Cisco

Pros:

- fairly decent place to work (from someone who worked with the Vancouver and San Jose offices). never met a blue badger (permanent employee) who had awful things to say.

- Ashley Goodall (their SVP, Methods & Intelligence) co-authored a brilliant book on leadership and people management called “Nine Lies About Work” that makes me believe they can be an awesome place to work

Cons:

- red badgers had low morale since they’re contract workers and can be terminated at any time

My base location is SAn Francisco, but I have not lived a single day in California this year (not planning on being there this year either). Am I eligible to get a refund on all my California taxes this year?

Kpmg advisory offer $130k, M1 tech enablement based in ATL. Anyone know typical salary range for comparison?

I am in San Jose with AOS (Eb1C) filed in May 2021. Receipt number starts with MSC. Completed biometrics in Oct 2021 and have received EAD and AP in November 2021. I140 approved in Mar 2022. Since then I haven’t received anything and have been waiting for my medical RFE. Do you guys think realistically I have a chance to get GC in this USCIS Fiscal year? Are other people in San Jose facing similar wait times? It’s been 15 months already since AOS filing.

Question for McKinsey UK. Are there any schemes or benefits that could help pay off student loans? I'm keen to pay it off ASAP. Maybe have the pension contributions rerouted to SLC until it's paid?

Any book or podcast recos for introverts to work on their leadership?

Greetings all, I'm concluding 20 years of military service as an IT PM and looking for something in the Las Vegas area. I'm currently going through a school for A+, Net+, Sec+, and CYSA. I'd appreciate if anyone had personal suggestions for good companies outside the Defense and Gaming industries.

I am beyond stuck in my first 1.5 years of my career.

I was over promised opportunities at my first gig and then Covid hit. Leading me to have no portfolio worthy pieces from this 💩 agency with nothing great in sight. (place hasn’t won a pitch in my entire time here + lost clients)

I’m juggling re-vamping my site and a side project to hopefully make my book more robust.

With no kind of leadership or mentor, I’m just figuring out how to dig myself out of this hole. Any advice for this chump?

I'm taking a senior role as a Strategy Lead for a global pharmaceutical company.
I'm keen to brush up on my strategy knowledge in addition to strategy delivery experience that I have. Any ideas where I should be looking? Books? Trainings? Materials?

Guy on the JFK AirTrain is playing the Exorcist theme out loud on his phone, which isn’t at all creepy.

Which books would you recommend for in house counsel about strategy, management, and leadership?

Asking as product counsel for tech startup.

Good brunch spots in San Fran/Oakland area?

If taking the blue line to ORD, how inconvenient is the shuttle bus to terminal 5? My understanding is that the regular train shuttle is down, so wondering how much extra time I’ll need

Can anyone help me with Referal?

I'm a Fresher with internship experience of 1.8 years.
I'm good at Brand and social media strategy.

Skills - Social media marketing, Brand Strategy, Atl and BTL, Advertising (online & offline), Ms Excel, Ms power point, Canva, Photoshop, Market Research, Analytics.

I'm a graduate in Journalism and Mass communication for GGSIPU

Best airline for in/out of MCO?

Hi everyone. It’s promotions season for my team 🙌🏼 and trying to work with HR to field the market for comp rates. Any guidance on senior CSM roles today, comp + bonus at a company size of 60 people? Role is based in San Francisco. Thanks in advance!

P&T is ‘central to our FY23 strategy’ and yet we had to beg and plead to even get a handful of P&T Directors to represent at the Director CLeX happening this week in San Diego.

Not feeling the ‘one firm’ narrative we push - completely tone deaf and sends a horrible message for P&T Directors.

Major missed opportunity to start bridging the divide - particularly at a level where the real work gets done.

Does anyone have any places in ATL for a 25YOE BM to frequent? I just moved here from Florida

If you could earn top status at any of the big 3 out of LAX which would you pick and why?

Any nice and cheap laser clinic for hair removal around San Jose, CA area?

Hello fishes !
About to be offered a position at Deloitte London as SC. Exp : ~9.
Visa sponsorship is needed. I foresee a possible negotiation on compensation from Deloitte.

Not sure of the estimate yet but I understand it would be 55-60k as per other fishes . Should I settle for a lower comp while employer pays one time sponsorship & migration costs or bear the migration costs self and chase a good salary . Which is better ?

Note : moving to UK with spouse and kid

Starting out to be an Investment Advisor with just couple of accounts under management. Is there any good book about being a better advisor providing better investment performance?

Hi, i am working in HSBC in Sanctions screening operations and looking forward to get new opportunities in same field.
Open for suggestions, thank you

Can anyone share IBM pune office address?

I am so confused on whether to take onsite or join jp morgan.
I don’t want to leave either.

Long Island based accountants. We are looking for hybrid team members for audit/internal audit sox consulting/system day 2 implementation. Melville office a top 30 CPA firm. Fast growing office, great culture. Experienced staff, seniors and managers. DM me for more information.

My partner is looking into going back to school for a masters in sustainability management. He is looking at a program through the Harvard Extension School Sustainability Management certificate. I’m wondering if anyone has done this? Or recommends a program they hear good things about? Preferably online so we don’t have to move! TIA!

