Change of pace.. (Opinion) Deep water port(s) being built ~55 miles off the coast of Florida by the Chinese Communist Party represent the largest geopolitical economic and military threat to the United States southern coastal states in history.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14050/china-caribbean-sea

Hi all! Appreciate all the advice / nerding out about watches in this group! 🙂 Planning to get my first Rolex and also have some upcoming travel to Budapest planned. Has anyone purchased a Rolex there? How was the experience? Trying to take advantage of the high VAT!

Guys I had a terrible nightmare this morning. Apparently I saw two middle aged men burning alive in a hotel room. And then I woke up.
Too much game of thrones or is there some meaning to this lol

Airbnb/hotel recommendations at Brussels and Amsterdam

Can I use AA advantage points to purchase stuff other than Tickets? I am at a United Hub so I most likely won't be flying AA again..

SPG 100 now, as I look to earn my status this year again for 2019 does it matter if I stay at Marriott or SPG properties given the new combined program? Do the nights get combined?

Hotel recommendations in Sydney and Melbourne?

Lyft driver delayed picking me up 30 min, resulting in me canceling my ride and asking hotel to call me a “yellow taxi” to get to the airport because it was 5am and all ubers/lyfts were 15 min. Specifically said yellow. Hotel calls me a private lux SUV and the driver got out of the car to handshake the man who called and said hi (honestly money couldve been passed). I then get hit with a $180 ride. Marriott website says taxi should be $65. Should I complain or let it go?

Anyone find a reasonable flight around Thanksgiving? I’m looking for somewhere to go over the holiday for 5 nights or so.

The longer I do this job, the more I want to accept a tech job... no travel, same / better pay, no annoying clients...

So how does the Uber PIN thing work at LGA? Whenever I request an UBER there, it just connects me with a driver. I don’t get a PIN for the cars queuing up.

Just found out we have a death in the family and will need to travel cross country for the funeral. I’m on day 4 of clomid for IUI and worried we’re going to have to miss our window for the month. Is it just what it is, or has anyone dealt with travel issues during IUI?

Taking a relative who has never travel abroad to Italy - spending a few nights in Florence - any great restaurant recommendations ?!

Celebrating my birthday in Italy this June! Itinerary is
2 nights Venice
3 nights Florence
2 nights Rome
4 nights amalfi (Positano w/ a day trip to Capri)

Looks for recs on places to eat and things to do! TIA! Also any travel/luggage tips since we’re taking trains between cities.

Would it be practical to look for an apartment 10-15 kms away if the office location is Marathahalli?
Location of choice would be hebbal, thanisandra, avalahalli and other similar ones.
Would it make sense to reside in such locations and travel to work?
Would like to hear from folk who are/have done the above?

Extension of Marriott status!! Rejoice!

FINALLY saved up enough for a Leica kit - I was very excited for the CL - but the shop suggested the Q2 as a really great travel camera, and now I’m not sure what to get. Anyone here shoot Leica? I’m looking for a simple to use, compact travel camera. I love the lens -swap on the CL (one day want to own an M and SL kit) - but the Q2 has me thinking…

Anyone work for VMware who can provide a referral for a Senior Project Manager roles?

I will appreciate a referral for a VP role in Mastercard South Africa.

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a freelance or home office job as a paid media analyst or any jobs in the Digital marketing environment.
I have experience working with big clients and manage significant amount of budgets. I've knowledge of Meta business, Twitter ads, Google ADS and analytics, about WordPress and Seo strategies.
I really appreciate any help!
Thank you very much!!

Hello! Currently work in Data Center Sales at Dell and I’m looking for a job referral. Looking into Solutions/Systems Engineering positions for pre/post sales. My experience is in IT and I would like to know if anyone has leads on these roles (ServiceNow, Nutanix, VMware, etc.) to name a few. Open to conversation and sending over resume information.

Thank you!

Is there an app to approve coachee time and expense ? TIA!

Hi, what vendors do you like for 360 assessments?

Hoping for help w/ studying. TRANSACTION CYCLES?? I see inconsistent lists online and in books: (Revenue, Purchasing, Inventory, Payroll) vs (Sales, Purchasing, Payroll, Financing) vs....

I'm a long time prosecutor getting into the ID game and billable hours. Are there any resources out there that can help me get more effective/efficient without spending months/years learning the hard way? Some days I'm at the office 10 hours, took virtually no breaks and yet only bill 7. 🤬

Had a final round at BCG last Friday. After the interviews they said that the would release results today. Then I got an email today saying they will only give the results on the next Friday. What could have happened?? I also know some people how interviewed on the same day as mine and got a rejection email today.

What does everyone wear for client meetings in a WFH setting

Which cloud paypal use? For big data do they use Azure in there projects?

Can someone refer me to PayPal?
Job id is R0089926

Does anyone know the average salary for a senior consultant in finance with 5 years work experience in the LA area?

Tax question: married filing jointly for 1st time next year. Company recommends/requires me to fill out its tax calculator. Is this required? Can I just leave it at 0? What are implications if I skip this exercise? Overpay? Underpay? Enough to maybe have a penalty? Me and wife are ~$250k/$150K=$400k total.

If an otherwise good interview the interviewer says: “I think you have great experience that will help you wherever you go”. Should I be reading into this?

How easy is it to work in account management in a foreign country? which countries are the easiest to go to? what agencies are likely to transfer you abroad?

To the clients scheduling meetings over the inauguration: get over yourself.

HAPPY 4/18 FELLOW TAX FOLKS! hope you're all enjoying some PTO 🎉 congrats on surviving busy season 2017, pt. 1!

In retrospect, what a wasted opportunity for whoever was posting as Q to not do some pump and dump stock move in late October.

Why does nobody point out the hypocrisy of Democrats nominating Garland and now being against the nomination of a Justice in an election year?

God bless ACB and DJT!

Deloitte New Member makes me want to apply to Deloitte.

Pennsylvania, you're killing me.

Ouch... this Kennedy speech.

Did ... did Trump just brag about the Dow hitting a historic number on the news that he was handing over to Biden?

Trump for past several weeks: Mail in voting is fraud. Fraud fraud fraud. Massive bigly fraud.

Trump aides: Sir you are losing in Florida, a key battleground state.

Trump today: Mail in voting is perfectly safe and secure and I recommend it, in Florida.

I got more in AIP than Trump paid in taxes 😂😂

Did Republicans think this through? Are they assuming they’re now powerful enough they can stop the electoral reaction to this? I’m seeing people radicalizing in real time across my social networks. Republicans supporting Biden. Formerly moderate Democrats coming out in favor of court-packing.

Was this all really worth it?

Marjorie is the new Rudy?