Anyone else completely over doing work when it's your first day back from vacation?

What’s your holiday destination this year?

When first year associate gives work to senior..."can you do whatever you asked me to do 2 weeks ago? I gotta run to catch a flight for vacation"

What are some easy to make, low stress holiday meals for a school holiday staff party? I was "volunteered" by our principal to set it up this year (🙄). I'm making decorated sugar cookies but kind of drawing a blank when it comes to savory dishes. Bonus points if you have any adult holiday themed games or fun drinks to suggest! It's off school property and there will be a bar (thank god), for context.

My bf took a guys trip to Caribbean to celebrate a good friend of 20+ year’s milestone bday. The friend’s bday is the day before mine. Normally bf and I trip for my bday over the holiday weekend. Bf will be back for my actual bday, and we’re taking a domestic trip next weekend. That said, I still feel a little miffed that we’re not spending this weekend together like normal. Are my feelings unreasonable?

Does anyone have feedback on working for Mercer Advisors? I see a few positions in the Rockwall/ Dallas area that intrigue me. I’ve read Glassdoor reviews- was looking for more in-depth info.
I have my SIE, Series 6 and Series 63.
What is the work culture like, PTO, management style? Thanks!

I am at a DoD focused startup that is drafting their military leave policy.

Our PTO is Flexible Leave = they don’t track days worked in return for days off

The draft military leave policy:
- 2 weeks of annual AT can be flex leave
- 2 days allocated a year for PT test

I previously worked at Deloitte and loved their military leave policy, so I am pushing for 2 weeks of AT allowed and 80 hours a year for travel to drill/medical appts/misc days you have to meet active counterparts.

Thoughts?

Hi! Anyone know how many vacation days Managers at Sia get?

I hit rock bottom (I mean it) and in 6 weeks I managed a vacation, landed a new job, found a great guy, and landed a bomb apartment. Everything can change at the drop of a hat - keep your chin up.

Does Slalom provide any extra days off in addition to vacation? For example, short days on summer Fridays and closure between Christmas and New Years?

Do you think we will be able travel by Christmas for a vacation?

Always been a fan of FIRE and reading about it has definitely helped my finances but I can’t help but wonder if the movement is more about lifestyle change than early retirement.

After you achieve FI,you basically have to maintain the lifestyle that got you there.

What if you want to go on a lavish vacation or buy that flatscreen TV? Are you supposed to do away with material goods entirely? I suppose you could keep working for discretionary $ and live off interest but then you’re not retired.

Anyone F 🐠 in the the Bay Area interested in being +1 for the holiday party this Saturday? I assure you it will be a lot of fun and there is after party? 😜

There are so many holiday parties to attend. Any advice on how to make it to many and still be a functional human by the end of the week?

Husband works at nonprofit. Started in August, fully remote. We are on vacation in the Caribbean this week, and I want to stay another week or two. Are the optics of my husband working from the Caribbean problematic?

Hi All,

How long do ppl in the US generally take leaves in December for vacation?
Only last couple of weeks or the entire month?

For a 10 yoe , azure data engineer role
which is best LTI or xebia or HCL ?

HCL Technologies LTI Information Technology Xebia

I've been working full time for 13 years and need a break. Thinking of taking a sabbatical and would like to spend some time in Europe, thinking about doing some kind of studying/short course abroad. Have any of you heard or done something like this before? Any ideas? The course could be anything really, doesn't even have to be work/consulting related. Preferably something low stress that I'd still learn from.

Desi folks on visa, my company is preparing to file for perm to start GC process. I have over 11 years of work ex and have an approved I140 from previous company. This company’s immigration firm is asking for a VERY specific work experience letter from previous employers. For the most part I have got it from them but these guys are looking line by line from the job description and wants everything on the letter. I think this is too much and being nit picky plus no employer would even give what..

Hi all, new to this bowl here. Anyone who's done and succeeded in doing some side hustle/passive income work? If you could shade some light, that'd be great. Open to spend/invest $1K-5K and willing to put in a few hours/week.
Thanks!

I’m an account supervisor at a healthcare communications firm making 90K. Is this typical? Im up for review in 2023 and want to know what salary expectations are like for the next level of account director

This is so unrelated but can someone share a reliable contact for condo renovation? Just small stuff around washroom / kitchen etc.

How big is the difference in exit ops (corp strat, bizops) when exiting as an analyst/consultant (1-3 YOE) vs. a senior consultant (4-5 YOE)?

Any leads on finding free market size info? Looking for us and ex-US adult influenza market

I have 3 offers in my hand as a fresher one is from HCL (Graduate Engineer Trainee-Cyber Security) of 4.75 LPA , from Accenture (Application Development Associate) with annual fixed compensation 3.8 LPA and Deloitte (Analyst Trainee) 4.5 CTC.

