CDD friends, how are you guys managing survey programming and analysis? My company uses Qualtrics and we export the data to excel and manually analyze the data question by question. This leads to a cumbersome task dealing with tons of columns. There’s probably a much better way to deal with it so wondering what other firms are doing.

I’m having a problem with micro management and design by committee starting to rear its ugly head in my company. Product team lead not trusting his design team to make design decisions, making unreasonable demands and putting undue pressure on us. Any advice on how to address this before it becomes a reason to start looking for other work?

How is work life balance?

Hey y’all! Anybody willing to provide a reference for Global Endowment Management? Would love to connect.

Is there a difference between strategy & operations and business operations & strategy?

When the IRS (e.g., a RO/AO/Examiner) calls or writes a letter… How do you verify that it’s really the IRS and not a scam? I’m new to tax law and I’m worried that I’m going to respond to/answer a scam and give away client info (or my own tax preparer info). I don’t think my worry is unfounded due to the tremendous amount of tax/IRS scam out there but it would be nice to hear from some of y’all so that I’m not so worried about it…

How different do your two professional recommendations need to be? I’ve worked for two years under the same management because of mutual trust. Any other recommendations would be dated or worse.

Any Accounting firms that are still remote? Dreading busy season travel

How is the biz in tokyo since covid? Big layoffs like in the USA? All remote? Picking back up? Thank you.

Hi!!
Recently I applied for the SOC role in IBM. Cleared all the rounds. The HR was offering me 5.7 lpa. I asked for more. HR said she would check and get back. Hasn't replied to my calls since the last 4 days. Should I expect a call?
Current CTC: 4.5 lpa
YOE: 2.5

I'm unemployed and my lease is up soon and I have no idea what to do. I don't live near family and my dog has behavioral issues and I've never been so stressed before in my life.

My background isn’t in marketing/branding/PR but I’m being thrown into an engagement for a small organization who has many different sub-brands. I now how to give them high level guidance on how to ensure their branding and message is consistent. Any resources/books you’d recommend I could crash course this on?

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Do VISA has 4 weeks work from anywhere policy? Do they have any flexible timings, I am going to join them in May but little skeptical about flexibility meanwhile I have got the offer from Mastercard so I am confused.

I am partnered with a functioning alcoholic and having a really hard time not being hard on myself. I know his drinking isn’t my problem, but I don’t know why I allowed myself to get in this situation

I work in commercial real estate retail leasing. Current employer just increased base to $100k with avg. 20-35% bonus/commissions combined. Received offer to exclusively work for a tenant and help them open new locations. $115k base 10% bonus & also stock options. Remote work, lots of driving, similar job title. Its a VC funded startup & aggressively growing. I’ve never worked for a start up, so curious what everyone’s experiences are and any feedback would be super appreciated thank you!!

Gratuity Form L is given to me, by what time can I expect the payment?

Hello fishes,
Please suggest me which company is better to join…
Tech M- 15LPA Cognizant-15LPA Mindtree-14LPA Technology-AEM Developer YOE-3.2 yrs

My background isn’t in marketing/branding/PR but I’m being thrown into an engagement for a small organization who has many different sub-brands. I now how to give them high level guidance on how to ensure their branding and message is consistent. Any resources/books you’d recommend I could crash course this on?

AWS Vs Google Cloud Vs Azure ?
Planning for exit to these industry areas. How would you rate the m on salary, WLB, culture, promotional opportunities , leadership etc?

As an analyst, is it reasonable for me to reject projects that require coast-to-coast travel? No way in hell am I going to fly that long twice a week.

Assuming this causes a recession like in 2008, and many people get laid off, how long to take to find another similar paying job? I’m currently a strat manager in FS. Scared for job.

Is there a way I can get the United app to send me a notification when its time to check in?

Fishbowlers - do you book your vacation and ask for forgiveness later, or ask for the green light from your PM and then book?

Anyone else have computer glasses for glare? Today is my first day using mine

Has anyone used gliders that stick on tyres of office chair, for better movement over the carpet?

Anyone in Boston tonight and interested in grabbing a drink? I'm staying in the Back Bay

At what income level does it make sense to contribute more to traditional 401k over Roth 401k for company ?

Desperately want to get into healthcare strategy consulting. 13 years of healthcare clinical experience including project work. MBA. But keep getting told by recruiters that I don't have enough experience to be a Consultant or Manager but that I have too much experience to enter in every level such as a Senior Associate. Just one rejection after another, even when applying with internal referrals from Director or Partner levels. What am I doing wrong?

FB Survey: How much longer do you expect to stay in consulting? And how long have you been here?

Just got back to Boston - it's brick out here!

Hello! I have a friend who is an MD and wants to transition into consulting… specifically healthcare consulting. Any good healthcare consulting practices that are hiring? Trying to help him out :).

How do I refinance my student loan that I got outside the US? The interest rate is killing me. 13.5 pc. Any advise please? For context, I'm not a citizen nor a permanent resident.

Any good business/consulting books on amazon kindle that y’all have read that has helped you in your job?

Can you recover from accepting a bad role at a good company? Trying not to beat myself up for accepting this role. Can’t decide if I want to wait it out a year, ask for my old job back, or just keep applying (from a resume, bridges, and comp perspective). All the talk of freezes and slowdowns have me depressed

Smart watch for Android recommendations (for/against). There seem to be tons of options. I'm looking for one that counts calories, is waterproof, under $250, and doesn't look like a hospital bracelet.