Anybody pursuing a side hustle while on the bench?

Hi all,

If people are getting fired from companies only.because they are on bench for more than 3 months, is it wise approach to switch with higher salary now?

Please list companies who are firing people or asking them to resign so that we get a fair idea of which company to join?

Share thoughts pls 🙏

My motivation legit evaporates when I’m on the bench... help

Hi , I have joined IBM 20 days back, got rejected in two client interviews till now ,the interview was full deeper . From last 1 week there is no update from anyone. Worried about the future. Had another offer from cognizant which I got before Joining IBM but it has 30% less CTC and the joining date is 26 dec

Any idea what is the best decision to take. Can I stay here on bench for long time
Tech stack - spark,Scala,Hadoop,hive

how many opinions/bench rulings should I aim to complete by the end of the clerkship?

Daily filling Timesheet even on bench.. bad process. it shall be weekly or monthly..

Do you guys go into the office while on the bench

Iam 5 month pregnant , thinking to get release from project due to health issue and taking maternity leave from april 1st, at this situation can I be in bench for 3 months and go in maternity leave ? Will this affect my job in Accenture? Will the organization allow to be in bench for 3 months? If iam in bench during maternity leave will i get variable pay

Hi everyone,
I am a new joiner @ Coforge, joined on Nov 15th and still waiting for project allocation. What is the resource pool/bench policy for a new joiner, can anyone please help on this?

I have heard very less flow of work in PWC AC’s. Does this mean recession impact has begun and they can start terminating employees on bench???

Hi Folks. Switching from product base to service base at level 9 in accenture in SAP Domain .
Can some1 explain how the journey starts from day 1.
Heard Noise abt client interviews , bench process,layoffs etc etc.
Need Serious Comforting advise.

Once we are on bench in Morgan Stanley client, Will they assign any other project in synechron?or we will be on bench for longer days?in syenchron.....Is there anyone working on Morgan Stanley client and got released once project got over?

Hey Guys, What's up? Is Altimetrik is good enough to stay for long time? Joined sometime back still unaware of real truth. how they will behave when we will go through bench??

Hi fishes, I recently joined Accenture, I am from manual testing background and they put me into monitoring team where we need to analyse errors looking at codes, logs and resolve it and the KT that is being given to me doesnt feel enough when I raised concern to TL, TL itself is blaming it on me that I qm not able to understand what is being taught, I am not able to work in the project at all, I requested for roll off within a month, will this imact my career at accenture? someone please sugges

Last week joined in hcl. I got better opportunity in other company.If I abscand in hcl.does it any problem?still I have not assigned to any project , iam in Bench now?

How are projects allocated to new joinees in Accenture? How long do they allow to be on bench!!

I have got offer from wipro ...I have been selected in bulk hiring..... And HR said that you will be on bench for 2 weeks and then you will be given option to select project.
Can anyone please confirm does it happen with every person who joins wipro?
Will I remain on bench for longer period of time?

Hi Guys, Can you please tell me which tech stack is better :
Gartner : Azure Synapse analytics and Azure Data Factory
Dunnhumby - PySpark and Airflow

Salary is same in both of them.

Why does PwC CMAAS make so much more than the other AAS groups?

Are then any men out there willing to talk about imposter syndrome?

Hours aren’t very busy for bankruptcy group at my firm. Seems like we’re waiting for a surge of some sort. A lot of advisory questions at the partner level but not coming down so quick. Anyone else?

How many pro-bono hours do you bill each year?

Does your firm's bonus structure actually take into account pro-bono hours, or do they just say that without meaning it?

#probono

How do NYC big law real estate groups hold up during recessions? Are they one of the harder hit corporate groups or is there more stability?

Anyone from Enterprise here who has received a promotion call or any idea what is happening?

Senior Researcher at Odgers Berndtson in the APAC region. Couldn't find a group for exec search so thought I'd create one! Hope to see some others here soon.

Does anyone wear ties anymore? Wanted to buy a ferragamo and a Hermès tie for Christmas but I feel like no one requires them anymore. Also how are BB ties compared to these two?

Does Uniqlo have the best budget plain t’s?

How do you get over the feeling that you’re not good enough for your job?

What’s the average salary for a VP Marketing role in Private Equity healthcare space for someone with 15 years experience?

Anyone else here from a shithole country? I’m proudly Dominican 🇩🇴 😁

My passport expired at the end of January. Can I still travel to india if I plan to return by early Jan (before passport expires)? Or does india require 6 months validity on the passport. It’s a US passport FWIW. I don’t have time to renew since it’ll take 3 months!Thanks!

Hi , has anyone joined CITI recently? Need some help

Citi Citicorp Citicorp services india pvt ltd

I hate ketchup but somehow that Heinz ad is my favorite so far.

Company offers 200% match on the first 3% of 401k contributions, vested immediately. How is that relative to other firms?

Curious about PA M1 bonus. IA to be precise. What’s the percentage?

My motivation legit evaporates when I’m on the bench... help

What do you do with all this free time?!

Do you guys go into the office while on the bench

I am using it to study and work out.

How many benches have grown in this environment?

Did you get out of bed today?

How is being on the bench differ across firms? For us, it often is working similar to project hours (late night) on short fuse pitches

Is the bench larger than normal?

Favorite down time activity?

How long have you been on the bench currently? I’ll start: 2 months

Haha why is it called bench “blues”? I’m the happiest man alive on the bench. I do the bare minimum

What’s the easiest internal initiative to do on the bench?