AA delayed a flight 7 hours on Saturday before cancelling it and giving us no help, monetary or otherwise, in finding lodging. Rebooked Sunday for a very early flight, got home 24 hours late.

Singapore airline business class upgrade worth it?

American has a promo listed on their app - use Rocketmiles to book a hotel and earn X000 American points. Has anyone here used it? If I book a Marriott properly, can I apply my Marriott retroactively?

Will end up at 65 Marriott nights for 2018. What would you select for your annual choice benefit? 5 elite night credits or is that pointless?

I might get roasted for asking such a basic question but - how much do you budget for eating out ($ amount or % of budget)?

Pre pandemic I was traveling 5 days a week and just used left over per diem on the one night I went out with friends at home. During covid I stayed home. Now that I’m fully vaccinated and are many of my friends they want to go out to eat/drink. During covid I moved from a LCOL to here so I’m experiencing delayed sticker shock at the prices. Any tips?

People at EY not use the corporate card? The expense system is horrible. But might not be worth using my Marriott card...

Looking for senior Salesforce developers/architects in the US! Joined my previous mentor in starting a new Salesforce practice. Company is based in SF but we’re ok with folks working remotely. Might require some travel once it’s safe again but not anytime soon. Good opportunity to be actively involved in building something from nothing

Hi, will be staying in London next week. Does anyone have an Accenture rate code for the Marriot / Hilton in London?

Visiting Toronto in September, I've been there many times and have had a good time, though I've never fallen in love with the City. What are some of your suggestions for visitors beyond St. Lawrence market, CN tower and distillery district?

Also any recommendations for Prince Edward County? Favourite restaurants, wineries, towns and view points?

Would love to fall in love with Ontario this trip :)

Thanks!

I've worked in hospitality for two years, but now the travel restrictions are lifting and I'm nervous; how busy does it usually get around Christmastime?

I recently accepted an offer and have onboarding coming up. Any idea how busy I’ll be in the evenings for those couple of days? The calendar invite only goes until 4pm but I wasn’t sure if there’s any additional events that go on. My fiancé wants to travel with me so we can spend some time in the city where I’m onboarding, but not sure if I’ll be busy the entire time or not.

Advice on which Greek islands to visit in September? Santorini is in the list, but I can’t decide on others. Which are your favorite and why?

Anyone ever stayed at Westin Tokyo? Is the concierge lounge any good?

Help! I recently purchased a wanna get away ticket through Southwest for a business trip that was about $850. I was asked to cancel the trip due to other work issues in my local area. As luck would have it, there's a strong possibility that I landed a great new job and they need me to start right away. The credit is under my personal rapid rewards account. Ideas to help me avoid writing a big check to my company??

I've seen a couple posts about unionizing, anyone know anything about the potential Kaiser strike in early October? Saw online that they're already hiring for scabs, $3400-$5950 + housing, travel transportation, and per diem. And this is for techs!!!

Flight attendant woke me up while I was sleeping to give me ice cream, then I couldn’t go back to sleep.
How many points?

Has anyone seen any decent MQD run ideas for Delta recently? I’m about 8k MQDs from diamond. Seems the Aeromexico method is on hold until they are fully back up and running. Thanks!

Does Deloitte and PWC has a dedicated app sec pen-test team? What percent of the time do you travel? Do you guys work from home or need relocation to any place in US?

Is there any way to preserve/sell a Spirit airline reservation credit? Mine expires at the end of the year. Had to cancel over the summer due to extreme delays and uncertainties.

Hey! Considering negotiating my pay after 1 year of CT experience. In Florida my base is $29/hr. How much of a raise should I ask for (if they don’t automatically give one)? And should I wait to be a travel tech with another year of experience?

Any recommendations or itineraries for the French Riviera/Monaco? Thinking of flying in and out of Nice.

Searching for Job. 12+ in MSTR/Tableau/Power BI.
Any pointers please.

The Monday struggles are real.

Hi. Do I qualify for CFRA in California if our firm has at least five employees but a couple of them are W-2 and the rest are 1099?

