Ascension Discussions

Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn about becoming an author on the side. Has anyone heard about such a thing?!? The person said she’s worked with 800 consultants writing their books and marketing it for them.

Can someone tell me if a HRBP III is more senior level than a HRBP I? I’ve never really dealt with those titles so I am a little confused!

Hi, I’m currently working as a recruiter in the light industrial and I’m really sick of the non stop calls, interviews and just the nature of this profile. Earlier I was contemplating moving to another field in recruitment but now I’m considering switching to another profile in HR where I can do backend processes/ payroll/ hr systems, cz I want to leave the calls and interviews and sourcing.. please suggest profiles I could take a dig in and explore? Thanks in advance

What’s the current WFH model @Merck ? Are they doing a hybrid schedule? How many days?

Why is it taking forever to get an offer letter… I got a verbal offer but still waiting for the official letter for 2weeks. Recruiter gives me heads up that it’ll take couple of weeks but still.. i’m so nervous. Should i concern? My mental is about to go crazy haha

Does anyone have an experience that all went well and right before the offer letter, it just get cancelled?

Anyone using Darwinbox HRMS? What is your experience in terms of user friendly?

How much of the work that gets entered/wins at Cannes is real? Seeing criticism of fake work – but doesn’t this happen every year from a whole ton of agencies?

What is your agency’s maternity or paternity leave policy?

How many consultants per capita do you have in your country and what conclusions can be drawn in correlated statistics? As per capita consultants go up, ...

Has anyone undergone a significant career upgrade via Part Time MBA? If so what program? And what was OCR recruiting like (if it exists)?

Which consulting firms don’t make you do firm initiatives?

Can partners comment whether Pwc is having another round of layoffs. This is so scary! Shouldn't they rid of partners who can't sell first?! Or pause hiring? Opp. cost to find and train talent again?

Looking for recommendations for good consulting / problem solving books and possibly LinkedIn courses if anyone has taken something worthwhile. Thanks Fam!

Looking for book recommendations; any favorites? Interested in both fiction and educational/self-improvement (for example, investment / finance books, time management, etc). I feel my vocab is...

Does anyone have experience with payfactors? Looking for a salary benchmarking tool that is not crowdsourced.

Hello! Will be receiving a $400 stipend from my new org for office setup. I currently have a 15” 2015 Pro, my husband has a Lenovo, I’ll be provided with a work laptop, we have a used office desk.

Any recommendations on what I should use the stipend for? Hubby was suggesting a printer because we don’t currently have one, but I feel like I don’t really print that much anymore and I’ll be working remotely.

How do your hrbp team members divvy work? Which functions are centrally handled?

I've been biking to my home office everyday so I've been wearing gym clothes and bringing a change of clothes with me. When I get in the morning how long can I sit at my desk before going to change?

I think I have PTSD from a past project. Thinking about it instantly makes my heart rate go up and anything related to the deliverables or team interactions from that work makes me really nervous.

I’m currently a Manager at Accenture and got contacted by a recruiter for a meta EM position. I wasn’t expecting it at all, any tips or resources to recommend to get ready for the interview process?

Anyone else having one of those days where you just can’t seem to do anything right? I’m dropping balls left and right here

As IT strategy consultant how much technical skills do you think you use in day to day deliverables?
For me I think Excel modelling and PowerPoint are the only ones i have been using despite working in a Cloud strategy domain.
Thoughts?

Hey Ladies & Gents,

I'm trying to find anyone I can talk to about getting into DISA or CISA. Anyone have any experience with USAJobs and navigating the federal application and interview process?

Who has bad law April Fool's jokes?

Does anyone have any background info on FT partners? Culture, WLB, pay, etc.

Case model test coming up. I have 2 hours to complete it. No specific details but would like to ask what you guys think it might be of and how I can best prepare? Thank you!!

Looking to move to investment banking front office from Consulting. Any advises, referral you would like to give ? I’m willing to connect with someone as well to discuss further.

What were your bonuses this year?

Anyone have a good online calculator or way to adjust their W-4 towards the end of the year so they don’t get slammed with a high tax bill? I know I’m too late for 2020, but curious for next year...I got slapped with a 6-figure tax bill last year. 😑 My wife and I made adjustments to our 2020 W-4s, but afraid it wasn’t enough.

Does the Amex corporate green card qualify for the $100 CLEAR statement credit?

Does the employee get both the employer and employee contribution to PF or only own contribution to PF?

I made a mistake starting SIP in a ULIP. Used to invest 7500 per month starting from November 2018. I have discontinued my premium payments since last year. That is when my fund was moved to an interim surrender state and now it earns 4% per annum interest.

After 5 years of lock-in that is November 2023, can i withdraw the entire amount at a time? (Of course after paying surrender charges)

Hello all

Could you please let me know the insurance coverage in Lti.

Would like to know coverage per person and is there option for floater against complete family.

Thanks in advance

Hi. So I'm about to begin employment with United HealthGroup. It will be for Medicare recipients. I have some years experience with Medicaid. Any advice? I know, at first, it'll be working on the phones. Any thoughts also on how to get off the phones or how to move into other positions? Thank you.

Has anyone here left one B4 for another (in advisory/consulting services) for higher comp? What was your experience? Feeling like my current B4 is not paying market price but could get that starting at a new firm. Just not sure if it’s worth learning all the admin stuff that comes with starting at a new company

Consulting to sales-ops - is a pay cut needed? Want to move to tech but don't want to do internal strategy.

3 YOE, all in consulting