Currently on the beach and decided to go to Paris with my girlfriend..bloop I literally am not utilized for the past 2 months - might as well make the best of it 🙌

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You'll be lucky if you come back to a job. Enjoy! 😂

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Take advantage of the downtime while you can. So many times you hear about people getting staffed on crazy projects and then are upset when it's tough to get time off for vacation. Sounds like a perfectly logical and strategic move to me. Agree you should reach out to your team proactively and in the meantime enjoy Paris!

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You cannot conduct any work, internal or external, out of the country unless you report it in your tax location. Are you charging your time in France?

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No charging to Chicago, what diff does it make?

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lol except if you work at ey, see the other thread where someone didn't know to change location when working in another state

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They are laying off a lot. People at D get a quarter notification if low util. So I guess

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I'm not that stupid lol but EY is a good firm

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I'm with A3, do you OP. Enjoy your time under the radar. Send out a couple of emails, check in with your coach, and well.. have fun! Go easy on social media but that goes without saying ;)

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Good for you OP! Enjoy the bench time while you got it, soon enough you'll be back in the grind. Coffers have been refreshed and budgets are being planned, consultants will be getting calls here shortly!

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Yeah that's what he should be worried about SC2...taxes!🙄 you do you OP

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How on earth do you even know/reconcile that?

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^Oh my god this is getting better and better.

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It makes a difference to the tax laws. You are committing tax crime by not charging to the city you are in. Read the policies and tax laws. It's in the fine print. Sorry to burst your bubble while you are having fun!

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But how will they know?

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Ballsy move.

Are you taking PTO? It's fine if you are. If you aren't, can you just take off?

Nope I brought my comp with me so I can be accessible we left Sat back next mon.. doesn't matter cause I haven't heard a peep from my team

I guess he ll@coem back the min he hears so@why@not? It's not like he won't wirk@in Paris if he needs to

Ya, revenue growths last year weren't great. There was a lot of house cleaning. You may want to get moving on finding a project.

Where do you work A2 and OP? I want to know which firm I should work for 😂

Do your thing. Most commenters which they could do it or don't have the balls too

Must be diff at Big 4? Have peeps on the beach for 2 months + at my office...

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