Can anybody of you please share the American Express Holiday Calendar from Sept to Dec ?

Hi All,

How long do ppl in the US generally take leaves in December for vacation?
Only last couple of weeks or the entire month?

Anyone ever asked for a sign on bonus in the form of vacation days - so you don’t have to wait like 6 months in order to take 2weeks? Or ask for reduced pay at first to accelerate the accrual?

Does hsbc have Christmas shutdown like most firms? Or is everyone working through the holiday season

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?

Holiday office party coming up tomorrow and I still haven't bought a gift... ugh. Any suggestions? I never know what to bring.

I’m in a little of a pickle but a good one. Offer A. Established “start up” doing well financially and projected to hit profitability. 130k base. Stocks offered, unlimited PTO, and 70% Medical covered. Offer B. Is at a business much larger…90k salary with 10% bonus and generous stock offering. Titles are different which is why the pay is much different. I know some may think it is a no brainer but offer A allows me to grow the department ground up whereas offer B id be apart of to just different

Moving from T2 to McKinsey. How do vacation requests work? I have family and friends getting married this fall in weddings delayed because of covid, but I’ll just have started so wanted to get a sense of how realistic taking vacation this fall would be and how to approach taking it (e.g. mention to HR, staffing). TIA!

This is my first holiday season in Charlotte, is the tree lighting festival worth attending? Does anyone know what to expect?

Is your firm treating 12/26 and 12/27 as firm holiday since the 24th and the 25th are during the weekend this year? Of course client demands would dictate whether people will be working, but curious what the official policy is. For what it’s worth, my firm treated the day after thanksgiving as holiday and I didn’t have to work for the whole day.

I accepted a new job, they said PTO was “generous.” I find out it’s 19 days a year of PTO (which includes sick days). I have two young children and we like to vacation 1-2x a year (no more than a few days away each time). Am I crazy that this is pretty limited time off? 8 of the normal holidays off during the year (working the week between Christmas and NYE). Thoughts? I dont know if lack of PTO is a good reason to back out, is it?

Starting with our very first IVF cycle this week and kinda nervous 🤞
Nurse says retrieval to happen tentatively around 18th Dec but then transfer can take place in early February too considering genetic testing takes weeks. Is this the norm? Just fearing the team is not unnecessarily delaying things owing to holiday break.

Love how BS credit score is. Got my score up to 800 last month only to go on vacation so my credit utilization went up to 8% due to the increased spending and my score dropped 35 points because I didn’t immediately pay the balance after charging the purchases. I always pay my balance in full each month and have never missed a payment, how is 8% credit utilization determined to be that big of a risk that my score got immediately wrecked, I don’t understand

Hey- anyone been in the position where their seeing someone, but you’re not dating ? I’m seeing someone and he went on vacation without me and I’m sure he met some girls - he even admitted it but said

Best place for holiday office parties?

Hi,

Any reviews for Swiss Re as a company? I'm close to getting an offer and want to particularly know about the following:
1. Non-monetary benefits (life, accident and medical insurance details, any other benefits)
2. Paid time off (leave) policy
3. General culture (including WFH support)
4. Work life balance
5. Typical increment and bonus levels (VP level preferably)

So, how many days left before you start the holiday seasons? What are your biggest priorities for the new year?

If I'm forced to use my vacation, floater, etc. towards my study leave for CFE but I have vacation booked for right after CFE, will PwC still let me take that vacation as a "leave of absence"?

New to Seattle.
Does anyone know any good locations to host a holiday party for 20-25 people? All adults mostly.

Hey habibis expats! The market in Dubai is obscure when it comes to compensation and benefits. I suggest we add clarity by posting salaries, role/position and years of experience here and anything else you want to add such as benefits. I’ll start:

- Industry: tech
- Role: finance manager
- YOE: 5 years
- Comp: 270k aed/year + 5% bonus
- Other benefits: work from Europe/US 1 month/year, 30 vacation days

Can my vacation home be 45 minutes away if it’s at the beach? Or does that look suspicious? I want to get in for 10% down and lower rate than an investment home

Hello fishes,
How much value would an AWS certified Developer associate certification add to one's profile?
And how convenient would it be to switch to DevOps with that certification and the necessary skills?

Bond is not legal in india
How to convey this to my company without getting any bad remarks
Suggestions please

How dangerous is crown heights these days?

Hi, what are the hierarchies in data and analytics side? How many steps above Data architect role?
Is the data architect role right for 11 years of exp?
What is salary range for this position?

