Leaf Group Discussions

Best late night audit room jams to keep the team going?

Does anyone use MacBook for work? Does it work well with excel?

Anyone here works full time at public accounting and has a part time job to make some side money? I have been thinking to get a real estate license and work as an agent on the weekends/ free time. Is that possible time wise? Thought housing market is hot now and would be a good time to enter.

Joining EY soon. Should I be worried about layoffs happening supposedly in June/July?

Poll: What dress code do you follow at your home office?

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

I got into marketing because I thought it would be an opportunity to make good money in a field where I could still exercise my creativity, but I’ve found it to be extremely stifling and bogged down by bureaucracy. Does it ever get better?

Any warm recommendations for data buying companies?

Is leaving PA at S-1 level really bad in terms of career advancement and $ raise? Any successful or unsuccessful experiences to share?

Is it a good sign if a partner of a firm directly reaches out to you for your dream job?

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.

Does anyone else hate browsing the web on your phone because of all the ads? I feel like I can't even open/access 50% of the URLs I click on because of pop ups and redirects...

has anyone had any luck leveraging an offer from another Big 4 to have your current firm match/transfer the new offer? specifically switching service lines

Someone should warn students and experienced hires about risk advisory service lines AKA SOX. It just ain’t fair for them

Random thought. Why can’t part of our compensation be equity? (Obviously for grades junior to Partner)

They want to see you do good but not better than them...

Any Accenture consultants happy and proud of their job? Debating switching firms for an opportunity to move abroad, and I see a lot of negativity. Just want to see if some people enjoy it there 😅TIA🐠

Help an elderly person: can anyone tell me a high-profile spot that features a tik tok, IG or twitch person? In other words, an influencer who got what could be called a big break?

(I cant think of any, but then it occurred to me I wouldnt recognize them.)

Thanks in advance, hip people

Working parents in the ad business - how are you all doing? How’s the overall stress level and mental health these days?

Anyone else just waiting for impending layoffs or are we at the end of the recent wave?

Been Interested in working at a FAANG for the past 5 years. I am a Certified Scrum Master, Agile Coach, and Product Owner. I never see many roles in those areas at most FAANG companies ?? Can someone help me out ? Is it a different title at those companies and are referrals needed ??

Folks
Need some suggestion
I have got an new project with new technology in notice period.
What's should I do to survive the notice period.
If possible how to get release from it
As they are not interested in me for training and transition.

In the last PDM town hall, they said they were going to lower utilization targets for those that work on projects with capped hours. For those people, have you seen your utilization target lowered? I haven’t seen shit change for me.

Deloitte forensics: How often is it that you are unstaffed long enough for them to terminate you? Does that happen often? Do they help you find new projects?

Took PM robitussin instead of DM 🤦 mad tired right now..😴

It feels very telling that there are so few people in this group. Any thoughts on that? It feels like the vast majority of people managers only want the title and don’t want to worry about their people.

New planner here looking for advice. If you had to write a creative brief for an HCP strategy in a week with no insight research currently available, how would you go about it?

Have a really good relationship with current company, but got an amazing offer and very likely gonna leave (signed the offer, waiting for all the background checks to come back). How do you tell your boss you are leaving the company (if boss is not a dick lol) and not ruin relationship?

What makes a start-up successful?

What do you do if you’re single at work events where plus-ones are allowed?

Was recently called a “crack analyst” during a client meeting. Is this a compliment lol?

Please suggest spark materials, looking for something not just theoretical but involves some practical aspects

Dating in California! What’s your experience?any difference between NYC?

Can anyone refer me for functional testing profile in EY Gds?

Hi fishers,

I'm a Programmer Analyst with over 2.8 years of experience in SAS and SQL.
My preferred location is Chennai/Bangalore.
Currently I'm looking for a job switch and it's kind of urgent.
Can someone please refer me if your company has any opening for SAS and SQL.

Thanks in advance..