Does anyone at McKinsey have any insights as to what's going on over there? I've heard rumors about more layoffs, but I haven't been able to find any reliable news about it.

Should people be fired for lack of people skills?

Got a strategy and bizops offer at a startup after being laid off last month! Does it sound reasonable to negotiate a ~15% salary bump? What is the normal amount to negotiate?

Deloitte FL/PR is turning into a joke.. if firm morale wasn't already suffering from layoffs, they increase minimum hours through December while half the offices are unassigned. Abandon ship.

WFH/Layoff/Security
Hi,
CCTC including all benefits is 16.57 with 8.3 YOE, primarily focused on Manual Testing.
Is it worth looking for another opportunity?
I am afraid after seeing layoffs news of EPAM, Publicis Sapient & most of the other companies calling employees in the office.
I love my WFH in PwC India & base location of Kolkata. & the best thing is stability in PwC India, they never lay off!!

Am I the only person who has been super disgusted to Fishbowl’s response to the Meta layoffs? I’ve been laid off twice in my career but I’m not mad at 11000 people who no longer have jobs just cause they got decent severance while I got a week on my way out. Facebook is hot garbage but I’m pretty sure 0 out of the 11000 were making those decisions. So why are you upset about it? Urgh. Y’all are weird.

I have $20k in savings, I owe $6,000 to my 401k loan, that’s the only loan I got. I am debt free otherwise except for my house. Should I use my savings to pay off? Since people are talking about unemployment and being fired, I wanted to make sure I have enough, 👩🏾‍💻... What should I do? I initially took the loan to add to my home equity when I sell my house for a new house then covid hit.

Hey team! So I was laid off from my SDR position about a week ago. A couple months back, I had an offer for a BDR position that I ended up turning down but I really liked and connected with the manager. Is it worth it to reach out? I applied to other positions in the same company. What about reaching out to previous co workers at a different company? Not sure how to navigate this… please help. Also I’m sorry if this is the wrong bowl to post in.

I got offer from IBM in my home location itself, with 18.5LPA fixed for 9 yea in automation testing. Here my manger is confusing me like layoff will after u join in IBM.. but I am in cts as 11.2 only .. but now I got SA promotion with 10 % hike .. and also no retnation for me also not there whether I can choose IBM or stay here .. kindly help guys .

If I get fired while on OPT without getting my H1-B stamped, is it useless or can it be used in future for some other job?

I’ve been having reoccurring nightmares about getting laid off :(

Droga layoffs 7% of staff in US. So much for the Accenture buyout.

Hi,
As of now I got into PIP so does it indirectly means that i will be fired.?

Expecting an offer today from Deloitte consulting (commercial). Would love to hear tips and advice on how to react to the call and negotiate/what to negotiate more for. I was laid off back in the fall and will 100 percent take the offer - super excited!! But don’t want to show my emotions. TIA

Is it true that this time of year is the worst time to apply/ try to get jobs? Looking to pivot out of a contract I got after being laid off in August by 2023.

Hi Team, I was part of the layoff at Elastic last week. Our whole midmarket AE department was eliminated.
Does someone hire for a midmarket/commercial AE position in The Netherlands?
I am a native German speaker. Of course I already applied via LinkedIn, but I urgently need a new job in January.
Thanks everyone!

Ok so another FAANG has confirmed layoff this week. Amazon joining the layoffs group with 10k layoffs!!

Any recommendations for high div stocks with good balance sheets. I’m thinking these could be the best picks in this market with many growth stocks seemingly overvalued

Looking to exchange with former Kearney folks who know Operations/Procurement the Kearney way and can give insight how BCG Operations/Procurement work compare. Type of work, clients, impact, pressure to deliver / level of contingent deals linked to savings delivered.

Looking for referrals to major Life Sciences consulting positions for strategy/analytics in Toronto/ Canada.

Please and thank you!

Master’s in biotech from McGill. Tons of research experience, pretty solid resume, 3+ years of translational research, 1+ year of consulting experience. And rich profile.

Hi everyone! The bowl name has changed to reflect the fact that it is no longer restricted to just Consulting professionals on Fishbowl. Feel free to invite others from different industries!

Question that could belong here or in the Relationships bowl:

How do women prefer to be turned down if the guy they’re pursuing is not interested. I know men have the capacity to deal with rejection poorly, and I’m not suggesting otherwise. But in my anecdotal experience , women take the gentle “no thanks, not interested” poorly.

What does Shadow Hardlock mean?

Can anyone recommend a good legal recruiter in the Denver, Colorado area? I’m a 7th year attorney and I’m ready to jettison the recruiter I’ve been working with after not getting a single interview in eight months of searching. Thanks!

can anyone please share @CitiusTech MR round general questions? today i hvae MR round.

Any best practices on what has worked to streamline recruiting processes for devs?

