Let’s start a strap / band mega thread.
Post links to your favorite 3rd party brands, and bonus points for pics of the band on your watch.

Any recommendations for dog breeds for someone with mild allergies? I see there are some allergy friendly breeds and curious about others experience. Thinking should look around for ones that shed a lot less.

Bonus points if its also a breed that does well in apartments/condos. I live next door to a dog park though so hoping to go out with the dog for two 30 minute walk/jogs (on top of the regular shorter walks) per day as well.

I have a $6,500 expense coming up in April and would like to earn cash back or points with a new card’s SUB. Any recommendations?

Is anybody interested in evaluating my profile, skillset and help me understand how should I go about my next transition ?

Currently, I am working as Analytics Manager in a startup but have lost touch of real machine learning modeling. I am mostly occupied in creating use cases to be built for our product that produces data points from raw SMS. Create roadmap for integration of heavy models in production considering TAT as constraint etc.. but I am not expert in these.

What’s the best use of chase points? Newbie here :)

NYC 3 night visit

150K IHG points
150K Marriott points

Which hotel would you recommend? Willing to pay for the third night if we end up staying in a high end hotel. But not sure if it's worth it.

If i book an Amtrak trip with points, can I still use my companion pass coupon

Xmas week Miami - St Regis 85k points/night (have stayed before), or Cadillac 50k/night, or somewhere else Bonvoy...

I'm getting a MAcc to career change to forensic accounting. What opportunities are available to me with a data analytics heavy MAcc? I'm also tacking on 2 graduate certificates in Applied Statistics and International Economic Policy? For those in the field, would that be useful or not useful (i.e. waste of time)? I'm interested in investigations but also analytics, financial modeling, and expert witness services. Throw in salary potential for bonus points. I'll be getting my CPA, CFE, and CAMS.

Anyone successfully keep intro rate with Comcast internet after multiple years? Threatened to cancel but they won’t honor what I’ve been paying this year. Sorry this isn’t a points post - cont:

Bonvoy Q: does it matter what category hotel you stay at for nights stayed (towards status)? Do you get more points for staying at a higher category (assuming $ spent is the same)? I’m gold

What's the most efficient way to retain all the reward points on corporate AmEx card after you quit the firm?

Has anyone successfully negotiated a title? I was looking for Senior Manager positions but applied for some Mgr positions too. I’m up for promo next year at my current job as well. The current industry offer meets my comp expectation but planning to see if they would bring me in as a senior manager. There isn’t a set hierarchy for the team as of right now as they are building the team and I’d be reporting to a senior executive. Any talking points/tips that might help me negotiate?

Anyone else not getting points / nights for recent Marriott stays? Account activity isn’t working in the app

Hi ,
I joined D(USI) in July 2021 how much I can expect hike% ,bonus %. In this June appraisal .can some one share few points .

Do you care more about status or points?

What are the best anonymous feedback tools you've seen to collect info/talking points from employees ?

Do you think Chase Sapphire credit card is the best card for points towards travel and grocery?

When a two segment trips turns into three because of delays...change into comfy clothes and start writing your "requesting points" email to Delta

Recently got a comment at work. How are exclamation points in email perceived?

I know that if we require an employee to participate in any training that it must be paid. However, we want to give employees the opportunity to request voluntary training if they want to, for example, brush up on creating powerpoints or learn how to create effective sentences or how to deal with difficult people. If an employee requests voluntary training that could potentially make them a better employee, do we have to pay for it? Can we require that employees complete any voluntary training during their personal time?

My joining in 18th Apr. By when can I expect the laptop?

How is the orientation / on-boarding programme like in your company? I have recently joined a small office (about 140 pax) and was tasked to design a new on-boarding programme. Coming from bigger companies I’m beginning to realise how different and challenging it is to organise such programmes on a much smaller scale with significantly lesser resources. Happy to hear how things are done at your company and exchange ideas.

We have a need for a human capital business intelligence report developer. Cool and relaxed team. Must have active TS/SCI. Will post a burner if anyone’s interested

Anyone noticed that employer pf is too low in offer letter. It's not 12% of basic part of ctc.

Pls note - Employeer pf of 7.5lac in a year is tax free.

