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Have you ever taken a career slow down? I am feeling burnt out from COVID and the incremental responsibilities thrown my way over the last 5+ years. I feel like my health has deteriorated. I like my company, but I want to do less. I don’t need to be a HR Director, CHRO, etc. With a career slowdown, I am prepared for a lower compensation and would want decent benefits. Any lessons learned or success stories about career slowdowns?

Which top consulting firms, if any, will pay for your MBA?

Korn Ferry, Russell Reynolds or Heidrick & Struggles? Which one is better and why?

"I lost my W-2... Ugh how can i do my taxes?" #ShitTaxClientsSay

If you could change anything about the tax system what would if be? If to simplify, how so exactly?

What are some Exit ops for EY advisory PI-finance?

First time poster here!

After spending 4 years as a mid-level ops manager, I tried to break into HR through talent acquisition. Now after 6 years in TA, I've had a hard time getting out of it. My goal was always to get into a more broad HRBP position, but I've since worked for smaller orgs without a solid HR career path. When I ask about my career goals, they keep telling me, "Soon!" Or "Maybe in 6 months!"

I'm testing SPHR in June. Any advice for securing the type of role I'm aiming for?

Do bulge brackets still finger print & drug test as part of the background check process? Do they check credit, too?

Texas > Colorado, Arizona, Florida for up and coming places to move to.

Am deep into interviews for a new gig, F50, was asked to fill out a job app as formality, has mandatory fields for salary and total comp. haven’t talked numbers yet, what would you fill out? Cont

Anyone afraid to take vacation in FY18, for fear of missing utilization? 🙋🏼🙋🏼‍♂️

Interesting in hearing what percentage of your income you spend on mortgage?

What are the best consulting firms in Europe to do AI strategy work in public sector? I have Canadian experience and I’m looking to move geographies.

Started my first job out of college ~1month ago and am only at around 50% utilization. Before I fully ramp up, what would be some good skills or certs to work towards? I’m working for my firms management/tech practice and am also open to expanding my coding skills (currently pretty basic)

What’s a fair salary increase after a year of inflation?

What are some of the best consulting firms for a software engineer? Is MBB still considered elite in this area too?

All our interns in our group that needs H1B didn't get return offer. Is that a firm wide thing now? EY didn't give offers to international students? That's really sad.

I hate people who review work papers and leave review comments in the form of questions when they already know the answer, but want you to figure it out yourself. Thank you for the self-discovery jerk

I am interested in getting my SHRM-CP certification this year and I was wondering which study methods and materials worked best for those of you who passed the exam. Also, what are your roles in HR?!

Hi All,

I have 4.8 experience in Automation Testing. I'm looking for job change. Please let me know if any jobs.

Thanks much

Need to urgently find a 500k job. Can't keep up with mortgages with anything less. Any advice?

Any thoughts on the IP litigation outlook in Atlanta and/or Charlotte? Looking to move but I’m not sure of the workload there. I predominately focus on patent infringement at my current firm.

How is Eclipse plug-in devloper role in Robert bosch

Texas > Colorado, Arizona, Florida for up and coming places to move to.

Salary for GM at AM/PM stores

Ugh I wanted to take my son to see a UFC match in person. Just so happens there is one in November at Madison Square Garden - great right! I knew the tickets would be expensive, was willing to pay $400 to $500 a ticket as long as they were decent. The cheapest ticket in the whole arena, basically top row so you can’t see crap, is $506 before you start with the fees!!! Am I wrong or is that just bananas???? Oh well, pay per view it is, maybe have some friends over. Just complaining… happy Friday!

Is it a good idea to invest in your UK pension fund over the max your employer will contribute/match? This may potentially lower income tax but then one can't really access the pension pot till retirement. Or is it better to invest post-tax income into a stocks and shares ISA to avoid capital gains tax? TIA!

(1/2) I started a new job less than a month ago at a large firm with a significant pay increase. I work remotely- which is a special arrangement. They paid for my travel to their headquarters for in-person training. After interacting with my manager and some of the attorneys, I feel like I made a mistake. Manager is demeaning and rude. A bunch of the attorneys dropped not so subtle hints that people who work from home are causing all kinds of problems. I don’t know what to do.

I can pay my rent in new building through Zelle, Venmo or PayPal. Any way to hack this to earn Credit card points without any extra fees to me?

A promotion from analyst to senior analyst OR analyst to associate OR analyst to consultant should increase your salary by what %?

What exit opportunities exist for international arbitration? I don’t want to litigate, and am a non-American so government jobs (which seem to be what my colleagues are exiting into) aren’t an option for me. I don’t ever see myself making partner (nor do I want to), and I feel totally stuck.

I’m a manager in PwC’s human capital practice. I’m getting recruiting messages from the other Big 4, as I imagine most of us are. I’m interested in hearing about human capital consultants who went from PwC to one of the other firms, as well as people who came from one of the other firms to PwC. Happily ever afters as welcome as horror stories here. Thanks!

I am on notice and LWD would be in Dec. Should I even be raising snapshots for coming mod year review? Am I expected to raise?

Does anyone have any fun online games to play with the team for well-being breaks?

Welcome! Hopefully this is a good space for professionals working in the mental health sector to make connections and feel connected. This is a safe space, so feel free to talk about difficult situations and bounce ideas off others. Dude to the nature of this profession, there may be uncomfortable topics discussed in this forum.