Anyone recently traveled or is planning to travel to India? Please share your experience/plan including airline details

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?

For those of you on medication, how do you manage delayed flights causing you to miss appointments? Often, cancellation policies are strict, expensive, and require several days notice.

Has anyone seen any decent MQD run ideas for Delta recently? I’m about 8k MQDs from diamond. Seems the Aeromexico method is on hold until they are fully back up and running. Thanks!

Has anyone in nyc been to LM Medical for Botox? In Greenwich village

Looking to fill an open manager role on a supply chain implementation team for fortune 15 company. Short implementation cycle (3weeks). Travel but flexible. Stress is much lower than consulting.

I recently signed up for a 0% interest (for 15 months) credit card to help with paying off credit card debt. I’m happy with the decision. However, I’m uncertain about the best way to use my upcoming..

Is it me or the wifi in hotels is too bad to play online games? How do you people manage gaming while traveling?

Suggestions for New England road-trips/sightseeing? Going to be there for three weeks until mid October.

How do you best leverage a job offer when you don’t want to leave? In the running for a VP job (higher level than now) that pays $70k higher than what I currently make. I want to ask for more money, but don’t want them to see me as a flight risk or that I am not loyal anymore. Or my bigger fear is they’ll say they cannot offer me any more and then I feel like I have egg on my face. Any tips for delicately balancing this?

Is it misleading to just look at Total Compensation from a $ dollar value/ Total Compensation seems to be much more subjective than base salary in terms of its value. Some factors might be:

RSUs granted on dollar value or by # of shares & stock price trends
Vesting schedule
strike price on ISOs & delta between strike price and real market value

For instance, most of value in Amazon's comp seems to be granted in years 3 & 4, but it's well known that most people last only 2 years max there.

What are ways I can spend my $200 airline credit for the Amex platinum ? I saw upgrades don’t count and I have status so already get free baggage, lounge etc.

Do I need a SIM card for my phone when I go to Bali or will Travel Pass (Verizon) be enough?

Without asking or confirming, account lead booked an in-person client meeting that requires travel. Who books ~any~ major client meeting without first checking with the team ?

Planning a 10-12 day trip late April / early May. We are looking to spend 3-4 days in a region of Italy and we can’t decide between Cinque Terre and the Amalfi coast. We have the rest of the trip pretty much planned out but are up in the air with these two options. Open to any Pros / Cons or experiences you’ve had!

Hey fishes, what is the gross salary range for a Technical Writer in a country like the United States? YoE: close to 8
Skills: Database, programming language exposure,DITA, etc

What’s the best credit card for points in the UK. I’m from the US and have the Chase Sapphire Reserve and the Marriott Amex

Desi 🐟 fam - What apps are you using to make payments in India using US credit card?!
I use Wise for money transfers and other payments using debit card but i want to pay with my credit card and wondering if there's an option for that

Absolutely. Businesses can be ethical by treating people the way they’d want to be treated. 3 ways Airbnb can do this: Aggressively fight fraudulent listers, let Airbnb members control their data (allow data requests/permissioning/deletion from any state or country), and oh - make it easy for people to get their money back if their travel was affected by covid-19. How not to be ethical: marketing ethics vs living them.

Can dogs talk to each other?

If job posting pay was $36.66 hourly (no range) what would be an acceptable offer and counter offer?

COVID 19 crisis should make all states compact for licensing. Precious time was lost while nurses who wanted to work waited for states to pass emergency laws.

Can someone refer me to CITI ?

Where are you on your PSLF journey? I have 2.5 more years before my $250k+ is forgiven. Keeping my fingers crossed for another forbearance extension 😊

How many of you guys recently joined and currently on bench?

I prepared a presentation for an interview with a sales leader, it went well and I was offered a final interview with regional manager. The sales leader I interviewed with gave me a bunch of feedback, but said to find out information about tech stack, which I for some reason, didn’t consider. I come to find out that deep, hidden within the website of the hypothetical client, they use the service already. Do I roll into the final interview and play dumb or do i present and then come clean?

Hi! I’m scheduling a screening phone interview for a senior marketing manager position and I’m wondering what my salary expectations should be? 6 years experience & nyc based. Any insight here would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

How long is the recruitment process from E2E? From first time recruiter reaches out to when you sign offer letter? I know this will vary but very curious because the people I’m interviewing with talk about how long it is a lot

If you guys are going to happy hour and see these kicks it's your boy

Hello.. any holidays in October/ November?

Hi guys, a plea for help here 🙏🏻 have any founders here gotten an O-1 visa or an H1B transfer into their startup? Would greatly appreciate hearing your advice / experience over DM

Graduating college senior going into consulting looking for someone to connect & share experience at Wharton!

Anyone knows, when are appraisals gonna be out ?

Considering the current fall in the equity and crypto market, which would be your go-to stocks / coins?

Hi,

What Skill set is required for IT Business Analyst?

Current Package - 26 Lacs
Expertise- Product Management ( Designation Consultant)
YOE- 14 years 8 months (all relevant)
Already cleared technical and managerial round of Mindtree and salary Final discussion pending for C6 level.
Mindtree Folks please suggest the realistic package figure I should ask for considering I have to relocate frrom Mumbai to Pune for this role and whether C6 level is apt or not for this experience and skillset.

Does anyone know 4th year comp at JL/Ogletree NJ office? Thanks!

Hi All,

I completed the APTA test and Technical round with HSBC and it's almost completed 2 weeks but i don't have any update. How can we consider this..?

Please suggest

Congratulations to Biden-Harris!!

Welcome to the bowl! Discuss everything Indian on this bowl but pls respect everyone even if you don’t agree with their thoughts and opinions!

Appeal to all Indian consultants in this bowl to hit the little “me” icon at the bottom right of your screen, go to the settings icon on the top right and hit “send feedback” and let FB know what has been happening on the Desi bowl, arbitrarily blocking ppl who asked for action to be taken against folks making personal attacks.

Like consulting is there a Desi Finance PE Hedge fund group. Thank you

What is everyone's weekend plans? I'm gonna nexflix, order in thai and hit the J

Desi bowl leaders now blocked DD from the bowl for asking to take action against personal attacks and name calling! Cancel culture at its best.

Curious to know what is everyone's target net worth and how old would you be before you decide to feel comfortable settling down or moving back to India?

Hi All , looking for a good dentist in New Delhi area . Have been to 2-3 already with no results that helped

What are good activities to do on weekends from home considering lockdown? I generally smoke a J and watch movies and order in

In an urgent need of a divorce lawyer in Bangalore/Belgaum area. Any leads are greatly appreciated 🙏🏻

Anyone on either side that was expelled from the Desi bowl is welcome here. Discuss all your politics , doesn’t matter if you are on the left right or center, but please be civil and respect one another. No personal attacks!

So this bowl is supposed to be more indian politics focused ?

How much does everyone spend on groceries and ordering in? I spend 180$+ a week because eating good food is the only entertainment in lockdown