8 months since I lost my salary job and I’m STILL picking up the pieces of my life.

Gained so much weight. Couldn’t afford healthy food. It was cheap shelf stable stuff or starving. All my time I used to spend working out is now spent working on lowball rates just to break even on rent and insurance. Anxiety rashes, stress, sickness, constantly.

No PR press release of how much “the people are our life force” will cover the fact you screwed over half your agency by quietly laying everyone off.

Hi everyone, I have recently given interviews to Amazon, and all the rounds went well according to me. Is it okay to negotiate salary if Amazon make any offer to me because at a time I don’t have any offer. I’m really conflicted that if I try to negotiate they might take away the offer. Could you sharks help me out with experience because it’s the first time i am switching a company. Thank you in advance for your help.

Obligatory financial info post. 1) size of firm, 2) billable requirements, 3) salary, 4) bonus, 5) quality of life, 6) debt, and and 7) family/married/single. Go!

For those that have big 4 and MM FDD experience, what’s the difference in hours? Did you like one more than the other? Salary range for seniors?

Out of these 4 Citi or Standard Chartered or Morgan Stanley or JPMorgan is better for overall Work Culture/ Onsite Opportunities + Salary?
Domain - Risk Management/ Compliance/ Internal control. Please suggest.
Morgan Stanley JPMorgan Chase Citi Standard Chartered Standard chartered gbs KPMG

Hi Fishes,

I received an offer (28 Lakhs + 3.9 Lakhs incentive) from Novartis for Sr Project Manager yesterday. This was just 13.6% more than my current earnings as Project Manager. I've given the reasons why I deserve at least 30% to HR. In response to that, HR has sent 2nd offer i.e. 29 Lakhs + 4 Lakhs incentive + 50k sign-on bonus. The 2nd offer is just 18.2% higher than my current earnings. Need your suggestion, if I could still negotiate with HR to finalize deal by asking for 25% hike?

I’m looking make a transition internally but fear the comp will not be competitive as if I was an external candidate. Any suggestions to negotiate?

Hi techies

I am a python developer with an experience of 3.3 years. my current CTC is 7 lakhs.
How much salary can I expect If i switch now?

Is genetic carrier screening prior to starting an ivf cycle necessary? I tested and found some disorders. Now my RE won’t start my cycle until my partner is tested. They are saying they will have to do special PGT tests if we are carriers of the same disorder. I am confused. I thought this type of testing was optional and usually recommended if you are using a donor. My guess is that they are booked and pushing me to the Jan cycle. Thoughts?

Australian 🐟 - how's wlb in Australia? It's a long shot but might be looking at a potential move... Mostly within consulting itself though.
Looking for some general perspective - is it grinding till there's no tomorrow like in consulting in US? :)

Hi everyone, I’m new to FL. What do you think a good hourly and day rate would be for a mid-level Copywriter with 3 years of experience?

Thank you in advance!

My boss started harassing me because he found out I am vaccinated against covid. What does a vaccine have anything to do with marketing?

I have to work pretty late tonight. Tips on staying awake and focused? Coffee/espresso/energy drinks won't do the trick.

How is the work life balance in Infosys?
It depends on the project but still a general idea?

What’s the going hourly rate for freelance consulting on Brand Positioning work in San Francisco?

Hey everyone, I am in NJ and moving to Brighton area this weekend. I am trying to decide between Clearview energy and direct energy. My new apartment has Nstar. Would love to know which is recommended and why you like it? Please help!

Any recommendations (or watch outs) for au pair agencies? CT/NY area if it matters. TIA!

Question for Sales leaders who’ve said “I did an analysis and concluded we just need more at bats”.

Does it feel like you’re saying something useful? Or are you also writing a book titled “In order to get rich you just need more money”?

Is a 12 month probationary period common ? I haven’t dealt with it heard of one longer than 3 months …. TIA!

Hi pals! Anyone here currently working at Accenture open to referring me to an Account Exec role ?

