Any truth to Bain beginning (or being close to) layoffs? I’ve heard this through the Bain grapevine (not my current firm)

I am a new associate (1 month in mid-tier firm) and I struggle to get work to fill up the whole day. In honest time, i get about 3-5 billable hours a day. Am I going to get in trouble or fired over this?? I am putting my best efforts when I do get work and I ask for work sometimes. At this point I feel like I am being annoying too…

I know this doesn’t count as an interview, but overall professional advice needed:
Any tips on asking for better severance pay?

Stuck in a weird limbo where I want to leave my job more than anything but grateful that I have one at all with all the layoffs in our industry. It's a new kind of trapped. Anyone else feels the same?

Working for a senior who is beyond horrible. She talks to you like you’re stupid and makes it sound like you’re absolutely terrible at what you’re doing. She’s made 5 other associates cry during her 5 year career. Got someone fired and made another person quit. It’s known around the office that she can no longer have a female associate, because she talks down to females more than she does males. I came along and thought I could deal with it but she literally makes me want to not log on tomorrow.

Looking for emotional support after been laid off and second baby is on the way.

Does anyone predict another layoff season in October?

Did Epsilon just go through a round of layoffs ?

What do you think of today’s (6/9) IBM major worldwide Cloud outage? Could it be related to the recent major layoffs?

I just got laid off — anyone else get hit this round? ☹️

A $1T valuation is fine, but Tim Cook should be fired for the value loss that came from actually producing products, being famously boring and not losing his mind on social media.

Lots of people leaving WK Portland it seems. Layoffs or voluntarily?

Has anyone ever been "let go of"? Either laid off or fired. How did you get through it?

As many of us navigate the challenges of negotiating during Covid layoffs, my question is what do you think is a good, fair and realistic salary for an independent agency to offer a Creative Director with 10+ years of experience in metro Detroit, considering the current economic climate?

How is it that every company complains they can’t find workers yet 9/10 posts on linked in the last few weeks are all about layoffs? And just taking a look at the jobs in your are…why does every job suck and want to pay you 45k?

Is it common practice in Singapore for firms to have a probation period for new joiners (duration at their discretion), during which new joiners can be fired at a week’s notice period?

Hey- anyone been in the position where their seeing someone, but you’re not dating ? I’m seeing someone and he went on vacation without me and I’m sure he met some girls - he even admitted it but said

Partners - Do you ever take vacations?

I have been at my current firm for about 1.5 years, and in that entire time the partner in my group hasn't been out of the office a single time. Is that normal? I can't tell if it's standard for big law partners to not take time off, if the dynamics for my group may be different (only 1 partner in the entire group), or it the partner I work with is just a masochist.

Do you guys give your boss's New Years' gifts? I'm thinking of doing one since I didn't give a holiday gift but thought it maybe weird

M&A associates: is it normal for first years to have only same-day tasks? I have not been given a task that wasn’t due either ASAP or by that night in weeks. If this is the norm, do you recommend any other (more predictable) transactional practice groups?

What's more important for business longevity?
Value your customer's needs or your employees sanity/ mental wellness?

The company I work for clearly value the customer more and I feel that it's not aligned to my personal values :(
It makes me wonder if I'm the "crazy" one to believe the company should value their people first?

Hi i need 11 like to activate dm
Please help me with that
Thank you

Any connects for black design professionals?

Any experience working as a corporate paralegal with Cooley, LLP?

Why are sibling relationships so complicated? We live in the same city. 23M w 21M bro in same city. We’ve always clashed, got closer in 2016-2019, then in covid started fighting and not being close. 2021 summer we got into some bad fights where he said some hurtful things that made me kind of hold a grudge until our fight in September. 2022 we’ve gotten a lot closer and only minimally clashed but still even tho we share personal things sometimes and have more mutual respect, cont

11 likes for DM access please.

Thanks in advance.

Floating- love it or hate it?

Does anyone have 120K bonvoy points they’re willing to sell? How much?

With product design questions, I struggle to identify user groups. Once I do everything starts flowing and I’m confident. But the initial identification of user groups is something I find challenging. What’s your go-to way of doing this? For example, the question “design a podcasting app for truck drivers.” What types of truck drivers can I select so that I can prioritize a user group to focus on and begin identification of pain points and solutions?

I recently passed the CFE and was looking into the CAMS next. Any suggestions on how to best prepare for the CAMS? I’ve been mostly reviewing the index cards that come with the prep material.

For those with experience with Apache Superset, please tell me more. Why do you prefer it, which environment does it work best in, pros/cons, and why should I choose it over Tableau/PowerBI?

What do you do when your client doesn't understand OR appreciate your work?

Hi, am interested in applying to Putnam UK via positions shown on Linkedin. Anyone willing to chat or perhaps provide a referral? Thanks in advance!

Hey there i got an offer from UNESCO paris as an financial budget monitor intern( in admin department) , while knowing that i like the life in Sweden better than in Paris as an outsider. (i don't speak French) can anyone tell me if it is a good opportunity? Or is it better to stay in Sweden and do ny current intern to be a consultant?

Are your firms still experiencing big layoffs?

This is what I SHOULD have asked... Okay so I currently work for KPMG and the contract with PwC talent exchange is international. Is it a conflict of interest if I’m not doing the same type of work?

Anyone have planet fitness promo code/referral link? Trying to nail down zero down or some other benefit ! TIA

Can any PPMDs chime in on the comp statements? For the most these are terrible increases. Do you guys & gals agree with what the firm giving your main resources? I don’t understand how it makes sense to have people leave and you pay the incoming people more, as well as, spend more time and money in training them. Just trying to understand the rationale. Wouldnt it make more sense to keep your people happy?

Leaning to move my savings from CapitalOne to GoldmanSachs-Marcus.. 0.2% extra.. guess worth the hassle to move.
Any views on Marcus customer service? Referrals?

What weird Olympic sport are you vibing to?

If you know you’re leaving in 5 months for new job, can you slowly do less work to get severance?

Are local government jobs just as chill as the Feds?

Kids - All the joy they bring and old age help aside,
To have or not to have?

Does anyone have good dentist recommendations in Manhattan? Looking to switch dentists

Does 401k count as savings?

Are any top consulting firms hiring for experienced analysts currently? I know ACN and some others are cyclical for resources 2-3 years out of college, but I’m looking to make a move sooner than fall

What are ways to get the best deal for wifi if I have never signed up for wifi before?

Anyone else feel like the incremental effort required to move to industry isn't worth it given the perma-WFH situation?

What do you do when you’re bored? Currently booked but have a good amount of downtime?

What is a fair salary for first year SM in Tech consulting at big 4?
Thinking 210-230?

Anybody been to Iceland recently, or have any recommendations of things to do? Planning on spending over a week there this summer, and will have a car to get around.

CFA or CAIA?