Anyone successfully get reimbursed for Delta gift cards with AmEx Platinum ($200 airline incidental credit)? If so, in what denomination? Any input is appreciated.

Hi All,

My H1B is set to expire in Aug 2022, my employer is filing my extension, assuming I will get it till aug 2025 and I need to go to stamping.Parent is sick, needs to undergo a surgery. I want to go to India, to be with her during this time. My question here is if I go for visa stamping will I get stamping till Aug 2022 or aug 2025?
If I get stamping till Aug 2025, Can I come back before aug 2022 without any issue?
If I get stamping till Aug 2022, will there be any issues at port of entry

Have opportunity to work in my firm’s London satellite office for about a year and a half, and then come back to NY headquarters. In good standing with firm and have M&A and capital markets experience. Did not start traveling abroad until my bar trip (did not grow up with the money for trips like that) and think it would be a good personal and professional experience. Any thoughts / advice?

I stopped contributing to my 401K for the last three months in order to pay off credit card debt. I am 28 and have about 68K in my 401K. Was this a smart decision? I want to get out of debt as quickly as possible and I have no student loans or car debt.

Looking for advice on business trips. My boss kindly asked me if I want to go meet a client out of state along with business folks. It will be my first visit to a client. What do you think are the benefits of these trips? I’m fairly new in my career and in-house so would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks!

Male vs female business travelers - do people in airports (working at airport bars, restaurants, lounges etc) often assume you are a flight attendant?

Getting a bit stir crazy. Any recommendations for a 4-5 day relaxing trip within driving distance?

What's your absolute favorite dinner spot in Chi-town? I'm willing to travel, but I'm moving soon so want to hit all of the greats I haven't been to or didn't know about.

Is Providence a good destination for a 3 day trip with my friends (4 F, early/mid 30s)?
Do you have any recommendations? The alternative is to meet in NYC (we all have been to NYC, but could be fun).

Will firm say anything if I travel and but am still working? Probably intentionally. Probably a week or two. Figure the VPN will tell them

Joining Deloitte in 2weeks. What Deloitte send laptop, do they send extra monitor, keyboard and mouse? Or does it need to be purchased using $1000 productivity subsidy? And do we need to use Amex card to purchase and then reimburse?

I was one of the first people to get a CSR when it first came out - can I downgrade to a CSP and get the CSP bonus? Or how do I take advantage of the 100k CSP signup bonus?

Any star alliance status match delta platinum?

Any tips for interviewing for a Analyst role in VISA implementation sector ?

Quick question - I have an offer from Accenture consulting. I am on dependant visa here in US. What happens in case my extension gets denied? Is Accenture flexible to support my relocation to my home country . Accenture does have a presence there.

Anyone flown Copa Airlines Economy? Considering booking some personal travel on it using miles and wanted to see if it’s any good

Hi fishes,
I am currently working as a Data Science Analyst in Amex and would like to make a switch to Fraud detection/Credit risk modelling in future.(not in a hurry but would like to start preparing for the same)
How should I go about preparing for it? Is MBA the only course?
My current tech stack is Python, Pyspark, Hive, SQL, ML, DL(specifically NLP based). I have already done MS in CS from IIT Kgp.
I am confused mainly cause the tech stack requirement is similar to my role in the company.

Has anyone taken the blue line to ORD recently? Is it open and safe to use? Debating taking the L or a Lyft to the airport

Have any respiratory therapists found jobs OTHER than being a clinical RT? I want to possibly change careers, but I am finding that a lot of jobs (clinical liason, utilization review, etc) want you to have a nursing degree, not a respiratory degree. I feel like as an RT we are limited to jobs.

Looking for a female roommate to move in with in LIC luxury building. Flex room would be around 1400. Hoping to sign the lease for September!!

Going into another week, make sure you're taking time to take care of yourself and congratulate yourself for making it in an industry that was never ever meant for us. Just the fact that you're here is an inspiration to those that will come after you!

In order to pass provisions of next week's immigration bill please call your state's senators and ask them to supports bill clauses on DALCA And greeen card backlog

How to politely tell my partner stop spending too much time on playing video games? It was my false at first. I introduced Zelda breathe of the wild to her and now, she is hooked. She even played game when we had the movie night. I chose the her movie style but she let me to watch it alone and silently turned on the game, and played it while pretended to watch the movie with me. That’s not fun at all. What should I do? Any advice please?

Hi Fishes, I have one question for you.

What are avg 2 sharing PG rents in Bengaluru?

ZS London compensation and benefits?

Hi everyone! I am interviewing with PWC for M&A tax position. I am wondering how is the wlb?

Systems upgrade successful 💉

How is it working at NYU Langone Trinity if anyone knows?

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!

Any insights on Laughlin Constable? Looks like they’re hiring in the creative department 👀

Question about inclusion…. I’ve been teaching inclusion for 5 years so I’m still a newb, but a first year coworker of mine said she got points off on her observation because her kids were scattered in the classroom and she was having to move from kid to kid to assist. While I see the point of putting them together for convenience, I don’t agree with this at all! To me this is like singling them out by putting them all together instead of INCLUDED amongst peers. What do y’all think?

Countdown... beginning now

33M returning to NYC on Saturday. Anyone up for a Sunday brunch, cocktails, or a Central Park workout?

What bars do men in their 30s frequent?

To the moon…Oh I mean back to earth. Sigh 😞

Men, what’s a good work winter coat/jacket/parka company? Looking to stay under $500.

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

Anyone here have an Amex high yield savings account? Was sent a promo email by them and am considering it as I have platinum but want to hear peoples experiences with it so far.

Any tips for getting more discounted one way car rentals? Using my EY code usually gives me awesome rates but I’m booking a drive down the PCH in california and the rates are insane! TIA :)

What’s the coolest industry a client of yours has worked and what made it cool/fun to work? Life sciences? CPG? Tech?

STARTUP FOUNDERS and FAANG: would you rather hire MBB with 3-4 years of exp or Tier 2 with 5-6 years? If you could isolate those variables and everything else held constant.

Any good books or recommendations on sales? Sales tactics trips and tricks?

Any good book recommendations for new Managers in consulting ?

Anybody else love the TV show shark tank? If so, two questions. 1: who is your favorite shark and why? 2: Favorite product you’ve bought after seeing it in the tank (just tried the poppi vinegar drink and it’s great!)

Anyone has any good corporate codes for Hilton? Downtown Chicago if you need an area specific?

Shit Consultants Say.....

I’m considering a move to Chicago from Minneapolis. So what are peoples thoughts about Chicago? A friend suggested I rethink it because of ridiculous traffic and gang crime starting to infiltrate the north.

What are your covid travel essentials / tips? Traveling next week to meet the team and I’m feeling like a noob. Double mask or kn95 on the full plane? Are planes handing out wipes or do I gotta bring my own? Have kids and elders at home so want to be careful

What’s the difference in responsibilities between Technical Product manager and Technical Project manager?

Told a friend of mine in tech I was considering moving to BCG. He asked me if I would have to move to Boston.

I followed up by asking what he thought the top consulting firms were. "I'd guess PwC and then McKinsey are the best. I've also heard of KPMG, Deloitte, and Bain, but I don't know much about them."

Just a reminder that outside our bubble no-one really cares about firm prestige etc.