Joined Ascend a couple years ago and didnt find it valuable in the first year since the local chapter wasn't super active. Thinking about rejoining. What does everyone else think about Ascend?

Need referral for front end developer having experience of 1+ years of experience. PLEASE HELP ME and need referral

Anyone with insight into the real estate group in Orrick’s LA office?

Anyone worked at multiple FAANG companies? I’m trying to choose between 2 and can’t decide.

Let's talk comp. If you brought in 1000$ in GDC, what would your payout be on that, and which firm are you at?

If someone two levels up messages you a request, do you usually send it to the person one level above you first or directly to the person that asked you for the request?

Really confused with choosing careers-
Product management as next step or Remain in Strategy Consulting of an IT organisation and switch to pureplay strategy firms?

Could anybody please guide what factors would you deliberate on and what kind of personality would suit for these roles?
I come from Research, Financial analysis background and recently moved into Consulting. I love deliberating on macro solutioning and solving business problems. My current skillsets are more aligned to Financerole

Hello friend,

Any one abscond the notice period in EY.


I Just join - 3 month.

Any one can help me for same what get happened if I do same.

Thanks for you advise

Does anyone know anybody coming from the Merit America IT Support program that have been successful in their roles? This is a career change for me and I'm worried that employers won't be patient while I learn or that IT teams will be overloaded and I won't have a proper mentor.

How hard is Haas to get into?

Anyone has a good rec for improving SC in a really short time. Test in 2 weeks and still not getting half my SC questions right. CR and RC are at about 80% accuracy.

Who applies to HBS in R2? I was surprised to hear the pool is just as large as R1. Any speculation on the strength of the R2 pool this year?

Hi guys,
I was offered 16.5lpa B2 band senior software engineer
Tech stack: pyspark/SQL/Hadoop
Yoe: 4.5 years
I request you pls share your thoughts on above. Is it good or not okay or should I consider this offer?

This is so dumb, but I hate when superiors say can WE do this...when it’s really can YOU do this

Sometimes I love my job, other days I really feel like an employee.

What does your boss do to remind you you’re an employee?

Thoughts on Northwestern 1 year MBA program? Trying to determine if that is my ideal option since I want to quickly knock out and come right back to current gig. I already have business degree.

Why do some people get laid off and others not? Is it always utilization? Do people typically know they're at risk before it gets to that point?

Ever had a manager that you like but can’t stand their work style? How’d you deal with it?

I want to transition to working abroad. Im a data scientist. Any advice on finding recruiters or companies looking for international work? Hoping for Dubai, Japan, China, or Europe

C with 1 year in the firm, & experience of 7 years before Deloitte, project and firm contributions are great during the year, but heard that promotions within 1 year in firm are rare. True ?

Currently out on parental leave and will be putting in my notice. How much notice period should I give? Concerned to give 2 weeks as i might be asked to leave next day due to already out on parental leave. Thoughts?

Advice or Book recommendations on how not to get bothered by others/ friends/ peers? What they think or what they do!
Been struggling lately

The crushing despair upon learning last minute that you have to be at the client site for kickoff on Monday when you were planning to be on holiday. So much for my tan.

Any book recommendations on handling office politics?

Anyone from the Milan office of McKinsey that can share their experience in this particular region? Also interested in how does it compare to BCG in terms of environment, pressure and benefits.

Hilton head or Myrtle Beach for a family of four (2 kids). Is Hilton head worth the premium? We plan on staying there for a month and just wanna be close to a beach. Safety is important.

When they say utilization doesn't count for the month of May/June what exactly does that entail? I'm assuming being on the bench for those months will still show on personal utilization reports...

Best books on leadership and self development?

Has anyone left EY and submitted a wageworks reimbursement in their last two weeks that they got paid for?

People that recline their seats on 1 hour flights 🙄

Why do I feel so poor?

Shall I disclose reason for leaving a firm during my initial call with a recruiter from said firm, if I was laid off? Are they privy to that information. Ironically being recruited by that same firm

Just fired my therapist. Feels better than it should

Want to warn stakeholders that their hostile, posturing emails with our main client CC'd is only going to backfire (main client ❤️ us). emails will no joke prob get some of them fired. #restructuring