Does anyone offer an unlimited PTO benefit but face challenges when employees ask for way too much PTO? (30+ days/year)
How do you manage communicating expectations while still allowing flexibility for this?

"I didn't do all that marching in the 60s for you not to vote" - mom

Hi,

Can someone please tell what is the bench period for lateral hires at TCS

Anyone looking for SAP Project Managers, I am just finishing up a 3 year Greenfield S4 HANA implementation focused on project delivery. Please PM me for details

Hey all, I am looking for a long sleeve polo recommendation that is under $50 per polo - does anyone have any initial thoughts?

Do extroverts or introverts survive better in the office?

My sleep schedule is officially ruined. I haven't sleep much this week, so yesterday I took an afternoon nap and was wide awake all night. I took a melatonin now since falling asleep is the trouble.
Anyone else having trouble sleeping normally? Is it lack of vitamin D? Or anxiety or work stress? How do I get into a 10-6 sleep schedule?

Botched the math question on my BCG online assessment. The nerves got to me and I fell apart. I think I got the rest correct but Am I screwed now for an interview invite?

Hi All - Any recos on great biz dev creatives or small agency to design pitch decks?

Senior said we're starting busy season hours.. my heart dropped

Need words of wisdom and encouragement to stay calm. Rationally I know I need to stay still for a couple of months (3-4 months), but emotionally I am not entirely happy. I am impatient; I have a goal and I want to hit it. I am competitive; I have friends who are ahead of me financially and I want to catch up. But right now I am not able to make moves. I feel stuck, even tho I know it’s just gonna be a couple of months. Sigh.

T-Shirts, Coffee Mug, Water Bottle, Diary, etc all at joining... कौन हैं ये लोग कहां से आते हैं

Anyone know what MFS Pre MBA Intern Salary would be?

For all my NY car lovers the Auto show is there this week - through the weekend I believe too 🔥

Did you put your babies down drowsy or fully awake when they were infants? Mine are 6 weeks old and they won’t sleep unless I rock and shush them for 15 mins, and then they wake themselves up and need pacifier to go back to take their nap.

Non-comp related but my team is in dire need of wedding gift ideas for our manager who’s getting married next month.
She’s a female in her early 30s. TIA 🤗

Looking to lateral to a Boston office to join SO. First year v50 corporate associate. Any leads?

Anyone date someone in your office but in a different business line ? ie tax and audit? What was your experience ?

What percentage of people get 1s, 2s, etc and so on at Deloitte? Is it truly a bell curve? Or if 50% of the people did exceptional, then 50% can get a 1?

I’m a manager on a new account. There is an acting manager that has been on the account for a few years. Any time I reach out to him for help he is so dismissive and looks for every opportunity to make me look bad. I can’t stand it. I heard he is rolling off this account in the future so I figured just avoid him

What’s the best way of encouraging young team members to actually disconnect during their time away? I have some individuals that will not take actual vacations, they say, “I’ll have my laptop and phone”. My response is “please leave your laptop at home and turn off teams and outlook phone notifications. If there is an emergency and we have a question only you can answer, we can call or text. we’ve got this.”

And then they teams checking in 2 days later 🤦🏼‍♀️

I set up a call today with an even more senior leader (I am an EVP) and asked him for advice on navigating the political waters of our global workplace. He was so honest and helpful it was .....amazing. I don't think I expected it to be so genuinely helpful. I highly suggest you reach above for advice if needed. Sometimes it works!

Does anyone have experience sitting on boards? I’m interested in doing this at some point in my career, but am not sure how to get started and what’s typically required (both qualifications and work involved)

What are your biggest frustrations with the wellbeing/burnout prevention initiatives that you’ve seen?

Hi all. I’m a ux designer at a small company and need to recruit a few people for usability testing. Our target demographic is people over the age of 35 who’ve been in leaderships positions. If you’re interested I’ll send the link- the test will take about 15-30 minutes and pays 20$. No human interaction required.

Our company is going through a major transformation and there is quite a bit of resistance due to uncertainty and lots of broken promises. Are there any books you would recommend on how to change corporate culture and help employees adapt to change?

Does anyone have recommendations on an approach to get frequent feedback on employee sentiment across your teams?

I lead a global team of ~70 and growing. Most of the team is deployed to major company initiatives and pressure is high. We do big annual employee surveys, but I'm looking for good ways to get more regular feedback at scale.

Working my way up the corporate ladder. I have so many thoughts on leadership and want to initiate changes in the departments I work with. But at this level it's so difficult. Ppl are so resistant to change.

My key learning thus far in my career: Noone gives a shit about your ideas unless you're a head honcho. Real change is brought about from a position of authority.

What's your opinion on restricted stock?

Not sure where to put this, but I’m curious to hear your thoughts here on what smaller Saas companies should expect or prepare for this economic downturn.

How do you choose between Exec Education programs at b-schools? Does hybrid matter? Writing an article…

How do senior leaders/ executives manage their career and find the next opportunity?

How do you let go of the need to be liked by subordinates? I have a people pleasing streak.

Has anyone worked with an executive recruiter or headhunter to identify opportunities and support placement into a new role? Any referrals? Specifically in the digital product, innovation or design field.

I took the role I am in about a year ago and it just has not been what was promised and a huge step back. I have found a good place and am content but not overly happy with my place in the company. A smaller competitor reached out for a vp position that is a huge step up responsibility wise. There would be a pay raise but not huge so money is not the motivator here. Is this crazy to seriously consider? I hate to burn bridges. I have been told I am on the partner fast track. Thoughts? Advice?

Prepping for a CRO interview with the CEO of a smaller tech company (approx 70 employees) experiencing explosive growth. They want someone to run sales, alliances, & marketing, with heavy influence around product development so not really a traditional CRO role. Working on prep and curious if anyone has any ideas around questions I should be prepared to answer? Questions I should ask? Seems like an interesting role that should be a good fit with my background. Other thoughts?

How long on average have you all stayed in one position? How about tenure at each company?

I’m currently considering an offer and am finding that all online compensation benchmarking is falling flat in terms of understanding how I should be looking at comp for this role. I’d value your advice on how to access cleaner comp data and/or how you might look at comp for this role: Chief People Officer for a $2.5BIL revenue ($150MIL net income) global organization. 50,000 employees. USA based. Looking for Total Comp and cash targets/benchmarks.

Got an opportunity for a Director role that will oversee a new and major changes across the org but won't have people under me. Should I be worried?

I'm burnt. Attempting to figure out how to pivot.
Over 50, I've been a COO, SVP etc at mid-tier orgs ending in B4. Technical enough to call BS, ops expert, excel at organic sales. Systems engineer at heart - by SE I thrive building systems designed to produce results. Brainstorming, idea generation, jumping on the box strategy for me is thrilling. I want to build people not revenue. I want to develop solutions to problems that aren't billable. Yes, I understand the...