Advice on working hybrid with team members completely virtual with some team members in the office? Struggling to maintain a positive attitude when it feels like managers rely on those who show up disproportionately to those who are fully virtual.

This may sound odd, but I’m only 2 yrs into my career and have never given a 2 week notice. Got another gig that I’m taking (starts in 2 weeks). Need to give notice Monday AM. What do I say? How?

For those who have gone from one big 4 to another…was it frowned upon by your superiors/looked at as a slap in the face, even if your intentions are to leave on good terms?

I feel like I have a hard time connecting with clients when it comes to any conversation outside of work. Worried I'm not always leaving the best impression and it's holding me back. How do you find points of connection?

If an employee mentions something disparaging or accusatory about their manager during an exit interview, how would you handle? What happens if what the employee said is slanderous and a “he said/she said” situation? I.e. employee claimed the manager made a disparaging remark about an item of clothing being worn by someone in accordance with their beliefs. If you opt to share the feedback with the manager, would the manager have a legal case against the company or former employee?

What’s the overall feeling about presentation attire? Suit and tie?

Has anyone successfully pursued a relationship with someone they met at work? An MD I am really attracted to has been chasing me, but I am nervous about what the repercussions could be if it doesn't work out. Still, it's tempting

Everyone on my team is leaving the firm. The PPMD who hired me left the firm before my start date, now two seniors have left in the last 2 months. My team will be down to <3 with no manager/SM/PPMD. A Manager/PPMD from a diff. City is going taking our “office” over, so I’ll be the random staff that lives out of state but reports to them. What would you do?

How do I say to my counselor, "be prepared to see a big fall of my utilization because of things out of my control" without sounding like complaining or having a lot of negativity?

This is mostly for me but in case anyone else needs it: if everyone else praises your work, don’t let the senior associate with the bad haircut get you down.

If my staff lied about his work experience and has slipped up sometimes about it, do I call him out? Then what do I do about it afterwards?

Team is already talking about eating hours. My utilization is down cause I was in unassigned for a month in Dec/Jan. What's worse pissing off the partner or having a low utilization? -staff 1

Do I have a case hère?. My job is
trying to push me to quit. I'm a shy
person and they make it seem like my
shyness is mean, they let everyone
take off multiple days for fun but pull
in meetings to say 2 absences in 4
months is too much. They're blaming
for loss of money in sales instead of
the sales rep. He goes behind my back
to complain to management about
me. They don't have an HR
department. Idk wat to do. I'm the
youngest person there and the only
POC. I feel small and cut off in
meetings

I’m have a new theory about why juniors always feel like idiots and wanted to see if anyone else thinks this makes sense. I’m a third year, and am the most junior person all of my teams (generally me, a senior or two, and a partner or two), and I always feel like I’m messing something up. Is this just because I never get to work with other juniors and don’t see the mistakes they make, and that it’s relatively normal? And FWIW I went to HYS and I’ve had a clerkship so it’s not like I’m not smart

Welcome to a community dedicated to supporting those who deal with or wish to learn more about micro-aggressions. Did you know that 72% of folks are bullied by their managers? 36% of folks end up quitting their job because of bullying.

My coworker keeps leaving terrible jokes in the comments on our code, and some of them are vaguely sexist. Should I tell them to keep the code clean?

When you do a cut and you’re super excited and proud. And then the director weighs in and it gets even better! And then... the client makes it worse. And worse again. And worser still. Sigh.

Over the past year, my counsel is constantly judged by a select few senior business folks (eg arguing over FTC compliance, IP risk counsel, and even simple things regarding NDAs that any attorney wouldn’t question. It’s very frustrating that my own team is the one I have to defend my logic to (and not opposing counsel). It feels like they want a rubber stamper, which is not me.I never faced this at my prior in-house roles (probably because they were much a larger). Any advice on how to handle?

