Accenture: anyone used "take 5" and purchased extra time off? Want to cover Christmas holidays to maintain high utilization. What is the process?

Hi buddies,

Hope you all doing good. How many sick leaves were provided by cgi?? And is there any specific limit of taking sick leave with respect to financial year? Kindly clarify!

A couples years ago when I was at 1 of the B4 firms I went on vacation and my backpack (laptop and all) got stolen. I filed a police report etc. A couple months later I got a large package in the mail

Anyone in Vancouver want a Programmer Analyst role doing data conversion from Oracle into WD? UBC is a great employer that pays well for Vancouver / Canada and the work is remote, though you have to be in Canada. 4 weeks vacation and benefits start on day 1

looking for advice for my partner who is a data scientist at an ad agency in NYC. He had been working 70+ hours a week on a project that fell apart while he was on vacation due to it being passed to a junior person who didn’t understand it, and he got blamed. Afterward he said he was burnt out to his manager and then was fired a week or so later, even though the project recovered. Is there grounds here for wrongful termination? How does he argue for more severance?

Hi,

Does Infosys place all employees for a 6 month probation period?

Can we apply for leaves in that period?

Ok, so how bad are the side effects from IVF stim injections and the aftermath from retrieval? Thinking to use some sick or vacation days for the worst times but not sure how many and when.

I want to do PD but also just want to get utilized.

Book recommendations for a vacation?

What is the firm per diem for accenture strategy? You can spend this on travel engagements ?

I think hospitals would benefit tremendously from hiring designers to help facilitate better space utilization, communication, etc.

What’s been your most impressive/successful salary negotiation when you’ve received an offer? Did you manage to get way more PTO or other perks?

Will we get extra salary if we worked on holiday in tcs. In timesheet its showing red means holiday

Promoted to SSE with 25% hike and VP as 9% . I had received ACE award in Q3 . I have also maintained utilization report 100% still I got less VP. Can I ask manager to revisit the component

What other performance factors are considered for PDM besides utilization?

Anyone leave Deloitte for Booz Allen? Thoughts or experiences? Utilization and compliance are absolutely doing my head in.

What were some challenges y’all faced this week?

I’ll start. Trying to get non local resources utilized. National Leadership thinks this is the answer to our problems but local leadership is hesitant.

Anyone from ACN asked to take a week of vacation in June? I was asked to but the friends I checked with we’re not; afraid I’m being prepped to exit.

My company blames my generation for not being able to hire everyday. “You guys don’t want to work” coming from some overweight, racist, old coaster. I’ve barely taken any days off this year and pick up “skeleton crew” days any chance I get. I was able to work out a deal with my company before I came because of prior experience luckily, but they offer a terrible base salary and sham of a commission structure to new hires + no remote. Then sit here and can’t figure out why…

How are corporate volunteer opportunities (e.g. coordinating and leading initiatives) perceived by adcoms vs. volunteering with a separate organization on your own?

Creatives who have done launches - how do you present your work in your book? Doubt anyone wants to see all 25 or so things I worked on but want to show the breadth.

JOBS!!
Neptune Retail Solutions is hiring an Art Director/Senior Art Director. Amazing work life balance! Feel free to DM if you have any questions :)

Is someone here stuck on the job title because of the GC processing? I am just so frustrated… it’s making me mentally exhausted since I’ve been working as a Senior for 5 years already. My PERM is still in process and planned to be filed next year.

Is anyone or does anyone have a good personal trainer in the NYC area? I’m quite an experienced lifter but have hit a mental (and slightly physical) plateau and would benefit from some coaching. TIA!

Hi all,i have been taking interviews for my department since the last 3 months.Should the company be paying me for the extra efforts?

I am done with my HR round. And said I am selected in Siemens, balewadi, but not yet received the offer letter. Its been a month now They are waiting for approvals. Any idea when will I get the offer letter.

How to check if Bgv is completed or not ?

Is the working hours mentioned in my workspace correct? I have recently been allocated to a project and it shows timings from 11 pm -9 am..

Just wanted to confirm if we have an option for buyouts during the NP,is it normally negotiable to 30 days,how does it work?

Can anyone pls refer me to s&p global. I'm a .Net full stack developer with 7 years of experience. Thankyou

So it’s now inarguable that Trump tied Ukraine aid to a public investigation of the Bidens. Republicans, is your position that this just isn’t an impeachable offense?

Hi fishers,
Please let me know, what band one should expect with 10 yoe in TIAA and what would be the max salary for that band. I would be having negotiation round with TIAA HR in end of this week.

Can some one refer me to a position at FIS Global, I have the job ID.

Does GDC have a reputation as a good place to work in BL?

Does salary negotiation happens during internal transfer? If someone has experienced it can you tell a little about it. What is the hike that can be expected?

How do I become an MBB employee? Is it possible to gain experience at big 4+ACN and then get referred in??

Do you put pop tarts in the toaster or the microwave?

How to be good at Sales and have a charismatic personality?
Any words of wisdom? Any great books to read? Any other recommendations?

What are some publications, books, podcasts, online classes etc that can help me prepare for my first year in consulting? Have 5 years of experience in finance and making the jump to consulting.

Cold showers hit different

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

New @ Deloitte, possible to swap sims to use the new physical phone as my personal and use my old one as the work phone? How does set up work?

What are some concrete reasons why someone in consulting would be fired, other than the obvious stupid things?

When the Admiral’s Club hostess asks, “Are you a lifetime member?” do you just want to ask, “It depends, are you a lifetime company?”

Entering my 15th week unstaffed for the year. Does Deloitte do layoffs for low utilization? Mine is around 60%

Hello everyone,

Can you please share some likes ? I’m new here.

Regards,

I know this career takes a lot out of folks, but what are some things you’re grateful for?

I’ve been having a hard time finding energy to interview but I’m REALLY grateful that recruiters from great companies reach out on LinkedIn just based on my skills/current company. Takes a big weight off.

Folks, some advice on tipping please. I went from having freedom to WFH whenever I wasn’t traveling (accommodating spouse travel) to using a dog walker at least 3-4 days/week, a lot of weeks. cont’d

A recruiter at another B4 gave me a number much lower than what I’m currently making. Should I tell them how much im making now, which is admittantly at the very top of the SC band, or counter with a range that’s more than I’m making? I hesitate to just throw out current salary + 20% bc I’d be asking for almost $190k for a SC role and I know that would be quite a huge ask for a SC @ B4, even for tech

How long to hear back from KPMG after interview? Had an interview with them last week.

What is a Deloitte VP (in consulting) equivalent to in other big 4?

Looking for a Meta (Facebook) referral! Super passionate change professional who is excited about the opening.

If you are on a billable project but happen to have a day we’re you aren’t asked to do much, do you still bill the 8 hours for being on call. Or do you only bill the 1–2 hours you work that day on client work? Less than 1 YOE. Curious on your thoughts on billing 8 hours a day even if you don’t necessarily work the whole time. Is this something you have done? I also under stand that billing less than what you work is not ideal, “eating hours.” But what about billing more than you “actually” work

Anyone have good book recommendations that I can learn from and are entertaining? Trying to survive a 10 hour flight this weekend 🆘🆘🆘

Anyone familiar with Charles River Associates?

I want to do PD but also just want to get utilized.