Can anyone suggest which company i should join as a fresher and i am a cyber security enthusiast

Anybody know anything regarding RideCell ?

Our institution has done a really solid job of tracking covid metrics down to a hair. Has been incredibly useful to inform our own and local epidemiological studies

Hi All,

In TCS iBegin portal, my profile status is showing as 'BGC Scheduled'. It got changed to that status on 10th July.

How much time will it take for the BGC to complete. Will the status gets changed to 'BGC Completed' once the BGC is done ?

Folks need advise please.
PWC- 15 LPA (Senior Associate)
R System -21 LPA (Project Manager)
YOE-10+

Father's day gift suggestions for a dad who has errrrything?

I want take a couple days off for my mental health, which is the worst it’s been in a long time. How do I go about it? I already took a few sick days in the past few months. TIA

Hi all , can anyone please tell me where pwc hyd is allowing employes to work from office voluntarly ? At present

Anyone work at Safeguard Global? Thoughts?

Does anyone here work at Home Depot in there Cybersecurity Department?

Trying to buy a home and my agent keeps showing me homes where I could change this or that to “make it my own,” how can I get her to see that I’m not interested in a remodeling project now (or ever)?

I’m really excited about this one opportunity, I’m interviewing with about 5 other places. I try to remain indifferent so if something doesn’t work out I’m not crushed. But man this is hard.

Any Chicago midsize or BL firms that hire current 3Ls/soon-to-be graduates? It seems like most of these firms only hire those in their summer associates program.. or work elsewhere and then lateral.

Alright my fellow fish I need advice. My last two jobs have been in a very specialized non-lucrative area of law. My state Bar is hiring senior attorneys for their Lawyer Regulation and Enforcement Department. What interests me is that it get me back into litigating (my current role is administrative) and it is a state job with competitive pay and good benefits. Does anyone have experience with this type of role? Would I be shooting myself in the foot if I take this job?

As a newly minted attorney who didn’t summer, is it worth it to use a recruitment service if I want to crack into biglaw? Or is that overkill?

Parental Leave - what is your firm’s policy and how is leave allocated (primary v secondary caretaker, everyone gets x weeks and birthing parents get x+6-8, etc)?

I just accepted my dream job. Now, after giving notice to my current employer, I’m feeling guilty for leaving (I refused generous offers to stay). Any advice on how to get over this feeling?

I don't think I have ever felt so stupid before. My firm recently hired someone who was barred in 2021. I was barred 2019. I took it as I was senior to him and tried to mentor him. Well the joke is on me. Because he worked for the govt for some years before becoming an attorney, they made him a SENIOR associate. He has 0 prior attorney experience. Yet he's a senior. I have no words.

I work in a firm of about 20 lawyers. In some depts staff are fantastic. In others, they are lazy, show zero initiative, don’t follow instructions, etc, so I waste my time doing admin tasks. Contd

I’ve worked in house for my whole career thus far. I’ve never worked in Big Law. I never wanted to and I never never understood why others did and do. If you work in Big Law, why do you do it? Will you always do it?

So who else here is experiencing plummeting billable hours and exponential weight gain since this whole WFH thing started? Bought snacks for 30 days, finished in 48 hours.

Is it possible to be diligent and precise and get the job done without taking every task so seriously? I feel like I treat certain tasks like the whole world depends on it, and it makes me feel stressed at times. For context, I am a 3rd year commercial litigation associate at a mid-sized firm in NYC.

I reached out to a recruiter and she found a firm who wants to interview me but I’m having second thoughts about leaving my current firm. Should I still do the interview and keep the option open or put a pause so that I don’t ruin chances at this firm in the future?

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥂

I’m planning on leaving my firm at the end of the year. I know the general advice is to take the high road and say it’s just really good opportunity and not say anything negative, but what about the partners who have been absolutely awful to me? Just say nothing to them, or suck it up and say something nice?

Is anyone who switched firms this year still paying social security tax on their wages even though they are past the SS taxable wages threshold ($137,700 in 2020)? I just realized my SS tax “bonus” hasn’t yet kicked in this year even though it should have two paychecks ago, and I’m thinking it’s because my new firm’s payroll system doesn’t “realize” that I already paid a bunch of SS tax at my old job this year. Not sure how to fix this..do I just have to wait until I file my tax return for 2020?

How did you know switching firms was the right choice? Making a switch here soon and I’m little nervous/terrified.

In house attorneys: how flexible is your schedule? I see people write that they work 8-6 or 9-5 in house, but do you have set hours, or like a law firm, are your hours a little bit flexible (come in later sometimes, come early and leave early, etc)? Can you work remotely as easily as at a firm? Block off an afternoon for a doctors appointment without scheduling PTO like you would at a firm (as long as your work got done)? I’m sure it varies between companies, but just wondering generally.