When your headphones aren’t connected and Troye Sivan starts blasting in the office 😅

Lots of job postings on Cyber in Canada, any idea why?

ISO shorts/leggings/capris for running that don’t fall down or ride up. I am not skinny. I want to concentrate on my workouts and not my clothes. I do not want to join a membership to buy clothes either (aka Fabletics).

Best dating apps for meeting gays in NYC?

24M - been on and off dating apps for awhile. Currently just on Hinge and in a bit of a rut meeting guys to go on dates with here in NYC - also wanting to avoid Grindr for… obvious reasons.

What are you guys using?

Are there industry jobs (PE, HF, etc.) where I would still work similarly as hard as B4, but get paid commensurately? e.g. instead of a standard 9-5 industry getting 100k, 9-7 industry getting 120k

This is a question here for people diagnosed with ADHD and works as a consultant. I have read that teas help with focus issues that stem from adhd. Does anyone have any experience with any teas/supplements (no medications) that have helped them focus. I have the hardest time with getting distracted. I made sure not to have distractions around me but I just end up getting lost browsing through the web and don’t get much work done. Any input or opinions are greatly appreciated!

Hi! I’m new to consulting & new to luxury fashion.
Would some of you share your favorite places for inspiration and ideas on new and vintage style?
And feel free to sprinkle in some favorite places you shop, entry level pieces for women, or advice in general!

Looking to hire a Associate Director, Sr Analyst, and Analyst to build out a well rounded, story telling Analytics team. based out of the NY area.

If interested in hearing more, let me know!

Salesforce

Pros:

- great for full time employees

Cons:

- contractors are treated like trash and don't feel included

Hey, everyone! I’m looking on guidance on equity. Does anyone have any insight on what's competitive and what I should be looking for in LatAm? For context, my client is a Series B startup with 200 employees, and we're helping them hire two Eng Lead roles. Thanks in advance! 🙂

Coursera:

Cons:
- Definitely toxic: talented people disappear without warning or explanation.
- Management aggressively micromanages with hidden agendas and unrealistic expectations.
- Very passive aggressive tactics used to drive results. Miserable experience.

Pros: ?

Any insight on Shopify? A quick Google search tells me some things. Looking for inside POV.

⚡️NEW IDEA⚡️
Let's start a thread to help each other get out of toxic cultures?

Out of the 50 companies we have represented here in this bowl, how many are treating their people well?

In the original thread, Cisco was the only one that seemed to be doing right by people. Who else here would vouch for their company?

Any insight on LinkedIn and contract roles?

Amazon:

Cons:
Software engineers can easily work 50-70h/week.
They are constantly trying to get the most out of you.

Pros:
You might be able to transfer teams and life will be good again? :D

Facebook

Pros:
- pays very well and has good perks

Cons:
- Sr. VoIP Engineer w/ their head in the sand
- Totally bias management
- Poor content moderation, extremist content, inauthentic engagement, weakening democratic norms, amplifying divisive rhetoric, prolific scams, risk of identity theft... the list goes on and on.

The Home Depot (from a previous vendor)

Cons:

- Interfaced with a few different people, all of whom seemed miserable.

- Very rigid brand — difficult to have fun.

- There’s not much trust or freedom for anyone. Just a cutthroat corporate prison.

- HQ built like a prison: few windows, thick security, & drab colors for miles. Their campus parking garage would experience its own rush hour gridlock with cars at a standstill waiting for the light outside to turn green so they could hop on 285

Twitter

Pros:
- worked there for 8yrs had a very positive experience
(GSO supporting TCS)

Cons:
- bullying and toxic culture
- HR is no help, ppl need to get lawyers involved
(from someone within TCS)

Apple

Pros:
- astounding financial benefits, great healthcare

Cons:

- too many cultists
- closed culture with extremely compartmentalized information, working on a small piece of the puzzle, with reduced ability to demonstrate true value, unless already high up. 
- collaboration across teams is made unusually difficult and doesn’t seem encouraged.
- not remote friendly -- making everyone go back

Let's make this bowl a safe place for us to give our honest feedback about a company without it being edited or buried.

To make it easier to search: create a post for the company you want to review, adding your pros and cons!

Netflix

Pros: ?

Cons:
- culture deck is something else: if they think they can do better than you, they will just let you go

- they think they’re the Yankees: if you’re batting.385, but they think there is someone out there who can bat .400, you’re going to get fired

- they will openly discuss at a meeting why you suck

- Reed Hastings' leadership style was once described as being "unencumbered by emotion". A VP once told him he's not a good listener and tends to be unempathetic.

Wunderman Thompson

Cons:

SoCal office is a hot mess

Pros?

Delta Vacations (Because comments were removed from Glassdoor)
Cons:
*Leadership more concerned about advancing their careers within Delta Air Lines than addressing their toxic manager(s)
*Leadership that outwardly promote diversity and inclusion but internally only promote their favorites
*Manager(s) that manage from a place of ego vs. emotional intelligence
*Manager(s) allowed to gossip, lie and speak ill of female employees, both past and present
*Leadership is fully aware of above.