Art of the deal baby

My colleague is going on maternity leave for 4 months and I was asked to cover some of her projects which are step up in responsibility than what I’m currently operating at. Some peers have suggested I ask for a raise to accommodate this but I’m not sure I agree as I’m only covering her while she’s out? What are others thoughts about this?

Misled on Maternity Leave Policy. I found out I only get 4 weeks pay for maternity leave (STD +“sick days”). I will take 12 weeks but wont get paid for 8 weeks. I work for a US, west coast based company in the tech/VC industry. Their website claims to offer “paid parental leave and other progressive benefits for parents”. I didn’t find out until after I was hired their pay was only 8 weeks but since I have been at the company less than 12 months, I don’t qualify for their policy. Is this unfair?

Perspective: monogamy is anti-human nature; in this era where each parent could raise a kid independently, marriage tends to be a shackle on many aspects of life. We live once, why does society expect us to live with 1 person for 60+ years? No wonder divorce rates are through the roof!

Moving to Austin end of this year, with a new baby.

With ~$500k HHI and almost no debt, in which neighborhood can we practically afford a house? We do outdoorsy stuff (mtb biking, kayaking etc.) and also have a dog that likes to run.

Any suggestions are appreciated! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Fathers - how long was your paternity leave when you had your first kid? How did you figure out the "right" amount of time to take off?

Trying to be really understanding about coworkers with no children feeling stressed during the holiday season, but it's hard not to ask if they'd prefer to go home to my sick kid, frustrated spouse and dirty house instead of their empty apartment where they have a flat screen TV and a beer waiting. How do you keep sane?

What is a good website to use to create a whole custom baby site?

I work in a self contained classroom. A parent of one of my kids wants to come and volunteer after learning all my staff quit. Can I allow her to do this? Admin has no idea and I'm not sure with FERPA laws.. advice, suggestions? What can I have her do if she can come?

How do maternity benefits work for NJ? 16 weeks paid leave?

Can I live comfortably in Dubai on 25k a month? With wife and kid too?

How normal is it to be pulled off a trial team because you tell your boss you are moving after trial? I have a trial coming up first week of Oct. This case has been my baby, and I’m going to try it with my boss. I tell my boss up front that, for family reasons, I’ve gotten a new job and will be moving to another city two weeks after trial will likely end. He then gives my trial witnesses to another attorney, but is still going to make me do grunt work. Is he unreasonable or am I?

My mother is going to get retired from her government job next week and will recieve her one time payout of close to 90 lakhs by the end of the month
The amount is non taxable but any profit earned from the amount will be taxable. Where should the amount be invested?(next 8-10 year horizon)
1. Buying a 3 bhk flat for around 95 lakhs in Sec 31 Gurgaon.
2. Put all the money in FD and live off of interest.
3. She is not very ecstatic about investing in stocks.
4. Gold?

Considering leaving my agency after just a couple months in pharma - feeling underutilized and stuck.

My question: do I leave this stint off my resume entirely? List the parent agency instead of the wellness arm? Pass it off as freelance? Not trying to be dishonest I just know this experience probably isn’t relevant when going out for non-pharma jobs.

A parent of one of my students told admin she thinks it's irresponsible that I won't be grading over Christmas break. I let the students know to get any work they need graded in before the break and I'll get it to it during our workdays in January. Apparently that's not fast enough for her 🙄. Is it wrong that I'm sort of pissed off by this? Should I say something?

Parents - do any of you truly regret having kids?

Hey guys… I’m a case worker in child safety and I’m someone who loves being outdoors/dies at a desk all day. I’m hoping to organise that at least once a week I can go to a cafe and catch up on all my case notes that need to go into the system.
So far the only reason I’ve been told no is that “if you do then everyone will want to and then no one will be in the office” … how can I convince them that I work better out of the office and get this freedom & mental break for myself?

8k range was the long term 200 day MA support that everyone and their mother said they would be buying at. Well it’s 8900 and buy volume is basically nonexistent..

Hi! Does anyone have any Christmas gift ideas for a 30 year old female (currently pregnant)? She loves almost all designer brands, but I’m hoping to keep it under $500... (sister-in-law).

What companies take their in-house brand and marketing teams most seriously? And by that, I mean C-Suite respecting their leadership and placing high expectations on them.

Any recommendations (or watch outs) for au pair agencies? CT/NY area if it matters. TIA!

Been Interested in working at a FAANG for the past 5 years. I am a Certified Scrum Master, Agile Coach, and Product Owner. I never see many roles in those areas at most FAANG companies ?? Can someone help me out ? Is it a different title at those companies and are referrals needed ??

There are others! 🙌🏽

TRX, HODL or SELL ? Should I buy more ?

Hi can anyone share about job security in Autodesk??

Would you say being a partner is more demanding than being an industry exec?

Should I expect any specific questions during an introduction call with a recruiter? I have a call setup with a BSG recruiter and just wondering if I should prepare for any interview type questions?

Thanks in advance!

What do you expect from a junior strategist versus a strategist? How long do you expect a college graduate to be a junior strategist?

I work in a self contained classroom. A parent of one of my kids wants to come and volunteer after learning all my staff quit. Can I allow her to do this? Admin has no idea and I'm not sure with FERPA laws.. advice, suggestions? What can I have her do if she can come?

Hi, can someone please refer me for an intern position at Google. I've solved more than 350 LC problems and also had done Competitive Programming

Anyone have favorite management books? New manager here 👋

Anyone used the west elm free design services here? How was the experience?

I think it went okay

Any thoughts on XPENG IPO this week?

Any pharmacists on here? I am trying to read a label and the notation doesn’t make sense.

Oral Solution 100mg/M

What unit is M? Is that pharmacist for milliliters (ml)?

When an agency is about to hire you as a creative lead but without seeing your book to find out what you had done in your career, is that a red flag to you as a creative?

Am I missing something, why would asking about citizenship on the census not make sense? Guess I never knew what questions where asked but would have thought citizenship would have been one of the 1st

The current stock trading bill being debated in Congress is just another example of how Democrats value theater over actually doing anything. Unless spouses, sig others and dependents are included, it means nothing. Let them operate under the same conditions we do in audit firms.

Does this debate remind anyone of an agency meeting, where people just talk over each other?

Imagine supporting this stuff––family separation, demolished environmental regulations, “very fine people,” and the rest––to get tax cuts... and thinking your grandkids will see you as the good guys.

Democratics are going to control the Senate?? Yah!

Theory: Trump is losing his mind because he’s essentially been forced to become celibate. He obviously loves chasing women of all kinds, but now he can’t. Four more years? He’ll go totally insane.

where did fauci go?

Run Joe Run!! Run Joe Run :)

It's official- SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade.

Dark days ahead

Can we just invade Iraq again? I’ll even start writing the patriotic country songs.

TFW Joe Rogan says he’d vote for Bernie and Twitter melts down that Bernie won’t disavow this endorsement from an alt-right, Nazi-platforming transphobe 😂

Bernie confirmed alt-right adjacent.