Anyone happen to have a lounge pass expiring end of year that they won’t use? Have a long layover in LAX (terminals 5/7) and no lounge access - TIA!

Best place to visit in South Asia in December with elderly but enthusiastic parents? Parents live in India so looking to travel elsewhere. Already been to Japan. TIA

Has anyone claimed relocation in JPMC Pune?
What kind of hotel do they provide for stay and for how many days?

What credit card to you recommend pairing well with chase sapphire preferred for maximizing redemption? Pretty new to points and def don’t know a lot! I’m considering one of the Marriott cards bc we love Marriott or an Amex one! Any ideas appreciated 🤗 TIA!!

Has anyone ever travelled by air with a paper license (temp license)? Did you run into any issues with TSA?

Anyone else impacted by the Hilton Honors system issue where status has been downgraded? Is requesting an upgrade to an executive suite for a personal stay a solid request?

Travel noob question. Is status on AA or DL more valuable. Doing a DCA-ATL run for a deployment. AA is bigger in DCA. DL has more ATL flights and more alt travel options. Which FF program is better?

Why won’t AA let me book business class flights with points if they’re available to buy cash? (Qatar flight on AA site)

When do we typically know if we made it to Destination in PCLDE?

And what is worse - getting another lap now before going into destination or going into destination and getting another lap then?

Just spent a week at Revelstoke BC and that place is ridiculous! They already had 27’ of snow so far this season and it snowed every day we were there. Not for beginners and endless tree skiing and cliff hucking (if interested). Great town vibe and worth the effort to get there. Visited Fernie BC on my last trip and highly recommend that place too!

Anyone have CPA recommendation in ATL - specifically need help handling RSUs for pre IPO company.

Thoughts on the best domestic mileage program? Any recommendations for someone also potentially using those miles for international redemptions?

If I take my Schengen visa from the French embassy, can my first stop be another country before I go to France?

Lifetime SPGer who is staying at a Marriott hotel for the first time. Platinum gift is 1k Marriott points (vs 500 spg points) and the green choice is 1k points for the whole stay (vs 500 per night)...

Would love to hear thoughts on this one. Asking your firm to make sure the hotels at retreats stock quality 0.0 beer or other sober-curious-friendly options. Super progressive or super needy?

Anyone have any car rental hacks to get something other than a compact to show as a compact on the receipt? Traveling on federally reimbursable funds, so need to show a compact car. But hoping to get something nicer but not get flagged by the Bean Counters. Thanks!

Does someone with a Lufthansa account mind checking for me how many miles I would need for a 1 way business class ticket from HKG to ORD on 7/28?

I would check myself but they require 7,000 miles.

Thank you so much!!!!!

Chase Freedom vs Freedom Unlimited for everyday spend?
Plan to transfer points to my CSR.
Non traveling consultant

Where do y’all work? I work as a consultant at a big four in San Francisco. Looking to move to phoenix but am trouble finding consulting firms that operate in the city. Any recommendations?

Let’s get this bowl active and going. What are ATL fishes doing for fun this weekend?

Hey all, I’ve recently joined EY consulting from another Big 4 and have noticed there’s no discipline (at least in my team) around codes and charging time. People either charge a standard 7 hrs or some will charge time spent on internal activities to their client code.

I was told that “the last person to charge their actual hours worked was promptly booted off the project”.
Just wondering:
1) Is this a general cultural point accross all Consulting teams? Will challengin this get me in trouble?

Jumping to ACD at a new agency from senior. My CD was telling me that ACD is the worst job bc you are doing your CDs job and yours. I’m sill excited. ACDs+: What’s your favorite part of being an ACD?

Anyone out in Philly? 25 M Here

Hello fishes,
I am actively looking for a change. please let me know if there is any opportunity for me.
Thanks
Tech Stack: node js, git, angular, javascript, sql, mongodb
YOE : 2.7 years
Last working day: 26 th August

How do you handle personal investments when married? For example, say you wanted to invest in riskier areas like Bitcoin, Ethereum, defi tokens, etc. Would you talk to your wife before every investment even if it’s time sensitive? Or do you have joint investment buckets where you decide together and then personal investment buckets where you invest on your own? Not married so not sure how this typically works

How do we get others to join Fishbowl? There are currently only 15 of us from the company and we have about 2000 employees now.

