Decisions: W or Ritz.... Hmmmm

Have a big upcoming international trip and trying to choose between the Marriott convoy boundless credit card or the chase sapphire preferred card to not have foreign transaction fees. Anyone have any experience with either and can help tip the scales one way or another?

Looking to visit San Juan (Puerto Rico) for labor day as a solo traveler. Anyone else planning to be there around that time?

The new SPG app is not intuitive at all, very hard to navigate i find.

Hello Public,

I'm form Mumbai, first time going to visit chennai for 3 days. Kindly suggest places to visit | local food places | recommendations

Thanks in advance - Abhari ahe 🙏🏼

Hi,
I will be joining EY GDS Kol consulting on 5th Dec, however, I have a flight on 5th morning and will be landing by 11 a.m.. Just want to know if NHO will be on 5th only? If yes, will it be offline or online and what time does NHO begin?

We flew back from Ireland today on Delta. Our connecting flight from JFK at 6:10 was cancelled while we were flying over the Atlantic Ocean, and we were rebooked on a 3:40 instead (2.5 hours earlier) but not notified. I received no email, text or app notification of the flight cancellation or the new flight we were placed on, so we missed it. They now cannot get us home tonight and won’t even guarantee they can get us home tomorrow, impacting my work, (cont)…

So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet...

Hey fam, I'm going to Banff in 2 weeks. How bad are the lines to get into parks for lake Louise and lake moraine. I'm staying at the kananaski resort for distance consideration

What is the most compact stroller you recommend? What is the difference ebetween using a travel stroller and a regular one?

Ritz or JW in Cancun?

Best hotel reward programs?

Looking for recommendations for Cyprus. Best areas to stay and visit for remote working for an extended period. Interested in insights on lifestyle there. Thanks!

Stupid question: do you get to alt-travel? Not fly home to your home office on the weekends, but use that budget to fly somewhere else?

FYI If your name doesn’t match exactly you can’t combine.

And when I called SPG they said the account maintenance wasn’t ready so to call back

Anyone travelling from pune to mumbai today?

Want to take a 1 week vacation solo between jobs in 2 weeks. Any recommendations? Budget of about 1.5K for flight + hotel / stay accommodation. Based in Chicago.

Had to fly mid week because the client direly needed me so I booked an overpriced ticket last night...landed and got an email saying client will be on vacation until next week 😔

Any recommendations on St Regis vs Ritz Carlton Istanbul?

Which are the best hotels for Consultants in Riyadh.

NYE in NYC and not trying to do Times Square or get crazy smashed. Doing the trip with my SO. Any suggestions?

How hands-on are you in scrum meetings?

I am a Senior Program manager and I am interested in doing a certification related to program management to advance my career and increase in compensation. I am thinking PgMP certification vs Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt certification. Let me know what certifications you plan to take or already took in a program manager role, why you took that specific certification, any benefits you received after taking that exam and how difficult was the exam etc.,

Favorite everyday walking/running shoes for casual runners (~5-10 miles a week)? Im thinking about Brooks Revel 2; found a deal for $80.

Dear Clients,

Stop read-receipting me.

Sincerely,
Annoyed

wlb for client jp Morgon anyone suggests

How is the career in Pursuits in any Big 4? Does it pay as good as core consulting work? How is the work life balance? I want to make a shift from client chargeable work to BD work for better work life balance. Is it worth switching?

I have not been on a project for over 3 months. Since I joined, I have been put in training. The training got extended by a month and now it's close to 4 months since I joined and without a project.

What should I do? People say that I'm lucky to get paid without doing any work, but it is stressing me out. I need the experience. The uncertainty is freaking me out, with rumours of layoffs and the certification program and all.

How do I get into a project? How long do I have to wait more?

Where is everyone buying their EP portfolios for clients?

Hi all,
Does Consultant specialist designation GCB 5 come@under the role of AVP?

Hello fishes,

What is current package being offered by Deloitte USI for below profile,
Role : Business analyst
Exp : 9 years 4 months


HR discussion is pending so wanted to have a idea of a fair CTC I can request.

My current CTC is 21 lpa.

Any CLT,NC businesses looking to hire for a Junior level Full stack developer / Junior Front-End Developer/ Technology Associate /Systems Engineer entry level / IT Support Engineer??

My current company is “taking me off payroll” but instead of laying me off or firing me, are fully expecting me to take up an hourly contractor position for $30/hour with no specified time or guarantee of hours. How do I respectfully tell them no?

COMMENTS REQUESTED!

In the past, lawyer wellness and lawyer discipline/character fitness for bar applicants have existed in silos. I’d like to finally form a bridge between lawyer disciple and lawyer wellness and focus on prevention. When we think of lawyer discipline, we automatically think of outrageous behavior like stealing money. Those are extreme. The common cases are too stressed out and forgetting deadlines or death of a loved one and not having time to call clients back. Cont’d

Can anyone tell if SAP SDC renegotiates offer after releasing if I have a greater offer from somewhere else.

Power out so I’m off early on a Friday! But, now my power is out…

Hello, I was wondering if there is anyone here who knows if $50,000 per year is good pay for a C.M.A at NYULM. Any other C.M.A’s working at NYU Langone?

Curious to learn if any institutes are doing coverage analysis for there clinical trials? If yes, are you utilizing third party or doing it in house? I am considering opening a consultancy with coverage analysis as a service line and would like to scope the market demand for it. Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated!

What skills lead to success in M&A?

Deloitte S&O vs Monitor ?

My younger brother has the opportunity to do Software Engineering at FAANG and consulting at MBB as a fresh grad. I told him to do SWE, but I’m afraid I’m giving him biased advise cause I’m jaded in this industry. If you were me, what would you advise him?

Anyone else diverted from JFK / NY area due to weather and traffic?

I got an email from a Cybersecurity Advisory Partner with the subject "Catch-up". Last week we all rolled-off from project abruptly b/c the client terminated the contract. Am I getting laid off?

Day 1 here.. What topics are off limits? Client lists, billing rates... What else?

How long does it usually take for Deloitte to get back to you after the first round for consultant position?

Every day is a new day of fires.
I get feedback and make changes to deliverables and the way I work/ organzie based on feedback
And every day I still suck somehow 😞
I can't ever get it right

Any good books/reads to learn aspects of Account Management / Engagement Management in context of tech consulting?

How many of you have no plans and cringe whenever someone tells you happy holidays 😞?

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.

KPMG US announces deep pension and 401k benefit cuts. And no raises unless your one of the few being promoted.

Does anyone struggle to visualize and storyboard their content? I’m good at content delivery and analytics but I have a hard time being creative and visualizing and story boarding. If so, what have you done to improve?

Has anyone ever downloaded a game to their Deloitte laptop?

What are the best consulting companies in the US focused on Sustainability, either Strategy or Ops?

Anyone else hear that post-CRT partners will get fired this year in commercial advisory? How the hell does a partner get fired....

You know it's a slow week when the highlight is when your comment to a fishbowl post gets more upvotes than the initial post

Systems upgrade successful 💉

(Brand new analyst don’t judge) What is the excel function for when you want a count of the total number of times something is mentioned (e.g,. apples, oranges, carrots) in a new table? E.g. apples stated 4 times, oranges 3, etc.

Any good book recommendations for new Managers in consulting ?