💬 Anyone else tired of doing last-minute formatting checks on decks before client delivery?

Found a tool called slidecheck that scans your .pptx file and flags formatting issues automatically — font mismatches, title alignment, footer problems, even spellcheck.

I used it on a 20-slide deck and found 8 issues I’d totally missed. Honestly feels like the final reviewer I wish I had.

👉 www.slidecheck.app

What’s your target retirement number and at what age do you plan to retire?
Of course I know it depends on a wide range of factors, but I’m curious to get a sample from this group.
Mine is $5M at 55.

What does online assessment for professional means,?

GF is 32 and I’m 28. She wants kids within 2 years, understandably. I never envisioned having kids that early (more like late 30s), but I like her a lot. Anyone else gone through something similar?

Here a European from one of those communist countries who use taxes to have free ish healthcare and that.

I'm about to move to the US and just realised that paid holidays are not a thing there. What's the deal? Some agencies better than others? Can I get days even if I don't get paid? So much to do outside of work, I need dayzzzz

What is ENO level in CS

Why are we as a group not so active in helping each other ? I understand there are many members who joined with aspirations to learn DS. But existing members from DS are not active. Sad sorry

How has anybody had luck with getting freelance account gigs? Been silent in LA

Planning on making the move to London next year from a smaller EU city. Have you got any tips or advice? What should I know before going over?

Is it a nice idea to be close to your employees?

What is the CTC like for software engineer role in Lowe's?

I feel like every company lies about “working your way up.” You’re never allowed to blatantly say that you don’t like your position and you’d like to transition to HR or Finance. It’s almost as if once you get in claims, you’re stuck.

If you’re a manager and you see an employee that wants to branch out into a different department, why would you keep them boxed in for 2+ years?

Are there some background mechanics that I’m missing?

Should I take this offer in a second line role with similar bad WLB as public? Current salary: 155k base, 8k annual bonus (7YOE):

Offer:
170 base
17k sign on
25,500 (15% annual bonus)
28k annual RSUs (vest quarterly)

Has an tested roles for SAP through productive test simulation within production? Is there any risk doing this as the test is in production?

I recently heard someone say that: "Wokeism is destroying academia." Curious everyone's thoughts on this...

I started a few new business ( with debt) this year, and because the way my taxes looked with other losses it looks like I didn't make a ton of money. Now my credit dropped from 800 to 720 and I'm having trouble getting credit. Despite having a perfect payment history and fully able to cover all liabilities. Any way to get the credit up. If I pay off my liabilities then my credit history gets shot with young accounts. What's the best way to handle this?

So who else is at Hilton Orlando this week?

Any advice on how to switch from big 4 to tier 1 consulting firms like BCG and MCK?

Can someone help me to understand the difference b/w categories and topics as they relate to knowledge?

Do you regret not taking today off for the long weekend, or yes?

Also legends from Melbourne are prohibited from commenting 😂

Happy Friday everyone!

Welcome everyone to the newly created bowl for consulting life in Australia. Enjoy, help each-other and thanks for joining!

We’ve crossed the 50 member milestone! We’re officially the biggest bowl in the world… lol.
Thanks everyone for being a part of this group.

Hope everyone’s year end went well, here’s to an even better FY23 🥂

Hi, if anyone is looking for a referral to Accenture Australia let me know- happy to help out!

What’s everyone’s go-to coffee place?

Hello there, is there anyone from accenture here who can answer the following : what's the average salary of an SM in ANZ office? And if not from accenture what does an SM earn in management consulting? I'm planning a move from Europe that should occur sometime in 2023. Thank you.

Hi fellow Aussie consultants. Today’s R U OK day, and whilst I believe one should ask this question on any day, it’s a good reminder for us.

Given recent tragic events at EY and the pressures we face with daily, please make sure to speak to your loved ones if required. Mental health is real. I’m happy to lend an ear too.

Aim of this bowl is for us to help each other as best as we can, more so than anything else. I hope everyone is doing ok, happy Friday Jr!

Stay awesome, people 😊

How are everyone’s EOY reviews going :)? I wonder what the expected salary % increase is in firms, given 4.25% inflation in Australia. Thoughts?

What do the exit ops for ops consultants look like?

I am hoping to get into Corp strat