The most interesting/unusual place you’ve had sex. I’ll go first - Ultra clean/fully protected Animal husbandry in an academic medical center, which required full PPE to enter. Go!

The babies that I bake fill a volcano. I’m clogging up the kill. My wretched baby paste requires Drano!

As product managers, what questions would you ask when interviewing a product designer?

Any advice on how to request accommodations for depression and/or anxiety? What documents did you need and what kinds of accommodations did you ask for/receive?

Trying to avoid paying an accountant, can I actually write off home office space/mileage if I was just permalancing for 3 months last year? Shouldn’t the 7 months of W2 take care of this 1099 shit?

Is charging $1 per word reasonable for someone w/10 years of copywriting experience?

CA shutting down prometric, just received an email that my December date is going to be canceled.

Single and childless but would like kids. High income and maxing out all tax advantaged accounts I can but was thinking of starting a 529 in my own name to be transferred to future kids. If I don’t have kids maybe transfer it to my nephew. Thoughts, pros, cons?

Has anyone gone through uscis SAVE check for drivers license and any idea how long it takes ? My drivers license is stuck on the SAVE check and I am struggling without driving for almost 2 weeks now

So for any of you panicky paper-hands who need to get talked down from selling.

This is what playing dirty looks like - welcome to the real Wall Street. They want to send a message to scare off enough people by mimicking a crash through intentional sales that trigger freezes. This is the endgame, because they know that if retailers don't blink they have to take the bath of all baths tomorrow.

Log out, get some fresh air, come back later. Lots of good DD on wsb and discord. HOLD is FUN!

What’s producer salary situation in Miami ? Think senior integrated

Where my arabs at

My superiors are asking me to contact CEOs of debtors to chase payments. We’re in B2B and payments are usually 30 days or more. As soon as we get someone over that and they don’t provide a payment date, I’m being asked to contact their CEOs somehow and demand payment. I think it’s dumb, will hurt the relationship and I also don’t want to ruin my reputation. Thoughts?

Is asking tomorrow for a day off for Yom Kippur (this Wednesday) a bad look? Its last minute and obviously its a calendar event that I should have seen coming and given notice for

What are the best consulting firms for pricing (consumer goods focused)?

Best consulting firms to work for in Hartford CT area?

Best books on business/ negotiation/ leadership you have ever read (and use practically)!?

Any McKinsey fish here in the Implementation and Operations practice? Interviewing for an Associate Level role. Any thoughts on the practice, pay, etc would be greatly appreciated.

Top consulting firms for building mobile apps - IOS or Android?

A week or so ago, someone shared a stacked bar chart of each MBB/Big 4 firm that highlighted the percentage of consultants that say they work 40, 50, 60 hours etc a week at each firm. I have searched endlessly to find that chart but haven’t had any luck. Not even on google. Does anyone know the chart I’m referring to?

How hard is ITIL 4 foundation exam compared to PMP and AWS CCP? Debating whether I should take training classes or just study the book. Ty!

Would any delta club members like to spare a drink for my birthday flight

I’m curious about of what do you do on a daily basis as a technology consultant. Can someone please share with me what this job entails?

Starting a new job in industry tomorrow! Any last minute advice?

So tired of people having hours and hours meetings and then spending half of the meeting time complaining about having so much to do…

Not sure if there’s a better bowl for this question but if you get a drastically different haircut than shown in your ID and passport does it make traveling internationally a major hassle? Shaved head verse normal length style for context

Recent exp hire in consulting and would love some input. Pre hire was promised by leadership that the firm was doing lots of interesting strategy work in a niche, cutting edge but rapidly growing field. However, after a bunch of internal networking this does not appear to be the case and I'm getting creeping doubts about whether anyone here even understands the space.
Am I being paranoid? Is this common?

Anyone have any recs for self help books? Looking for more relatable topics to myself I guess?

How do you know people like working with you? I always feel like I’m not liked

Best consulting companies in the social sector?

Best consulting firms for PE work (CDD,Value Creation)? Looking for the best firm for exit ops to PE ops eventually. Thanks!