Back from travel week yesterday and extremely sick today with cough and body aches. Not sure if just a flu or anything more. Headed to ER shortly. Deloitte wfh may have been a little too late for me.

What are some high powered industries or jobs that allow you to make lots of money but still be able to workout. And by workout I mean lift or train for endurance. Not a 20 min spin at your house.

I want permanent work from home..please someone refer me for Business Analyst profile.

Thanks in advance!

When did you tell work about your pregnancy?

Alright I gotta say it.. charlottes gym scene is terrible. Where do people go to workout?

I am joining SAP India in August. Can I request WFH for close to a month and in November owing to personal reasons?

How is CBA Bangalore in terms of Work Culture and Work Life Balance ? Is company expecting to work from office?

Anyone have a PCP recommendation in Chicago? Preferably affiliated with Rush or Northwestern. I like someone really thorough.

Any Indian national recently came to US through the London Heathrow airport.

Parents coming from India and have a layover at London airport. Are there any covid restrictions we need to worry about?

They are fully vaccinated and they will have a negative Covid test 12 hours before the start of the journey.

Which companies are offering permanent WFH in India.

My firm has applied for my L1A visa. If that gets denied, my plan is to travel to Canada and re enter US immediately on B1/B2 visa (already have valid B1/B2 stamp) so that I'll get time to figure out things here in the US (sell my stuff, handle my bank accts etc). Is it possible for me to reenter US on tourist visa?

Strat consultants: work performance Remote vs In-Office. Do you find you are able to perform better in an office as there are less ways you can procrastinate or relax than at home?

Have you ever not eaten for a really long time but just can’t? I’m tired and hungry but there’s some sort of...wall. I can’t get myself to do it. Not anorexic, I’m chubby, but...anxiety.

How is the work culture of BNP Paribas Bangalore Bagmane ? Do they offering work from home , what's the dressing style ,is it formal which needs to follow ?

Worth getting the Marriott bonvoy credit card with the 100k points bonus? Annual fee is $95. Already have CSR.

Anyone else in “I’ll do my job description and nothing more” mode? I’ve gone above and beyond for my company for a while, and all I got was my quarterly bonuses and remote work taken away without explanation. Owner says he wants more “team building” from his florida mansion (we’re in the northeast). Half the company remote, half the company in the office with 0 explanation why. You want us cracking new accounts? Banging out 100 calls a day? PAY US ACCORDINGLY. Don’t piss on us and call it rain

Anybody hiring for sdets and or software devs got a few months of experience rn and would like to get some more $$ and hopefully fully remote

I have a technical interview with Google Software Engineering team. Anyone know what kind of questions they will ask? What are the best Google offices in the US or Canafa? are they flexible with remote work?

My gf just got a peloton and now she is insufferable. “Peloton” this and “peloton” that. She even said “you can’t sit with me anymore because you don’t have a peloton”. She’s out of control!

We decided to do a photo session before the wedding for the two of us and family. The photographer and the location were amazing but the makeup was terrible, and because I was low on time, I couldn't fix it before the photos. The makeup artist make me look yellow! Idk if there's anything that could be done at this point, but feeling so disappointed :(

How does a sole engineer at a company go about getting management to actually care how production machines run? I’m the only mechanical engineer at my company dealing with a half dozen cranky production managers who think that I can “work my magic” on a machine. It’s not magic, just ignorance about the machine actually works. How to I get a manager to stop caring about the end product long enough for me to actually teach them about their own machine?

Favorite native partners?

Is 650 a target score for NYU Andre Koo tech MBA? They don’t publish avg or median but middle 80% is 580-730

Can my current lender refuse to accept the payment from refinance lender because they want to make more money from me? How do I sue them ?

Is Zs associates still providing WFH allowance for new joiners. Please guide as I am going to join and I am planning to buy a comfortable chair, so I will decide the budget depends on the allowance will be provided or not. Please suggest.

Is it true that all transfers to US have been put on HOLD?