Hi All,

Does jpmc has any internal program for gfbm team from which a CA fresher who joined recently can move to USA within 2 yrs of joining?

Please respond asap ,it's urgent

Thanks in advance.

How much does a C3 Management Consultant and M1 Manager make in the West?

Dear friends,

Anyone got offer from O365 support engineer in microsoft recently..

Have some doubts can you please allow me to chat with you privately.

Is anyone in links or know someone in it that can speak more about it?

You UXers will especially get a kick out of this. My CD said this about our new agency site this morning: "I don't want it to look like a website. I don't want it to feel like a website."

God help me get out of here.

AWS Cloud and Security+ certified,
6+ years of tech experience ranging from hardware networking to Security and compliance.
Looking to get into cloud security, analyst, TAM, consulting... I'm open.

Time to buy Bit and Ether?

Has anyone experienced Headaches every early morning 1-3 time in the night/ early morning ? Any solution / suggestions? I have been having these consistently for almost a year. Drs don’t seem to have an answer.

What are the go-to places in Dallas?

Hi Fishes,
Wanted to know how is WLB for Cloud Security work in KPMG india.. soon gonna join as associate consultant. Your thoughts please?

Looking for a switch to Product management in tech companies. Anyone willing to refer?

Any suggestion for earbuds with noise cancellation? Which will b appropriate for zoom calls.budget 7.5-8K

Hi 🐟,
What would be the salary range for a consultant in Deloitte with skill as Automation Testing.

Hi fishes
I am getting a package of 5lpa +2esops
Is that good to go
YOE 1
JAVA FULL STACK

P.S - i don't know what esops is?

Is this hybrid productivity refilled again like well being subsidy?

Planning to get my base location changed from Hyderabad to Bangalore, is it recommendable? Reason being - All my friends have relocated to different work locations, literally no one is in Hyderabad.

Hi guys,
I just joined Deloitte in Oracle (financials) practice in December. I am currently looking out for implementation projects and not sure how to look for such opportunities within organisation. If someone is aware about the opportunities in there current project or can suggest whom to reach out and talk, that will also help.
PS: My resource manager is not responding to my mails and pings.

I have a question for Consulting leadership.
Was is not unethical practice for firm to stop double hatting incentive for Consultant and below and continue that for Sr Con and above for 3 extra months? In many of the cases, Cons continued duing extra work for additional project with no monetary benefits whereas Sr Con got benefits for the same work.
I mean to ask should not the policy be same for all or are we slowly moving away from flat hierarchy?

Anyone here using the car lease program?? What are the general rates(heard their quite high) and which car did you get? 😅

What hike & benefits to be expected when being promoted to Senior from TC II? (BTS Tax)

Does Deloitte reimburse intercity taxi under relocation reimbursement 40k, has anyone done it before?

I ask because the offer letter only mentions airfare, train, bus.

I am on notice period at Deloitte USI. My new company is based in Bangalore. Can I use my relocation allowance and will they adjust in fnf?

How many days should I wait from my joining to follow up about laptop status?..i had my joining today haven't been contacted by IT team yet for laptop. Had filled out the laptop survey in February.

Hi
My friend is looking for a change. She has 2+ years of Post MBA experience in a credit rating agency with experience in credit analysis, financial analysis and risk assessment. She wants to switch to deals/valuations/risk related profiles preferably in a Big 4 or FS MNC.

She is also a CFA level 2 candidate and her preference location is gurugram.

Please let me know if you guys have an relevant roles for her.

Which is a better industry exit option - VMWare or Adidas ?

Hi , can anyone explain variable scene in Deloitte usi . Is this possible that they give 0% variable or they use to give something atleast

Hi folks,

I ordered IPhone 13 through the smartphone program few days back. I have some queries.

1. Since, iphone 13 doesn’t have charger in the pack, do we need to buy outside or it will also deliver through soft cell with the package?

2. Do we have to buy Postpaid sim for the company phone by ourselves to reimburse or it will be also delivered from soft cell?

3. If anyone bought iPhone 13 model, could you suggest which screen protector is good for the phone?

Thanks.

Anyone who is lateral hire at Deloitte usi and received joining bonus as per offer letter

What is the minimum stay back period mentioned in order not to return the joining bonus