Are Kuroni Tokyo Chronograph watches any good / worth the price? Any owners here?

Hello Everyone..Anyone who knows about the Salary range of Manager L2 in PWC AC Blore under Business Acumen team?

Hello fishes, Wipro hr is not responding to my calls and mails as i have received LOI march 27 and gave joining date on april 27 till now they didnt sent me offer letter. So, when can i expect the offer letter from them.

Note: didnt tried to contact them from 1week as some people said you would receive it soon

So can i expect the offer letter this week?

Does anyone have a drinking fountain? I am trying to make a fountain 😭

How much % hike we can expect from IC2 to IC3 under stevemiranda org ?

What are pet peeves you have as a teacher you have let go of? For me it is subject verb agreement.

Happy Friday!!!! How many of you have started using these one-pagers I hear all the Lit teachers talking about? Do you get thoughtful, quality work from Ss?

11/27 Thread (General):

Best flats for work?

Domain, CTC, YOE

Eg IAM, 22, 6
Eg SOC, 18, 5

Company name optional

Without fail everyday around 4pm I encounter low-grade depression. This has been ongoing for years and I've tried to combat it through making plans, exercising etc... Anyone else experience this and found healthy solutions?

I am having 5.5 yoe Data engineering (Pyspark, hadoop, hive,flume, shell script, hdfs, mapreduce,sqoop , pipiline framework)

Cctc: 22.5 lpa
What LPA I can expect in my next switch?

What are some resources (paid or otherwise) that will make me a better banker? Wall street prep's course was great, anything else that would help me ramp up as a nontraditional background, lateral recent hire?

I'm up for associate promo next year and nowhere near ready right now (obviously).

Has anyone been able to negotiate anything extra or terms when being laid off?

Is it normal for a talent firm to not disclose the agency they are actively recruiting for until you’re on the phone with them? Also said recruiter told me 45-55K is “too high” for a junior creative right out of school in Chicago. Thoughts?

What's Your Take?:

Asking creatives to work on a project with lots of award potential but minimal budget/billable time allocations. So the majority of the work would be done on personal time.

Daniel Brian Advertising makes employers donate a $1 every time they wear shorts to the office...but apparently it’s only enforced on female employees.

DBC - what do you have to say for yourselves???

Just got promoted to ACD. Will be taking on more leadership roles. Any books, workshops, resources that helped you learn leadership skills?

I’m a college grad. I had 3 final interviews for agencies in NYC but those have been canceled. Should I look for jobs in other cities or give up entirely (at least for a few weeks)?

Sarah Thompson’s name is not on the list 🤔. Thoughts?

Anyone else feel like as you move up, you have to work even harder to justify your value to your company as you grow “out of the weeds”? Especially with the fear of layoffs looming over everyone’s heads.

I just got into reading books, any suggestions to start with? Which could help to increase media/marketing knowledge.

How do you not go absolutely batshit with anxiety while job hunting?

I need to leave my company to grow (and bc it’s going downhill fast) but I can’t bare to leave my boss. He’s the perfect boss and makes my day brighter. I couldn’t imagine working without him. Help.

I was furloughed yet it doesn’t start until Friday. Per the VPs, this week we have to “transfer our knowledge” to our bosses. Bosses who haven’t been on these projects. Any advice?

Agency-wide salary cuts effective today. 10-20% depending on level.

Who has more earning potential: Creatives or Producers? Talking about two aspects: mid-career salary and lifetime earning potential? I feel like producers peak earlier but creatives have higher max?

I totally understand the hustle of emailing people you don’t know to create opportunities. I just don’t understand why obscure vendors email creatives rather than production 🤦🏻‍♂️

In a typical advertising creative team structure, who vets the new hires? ECD? CD? Trying to get some clarity as I work at a small shop with CD being the highest title.

How has the NY "state of mind" lasted so long when everyone's working from their suburban home or parents' basement?