How do I go about adding luxury items to my wardrobe/collectibles? That’s one of my New Years resolution to start adding timeliness pieces.. any good strategies folks have used?

Hi all,
I just moved here so this might be a dumb question so please don’t judge. Why does my laundry smell like pee and how can I fix it? I used a common washer and dryer in my building. Is it because of that? Is it mold? Is it the water? I air dry my workout leggings and they all smell really weird and I don’t know what to do 😔

Have offsites started happening again for you guys? Trying to avoid a July one because I feel it’s too soon for me but curious if you’ve heard of companies planning those already...

Any moms on here that absolutely love their company and feel 100% supported?

How much do people make on average in VC after 2-3 years out of undergrad in MBB/IB?

My office chair stinks even though I wash it with carpet cleaner every few weeks. Fellow 24/7 WFH workers, how do you keep your office chair clean?

Hi Sharks,

Can you please suggest which would be better in terms of WLB, flexibility, growth, job security.

YOE: 4.4 years
Tech stack: Azure data factory, data lake, Azure databricks, Logic App, SQL, Pyspark (basic)


Offer:

KPMG India:16 fixed + 10 to 20% variable

Optum - 16 Fixed + 15% variable + pf (offer letter is not received yet)

LTIMindtree: 11 LPA Fixed only(can revise the offer based on the latest offer)

What is average number of clients to have per attorney? I know it always depends on practice and firm, but I'm wondering if there's a general amount?

Is it worth a 10k mileage run to get to 150k EQMs and get the 2 extra SWUs?

Hey all, can you pls recommend resources to get up to speed on Fraud and Risk management for Payments in fintech? Books /sites? I’m not in consulting anymore so no access to internal decks. Thanks!

My office chair stinks even though I wash it with carpet cleaner every few weeks. Fellow 24/7 WFH workers, how do you keep your office chair clean?

I finally have an extra room to set up a home office. I’m looking at motorized standing desk, but there are so many options out there that it is overwhelming. What’s your recommendation for an L-shaped desk?

Changing addresses sucks, why doesn't the U.S. implement a personal "code" based address system?

Meaning if my address code is "A123" then all I need to provide to my bank/employer/friend is my code and if the bank/employer/friend mails something to "A123" it would always come to my most up to date mailing address even if I relocate.

Anyone willing to refer me to Bain & Company? Senior Manager role....tia!!

What’s your wiki of choice? Are orgs still sticking to the Sharepoint/Office365 and Confluence or trying out Notion/Coda/Quip?

Strongly consider the offer I got from A&M due to people I like to work with, pay bump (60%) and title bump. But currently at mbb just under 2yrs, do you think its a good move?

Any good book recommendations for new Managers in consulting ?

Applied for EYP TSE Operation Analytics Senior and had a initial screening call with EYP recruiter two weeks ago but she has been ignoring my follow up email and hasn't been responding since. Is it normal or I'm no longer in their consideration already?

Also wondering if anyone from that practice is willing to connect? I'm currently in DDV and very good at Alteryx and Tableau, so want to make the switch.

What kinds of books, podcasts, TED talks, etc would you recommend for a recent college grad who has low self esteem, is professionally immature and for whom the prospect of entering the world of work is daunting and stressful?

Trying to find ideas/frameworks that will change mindset, tips, tools and heuristics for self organization, management, soft skills in a professional setting etc

Best business-oriented, but novel-style books with good writing, style, & interesting characters? Not really self-help/advise focused, more of actual literature with business themes/plots. Any recs?

Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn about becoming an author on the side. Has anyone heard about such a thing?!? The person said she’s worked with 800 consultants writing their books and marketing it for them.

Anyone ever work for Optiv? Money any good?

2 years out of UG & new to industry recruiting, true that most firms/companies stop interview cohorts during holiday season (End Nov/Dec), or just a myth? 🙄

Pros and cons to doing CDDs? I’m joining a firm that primarily does cdd projects and would love to hear some pros/cons.

First trip to Atlanta in a couple of weeks for a training. Staying at the Westin Peachtree. Anyone have recommendations for fun places to drink/things to do?