Hello everyone, I'm trying to get into real estate investing. Some of the books I've read have talked about buying a multi unit property and utilizing investors to get the necessary capital. Does anyone have experience in getting investors? How do you identify investors who may be interested? Are there any sites where you can invest in or post investment opportunities?
Thank you in advance.

A coworker asked me to do something, I should have questioned it but did it because I trusted their seniority. I got called out for it by our boss on an email. Should I say something? I am planning to apologize to my boss and mention I’ll run it by them next time. But not sure if I should mention I had checked with my coworker who was in charge of that area.

What is the advice on what feedback to leave for a peer who really sucks at everything y'all have worked together on? It's about the time where everyone on my team requests feedback from each other and I'm nervous for it coming up. My manager knows that everything I've worked w her on I end up doing 90% of the work when it's meant to be split so it is a known issue. We're both at level 3 so are genuinely peers. She seems like a nice person but i have 0 positive work feedback tbh

30 F looking to chat with someone. A bit buzzed and lonely, but not really single, so just looking for a friend. I’m a good listener.

Any Sales Leaders doing any of the following with their sales teams?

- Entering a new market.
- Entering an old market with a new product.
- Trying to focus sales efforts onto one objective.

I’m putting together a beta program that was successful for my current company and I want to see if it will help other leaders.

Let me know if this interests you below. Thanks!

Hi Fishes, Need advise on tech stack. I am a Mainframe developer with 6+ years of experience. Which tech stack would be more suitable between Devops or Data Science or Mainframe modernization. I already resigned and have 2 months to join new company. Also please let me know if anybody have switched technology in current organisation or new organisation from mainframe and which company to target which could offer exposure to other technology along with Mainframe. Thanks

What is the determining factor for promotion from a senior associate to manager?

Can anyone refer me for open ensemble health jobs?

Hello Friends, I have 2 questions please help to clarify.

I am joining in CTS on September last week so when i will be considered for appraisal ?

And also for variable compensation I will get in this March right? For this we don't need to wait for a year I guess.

Can anyone share work culture and flexibility in olam Chennai. Also what is salary range and incentives for associate director in olam.

Where can I see the reviews post manager discussion?

Hi Fishbowl fam,

Need a help regarding a role at Goldman Sachs, kindly DM for details. This is regarding an urgent career move, any kind of help would be highly appreciated, I have adequate experience and qualifications I believe, need that extra push.
TIA.

Netflix shouldn’t be considering in FAANG
Should be Uber or Microsoft instead
Change my mind 😉

Give me the good, bad, and dirty on Littler. I'm in a major market.

Hi fishes, what's the fixed range for B30 Engineer 2?

Hi Fishes, I am really interested in product management and want to switch my role from risk analyst in a product owner/product manager role.
How difficult it is to do in amex? Its been half a year since I joined amex and I am planning to talk to manager after completing one year.

Can someone please suggest me if this kind of switch is possible? And how should one go about it

Any advice would be helpful

Hi Fishes, How long does it take to finish the BGV at Amex? Do they call or email for any information? My DOJ is next week and has heard nothing from them yet.

Please suggest what to do.

What is the process involved in Onboarding? Have not received a laptop either.

@American Express

This is for Amex folks.
How good is Program management role as compared to Product owner role? I have an opportunity to pick either of the two. Your thoughts?
a. In terms of growth in Amex ? (Currently I’m Band 30, asst manager )
b. In terms of exit opportunities down the line

How’s the work life balance situation at Amex for data engineers?

Hi Amex peeps, how much time does it usually take to declare the results of 1st round of interview for lateral hires?

Thanks in advance 😊

Hi,

Can someone tell me how many days does it take for the laptop to get delivered post the Laptop Delivery email?

Reason: i need to book a flight to my hometown and the prices are high af

KINDLY HELP!! 🙏🏻
Hello Amex Fishes, I have an offer from Amex. If I get a better offer from other companies, Can I re-negotiate here at Amex? ( I have received and accepted the OL, accepted LOI 2 weeks back, and BGV has also started)

Can anyone plz guide me on how to order headphones from amex portal? Thnx in advance

Hi,
Is Amex and Amex GBT same?
As a business analyst how is Amex GBT in terms of culture, WLB and projects?

Does American express accept counter offer post offer letter acceptance? If yes whats the best way to go about it ?

Hi Fishes,

What should be the CTC for Senior Product Analyst Role in Global Risk and Compliance (GRC).

Having Total 9+ Yoe

Can anybody of you please share some details over their CTC structure , Non taxable components please over & above benefits in Amex ?

My query is specific to position of SE 1 @ SE2

Did anyone receive communication from their managers regarding Q4 promotions? Have they started informing? When do they inform generally or when is the list released?