2nd stage of our interview process is a technical challenge and a conceptual discussion (system design)

Do any of you have experience with structuring a technical challenge to where it's the same for each candidate? I've had it happen where our devs asked questions to each candidate based on their lived experience vs. a standard set of questions that revolve around what needs to be performed in a dev role.

Hi, I have two years bond for two lakhs
Served 1 year 3 months yet.
No project
Found a job for 6 lpa
Current package is 4

How to break bond without paying much bond amount
How much shud i be paying if I have to
Should I wait for the hike ?
Do they really give you a hike after 18 months???

Hi all. I accepted an offer for a PDM position with Deloitte few days back. However now I have an offer from a very big gaming company for a similar role and want to decline D's offer. Just want to know if any of you have faced this situation and what are the repercussions of doing so? Any suggestions?

How do you single 🐟 find time to meet people and get to know them when working these crazy hours? Feel like I'm putting that part of my life on hold due to my job, and it's kind of freaking me out 😣

if you had no limitations & could work in any agency in the world, which one would it be?

Hey all
I am looking for a female flatmate to share a 2bhk with me.
Gurgaon office
Flat is within 1 km from office.

I’ve heard electric cars aren’t actually as clean as they make them out to be since the electricity they use is still being produced by coal-powered plants. To what extent is this true? Is the reduced environmental impact worth the investment at this point in their development?

Hi guys,

Just curious about the work experience and job security and work life balance, year on year hike in Tata Elxsi.

Looking for first hand experience from people.

Thanks

What kind of resources are useful to prepare for Alixpartners online assessment? Any insights are appreciated. Thanks

What are some exit opps for Amex product management (2 YOE) sr analyst. Trying to jump ship

First year (ug level hire) and got email from apple recruiter. Would love to exit to FAANG but not sure I'm ready to leave BCG in my first year but maybe after 2-4. What is best practice?

Got a strategy and bizops offer at a startup after being laid off last month! Does it sound reasonable to negotiate a ~15% salary bump? What is the normal amount to negotiate?

Structuring my resume for an S&O industry role. Thoughts on breaking out my experience bullets into 2 sections? “Selected Strategic Assessment Experience:” and “Selected Operational Improvement Exp:”

Curious about exit opportunities and want to change linkedin to "open to opportunities" for recruiters; will my employer find out? Should I be concerned?

I've become really jaded about consulting. I find all so often you need to tell the client what they want to hear to keep their business and I feel like so much of the what I recommend doesn't actually get implemented. I'm looking to make a career switch so I can both create and execute on my strategies. A product management path seems very promising for this.

Does anyone who switched from consulting to product management have any recommendations of h helpful PM books, courses, or programs?

Being recruited by Amazon for a Senior PM role. What can I expect for base/comp/rsu?

Just got another rejection... Is exiting to FAANG or MB really this hard? Trying to go tech.. or mbb, but not getting anywhere. I have 2 masters (mba, ms) from top schools, been in consulting for over 10 years, I am confident that I know my stuff well..but still I keep getting rejected. Interviewed with Google, Amazon, Cisco, McKinsey, and a few others and every-time there is something that is not a match... are the hiring managers looking for like 100% match? That will never happen!!!

Hi, anyone willing to chat about Biz Ops at LinkedIn? Currently a strategy consultant at T2. Thank you!!

So stressed! Not getting any calls- any good referrals for resume services, probably need to refresh my resume- or any other tips is much appreciated! 11 yoe experience in data and Analytics and have stayed in same firm. First time going out and looking for job.

Looking for roles in smaller firms 5-500M in revenues (not public but also not classic VC series a/b startups), any thoughts on how to generate leads for those type of companies ?

How many times has an interviewer no-showed and the recruiter profusely apologizing on their behalf?
Happened to me with Mindtree recruiter, for an IoT leadership position where the interviewing VP chose to no show twice… after which I thanked the recruiter that I was impressed by their book of busi-ness and that it was intimidating to be thinking about the prospect of working for Mindtree… as I’m too incapable for those performance standards… 😂😂

Has anyone in here quit to take a break from work and then rejoined the workforce? what was your strategy to get back and how did you explain the gap?

Anyone witness slackers who got into companies you have no idea how? Had a coworker who does jack chit at work besides chatting on Facebook yet lands at a faang company? I guess if he brings the same work ethic he will be spit out for sure. Or maybe he just had no interest in doing project work.

I’m equally interested in exiting to finance (PE/VC and IB) and tech (Product manager and other semi-technical roles, not SWE or bizops). Which path is better to pursue/what are the pros and cons of each?

Has anyone exited or considered exiting to being a realtor? There’s decent income potential there, good WLB, and seems like consulting skill sets would absolutely crush the average entrant.

Can anyone help me understand what the typical comp / structure for operating partner in mid-market PE firm ($1-5B under mgmt) might look like?

Do people generally work a full day on their last day of a job? My understanding was that day was for returning equipment/you didn’t do much

What types of jobs allow you to be successful with minimal/zero networking?