Been working at a big 4 for a few months in FDD, a lot of late nights at office yet pressure to not expense meals/ubers. Anyone else? Seems ridiculous and can’t tell if its my manager specifically or widespread, but got told to just work at the office till I finish at ~10 and then eat at home because the expensing “won’t be a good look” since it impacts P&L

Love is Dead!

Hi!
Im currently looking for open positions in startups! Does anyone have any good leads for Program/Project management roles?

I’m trying to transition from my current admin role to a solid PM role.

How correct is the term “African American"?
What about black people from Haiti, Caribbean, etc.

Is it about where people are indigenous to?

Not all Black Americans are African American,
right?

Can anyone give me reviews of epam anywhere. I am currently interviewing but not sure if is worth to join considering 50k fix while on bench.

Is infosys onboarding laterals virtually or physical onboarding.?

Do you think campuses will open up this summer for on campus tours?

Hi How's the bonus payout in crisil for Mumbai?

If someone can help with the benefits in comparison with other companies

Question: Girl friends parents finally came over for a ristha. Everything went great or so I thought but now she wants to time to think about moving forward. The pain point she brought up is that we are in different states and she is feeling pressed. Although in that time she has started communicating less and I literally had to beg her to get on face time. My gut says she wants to end it but unsure. Any advice ? It's been 2 weeks since this event

I am applying for Us tourist/business visa and I have a consular appointment in Delhi at 9:40 am , any guidance to hoe much time this can take as I want to book a flight from Delhi back to Mumbai ?

What kind of day rates are ACDs looking at for broadcast freelance in LA? Asking for myself

Thoughts on XLE as a reopening trade? Or stick to clean energy plays instead

What types of jobs allow you to be successful with minimal/zero networking?

I recently ate my first slice of Benny Fierro's pizza (absolutely massive slice)...I'm fairly confident I could win their "eat a whole pie in 28 minutes" challenge. While I mentally prep, I'd like to try other spots. What are some good pizza shops in/around town?

What is a good neighborhood with a good night life? Looking to move out of my house ideally 2-4 years after college (looking to buy a condo/coop). Looking into Long Beach, RVC, NHP. That’s about all I know.

Anyone got perm approved recently? What was your priority date? Mine is EB2 and filed on September 17

Anyone else been impacted by the teacher strikes?

Who does like a strong espresso?

Outside of practicing with a partner, what are you guys doing for prep? I’ve looked at LOMS but wondering if it would be enough.

I think KPMG has a pretty good training and onboarding process for new FDD hires (Lakehouse bootcamp, reading and training materials for review, and the shadow program). How’s onboarding and training looking like for PwC / EY / Deloitte?

Anyone at EY or Deloitte? Trying to apply for FDD position.

EY: What's the difference between
SaT - Transaction Support - M&A and
SaT - Transaction Diligence????
JD seems to be almost identical.

Deloitte: What's the FDD equivalent position in Deloitte? I only found manager position so I was not sure about it.

What’s the difference between FAAS and FDD? Also which one pay better?

So fed up with my practice and not looking to stick around for typical below-market compensation in October.

Which big 4 firms or MM have the best FDD comp. so far? Excl. A&M (I know their comp., over half our practice has quit to go there lol)

Anyone in EY Divestiture Advisory Services? Trying to get a sense for what this is (besides what I can guess from the name). Is this in EY Parthenon?

Why does PwC CMAAS make so much more than the other AAS groups?

Anyone in FP&A hiring?

Okay not going to lie — doing this rotation remote has been/is tough and I’m only a month in. I can’t keep up with the excel skills of you FDD people and pretty sure the director hates me 😭

How long were you a senior in FDD before things started to click? Really enjoying everything so far but feel like I am behind my peers. Been about 7 months now.

I’m an MBA with 1.5 YOE. Signed with PwC as Exp. associate in Deals-Valuation starting in June 2022, Philly office. Initial offer was 79k and I got email about 5% bump… does anybody know if I’ll be getting the additional 10%?

Does anyone have experience/knowledge regarding whether the different B4 deal analytics teams 1) work remote 2) still travel? Looking to potentially make a switch but have heard different things across the board, including seeing that most of the job postings for senior roles in these groups are tagged to offices and don’t say remote.

What’s EYs investment banking practice like? How’s the WLB/experience gained? Is it worth it?

Which city would you recommend for single men in late 20s trying to find good opportunities in career & dating? Leaning more towards to NYC but not planning to live in Manhattan due to the high rent so I am not sure that would be okay. Also don't want to drive that much.

Best books for U.S. Corporate Tax similar to Logic of Subchapter K for partnerships? I’ve historically worked extensively with partnerships and starting to branch out into more “Core” corporate M&A Tax and looking for a helpful resource to get up to speed.

Anyone at M&A strategy at KPMG willing to connect?

Typical exit ops for M&A operational due diligence?

Any transfer from tax to FDD? How was the learning curve from the transition ? And what were some unforeseen challenges that you didn’t expect?

Is it just me or does it seem like everyone in FDD is in for the long long haul? I remember in audit everyone would talk about quitting or how they're only going to do audit for a few years to get experience and then leave. I'm not really seeing the same in TS. Just my observation.

Who wants out of FDD? If so, what’s your ideal exit in 2021?

1- grad school (mba/law)
2- IB
3- other finance role (e.g. FP&A)
4- other consulting line
5- turn your hobby into a side business
6- nah, FDD forevs