The Dedham Group Discussions

What other careers do you catch yourself daydreaming about? I, for one, would have loved acting as I loved theater throughout my life but alas fate had other plans. What's yours?

Does anyone have the 2020 SHRM books for sale or to borrow? My job won’t contribute towards my certification. I’ve already paid for my test. I have the books from 2015 but I’d like to study from the 2020. I tried finding them online to purchase but sellers of affordable books aren’t responding.

Best business-oriented, but novel-style books with good writing, style, & interesting characters? Not really self-help/advise focused, more of actual literature with business themes/plots. Any recs?

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.

After COVID crisis how can I get an idea of average salary of Global Sales Director in Dubai vs. cost of living?

Curious to hear from the community, what is the best sales approach for enteprise? MEDDICC, MEDDPICC, Challenger Sale, Command of the message etc. Also, what approach do the major tech companies train their sales team on?

So after Oliver Wyman got the global head from S&, now it also welcomes Kearney's global head of payments.

Just curious to know if this top level partner movement is somewhat common? Do firms get some rivalry with other ones that "steal" top senior partners?

Anyone take the job for the travel benefits and then had no travel projects.... can't figure out if I should be annoyed or if it's a blessing in disguise

Do you still implement reference checks (on top of background checks)? I’m not convinced of the value add to the selection process and it takes a lot of time and resources

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?

Curious how folks are governing/auditing their HRIS data. Wondering if this always done it manually.

Hello everyone! This is my first time posting since joining this platform. I’m interested in connecting with someone who is open to HR mentoring. I’ve been in HR now for about six years and have never had a mentor. I’ve been relying mostly on SHRM and other people in the company for feedback. Even if it’s for feedback, I would really appreciate it. Thank you!

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

I’m currently in ERP and really want to get into cloud. Currently hold the Azure Fundamentals, AWS SAA, and GCP security certs. Any suggestions on what I can do to increase my chance to get into cloud?

Would you leave your firm for a startup that pays more, almost no travel, and unlimited PTO? The downside being it is very small and not well known. Worth the risk?

Are you having any non-traditional dishes at your Thanksgiving meal this year? We are doing manicotti for the first time in a long while. It used to be somewhat common among Italian American households but seems to have fallen out of favor in recent decades.

I’m 28M, never consistently worked out for more than a 6 month period (5 year gap). Gained weight beyond my own comfort during the pandemic. Looking to start some classes. Deciding between OT and F45. Thoughts? Thanks!

What are the best books on sales as it relates to consulting?

Best consulting companies with exposure to the blockchain / digital assets space?

If anyone is looking to work for Stryker DM me. Can give more info and potential referrals.

Are there a lot of people out there waiting on Yale (rd1) or CBS (ED) interviews/feedback?

Does anyone have a good recommendation for Verbal tutor? Native English speaker scoring in the high 30’s / low 40’s and looking for some help

EAs who manage people / have direct reports -- did your title change when you took on people management? What is your official title now?

(Context - trying to decide what title to recommend for EAs in our org who now manage people. Currently, we have multiple levels, but all EAs have the "Executive Assistant" title regardless of seniority / level / manager status.)

Anyone interested to participate in kaggle competition?

How much time is taken by PwC to complete a background check process?

I have an offer for Consultant Specialist GCB5. Not sure what the role is..is it a team lead role or is it a junior role? I have 10 yoe .. is it apt? Pls help Thanks

What you should do when dealing with a very toxic worker that keep on sending passive aggressive messages to you as well as in group chat and email.
Things like when you answer his question he respond: I know that
Or when he keeps on saying my change requests were just minor in group meeting but actually not.
And keep on saying how hard he works when he clearly wasn’t and already underperformed compared to an intern level.

How to not let this toxic co-worker not poison me any further?

Anyone ever have a great day and think about how there are still so many horrible ones to come?? wonder if they’ll balance each other out ⚖️🤔

Has anyone visited Hawaii in December? I just booked my honeymoon for mid December and am wondering how the weather will be in Kauai.

Any interview experience at paytm and PayU for data science role

Any recommendations for best balance transfer card? Like zero APR for 15-18 months and no fee? Also nice to have points or cash bonus

Any one knows the average salary for an inpatient pharmacy operations manager salary in San Francisco?
Thank you!

Anyone here practicing at the intersection of ESG work and human capital? Pivoting from a human capital -ish role to ESG and looking for advice!

Hello! I work in change management and am assigned to an IT POM transformation. I’m still in my fact finding/change readiness analysis phase, but struggling with the senior leadership team. Does anyone have any lesson learned or best practices in eliciting feed back from senior leaders? think SVP and above? I thought about focus groups, but their time is limited. Also, survey response rate tends to be low for these guys. Any ideas???

New to gds. is today salary day? Or tomorrow?

Hi Sharks,
Can anyone please refer me in Deloitte India pune ?
I have 12+ years experience in telecom domain.
Skills Unix , shell scripting, SQL,plsql, microservices , keycloak,apiman,kibana,redisrabbitmq installation and configuration, problem solver and good communication skills , project deliveries in agile methodologies and consumer interaction.
I am looking for senior business analyst or senior technical lead position.
Appreciate any help!!

So glad I found this bowl. How do you go about negotiating your salary? I applied for a new role and was offered the job. But the pay we haven’t discussed yet. I never did this and heck I don’t know where to start.