I told my boss about my ADHD in confidence because I was looking for a small accommodation (working from home x2 a week). I got it, but now I lowkey feel like she told other people in the office. I'm not sure if I'm being paranoid but someone I'm friendly with in HR has been acting weird since Monday, which is when I told my boss. Would she have to tell HR legally? What should I do?

What is your preferred HRIS Platform and why? Here are the options:

-Workday
-Oracle
-SAP
-ADP
-Ultimate
-Ceridian
-Other (if other, please name the system)

For all the 🐠 that switched from consulting to product, which role provided you with more tangible skills? I know I’m making some broad strokes here, but thought it might open other discussions as well

What’s your current billable rate and salary?

How is work culture in S&P Global platts segment for Software Engineer II role?
And weekends may not be on Saturday and Sunday?

What is the vacation policy like in government jobs?

Has anyone ever tried to leverage an offer for better pay/promotion at their current firm? Were you successful? What was your experience?

Three members on the team left and the remaining 6 have been told to increase their workload to compensate. The firm will keep their bonus but will share their workload with the existing employees. How can you justify this? Lol. What happens to the unpaid bonus? Rollover to next year?

How do you navigate a job offer that is contingent on the firm calling professional references? I don’t want to tell my current firm I’m leaving for this other firm until it’s official…which means I can’t use my current bosses as references. I have been with this firm since I graduated law school (5+ years), so I don’t have other legal references. I had a pre-law career…but that was so long ago. I’m not sure what to do…any suggestions?

My last working day is may 31st and the salary day is also same...Will I get my salary or it will be in final settlement

What’s the comp most people cap out at if you dont make partner?

What’s a “science fact” that gets shared around that is very much not true?

Ideas/ apps to meet people outside work while at client site? Tired of eating alone Mon-Wed.

US transplant with 7 YOE looking to work at Capital One in UK expected to make £100k at M or £115k with promotion to SM. Is this good in comparison to other firms? What do Big 4 and other firms pay for around this YOE?

To those who did not obtain CPA eligibility in UG and did not do a Masters, how did you reach the requirement?

How many of you max out all tax-advantaged space, i.e. 401K, Roth, and HSA, and is it doable to live on what's left?

People who are single/live alone, how much a week do you spend on groceries, food, and alcohol? I feel like I average around the $100 mark and not sure if that’s reasonable.

Why should I care if partners have no sense of urgency? Sending file to them for review is like throwing a stone into the ocean - I hear back after a week. Yes, I have communicated client deadline to them. Yes, they checked on me multiple times a week when the file is on my court.

What is the vacation policy like in government jobs?

Has anyone ever tried to leverage an offer for better pay/promotion at their current firm? Were you successful? What was your experience?

Three members on the team left and the remaining 6 have been told to increase their workload to compensate. The firm will keep their bonus but will share their workload with the existing employees. How can you justify this? Lol. What happens to the unpaid bonus? Rollover to next year?

Productive ways to pass time while unassigned? Besides WBLs.

Big 4 tax managers - how much do you make and which office?

What is this "Tax Tech" I keep hearing about?

Am I better off leaving audit for TAS, or for industry? What are pros of TAS?

I’m currently an experienced tax associate. A recruiter from another B4 reached out to seem if I’m interested in a tax position at that firm. Is it okay to to express my interest in advisory? I want to get out of tax

Any experience with Alvarez & Marsal? They’re recruiting for tax positions. Any and all information regarding pay, company culture, etc is welcome. Thanks!

I love when Staff ping you a question and give you about 10% of the information and context you need to help them lol.

Got my news today that I'll be Senior as of July 1, awesome!!!!!!

I always feel like I’m one mistake away from getting fired 😵

So people in Risk Advisory, I guess we’re Technology Risk now 🤔🤔

For those a little farther along, when did you go from feeling like a grunt following orders to feeling more like you had control/in the driver’s seat?

To those who transferred offices - when is the best time to do so? Currently, a staff 1, should I wait to become a senior to have better options or does it even matter?

Is a CISM or CISSP in higher demand? What’s the better cert?