow
Cognizant 11.2 ctc
LTI 11.5ctc and 50k joining bonus.
Can you guys tell which would be best for me considering all the benifits.
And what other benefits does company have which the other doesn't

Anybody at Craft? What's office life like over there?

Year & a half ago, I was told by my manager that they would not staff me & I was almost out-counseled. Today, I made manager on track.

If you’re struggling - believe you can do it. I believe in you.

Good books for case prep/valuation. Econ consulting, if relevant. TIA

Ok... maybe its just too much “consulting” thing but: do you guys have a “life framework” or something around that like for example: health, career, family, etc? I could PS all the day 🤦‍♂️

How do you handle people’s kids showing up on video meetings? Screaming, kicking, hamming it up, (wasting time.) Everyone else is coo-ing…I’m not a kids person. Heard a technique which is to drop off the call bc you “assume the call is over” (which seems like a great way to get fired especially if it’s a way higher up’s kids - plus it feels rather passive aggressive.) Thoughts?

I don't miss public accounting one tiny bit but I'm so bored!!!!!!!! Seriously, I'm at a point where my job is really a 15-20hr a week job!!! What to do what to do?

Is there an appropriate way to turn down an assignment because it is non-billable? Two of the partners I work for keep asking me to write client bulletins and articles with them, which is great, but now I’m starting to worry about meeting my billable hours requirement.

What are the weirdest reasons you have heard for people being laid-off? I have heard someone getting laid off because they missed submitting their time-sheets for 3 times in a year.

When they say utilization doesn't count for the month of May/June what exactly does that entail? I'm assuming being on the bench for those months will still show on personal utilization reports...

What are pwc's main 3 or 4 consulting areas?

Since a lot of us are spending time with our kids and we could all use a laugh, here’s your parent joke of the week...

What time should you go to the dentist?

Tooth-Hurty

Would you accept a job offer where pair programming is mandated 100% of the time? I have no real experience pair programming so would like some perspective.

First profitable NFT collection purchase with Bad Bromatoes - seeing the value of launching on Solana. Little to no transaction fees have made all the difference.

Bought 11 of them for 1.1 SOL, have sold 5 for 3 SOL so far and still have all the rarest ones left

I am done trying to pretend everything is fine at work. The higher ups on the team kept asking if I’m doing anything fun for the weekend during video calls. I felt the pressure to make something up but I just can’t. I’ve been struggling with depression, loneliness, anxiety with immigration and the fact that I might be out of work soon cuz my visa is expiring. I’m thousands of miles away from my family and I just want everything to stop. But when my manager kept asking in front of everyone am I

My office is having a barbecue at one of the supervisors houses. It starts at 4 pm. what time should I show up? Social norms say arrive 30 minutes to an hour after a party start time but it’s since it’s a work party, what is the social norm for social work events?

TCS rehiring started?
TCS HR called me and scheduled an interview even though I said I'm exTcser

Cognizant Senior Associate or Sunlife Financials same fixed CTC but 2 lac variable more in Sunlife . 10 YOE looking for job security and WLF.
Will project be allocated in CTS when I join and what is role of Senior Associate projects.

I am an Oracle apps technical guy(9+ yrs exp)
Got 3 offers which one i should choose please suggest.
Current CTC in IBM - 11Lpa
New offers as below
Cognizant - 18.7LPA (18Fixed +0. 7 variable)
TCS + 19.5LPA (including fixed , variable and retention bonus)

Wipro - 20LPa ( including fixed and variable)

Hi,
I have 5 yoe in Java with 5.65 lpa.
How much hike i can expect .
I got a call from a recruiter and I said my expected CTC is 14 lpa, she said according to the current market, they can provide max 30-40% hike
How much I can expect according to the current trend .

Are the exit opportunities better in Internal Audit/Business Process than IT Audit? All I hear is how awful IT Audit is but don’t hear as much complaining from the business side

Any advice on how to transition into healthcare IT without experience? I have a MS and MPH. Burned out on patient services roles. Hoping to make a transition before the year out. Actively seeking new opportunities.

Has anyone heard of Incline Partners, MM exPNC PE based in PA. Recruiter reached out on LinkedIn.

Do any of you have side-jobs or maybe hobbies that you make money from? Alternatively, what do you think sounds like a good one to look into?

Read that new Strategy analysts are being offered 100K coming in. Is that for Strat only or all of S&C? Will this band be applied to current analysts too?

What’s a good baseline amount to keep in a checking account? I generally keep mine pretty low <1000 after paying CCs then dump the rest in savings. As I’m building a rainy day fund and then I will start contributing my brokerage account.

For reference <1 year experience at $4500/month (after taxes and 401k contribution)

Just found out I’m getting laid off in two weeks. How do I stay motivated to do work until then?