EY people that were booked on vacation this week. Are you putting in vacation days for the whole week into GT&E?

What's going on this weekend? Any fun holiday shops or pop-up bars I could check out?

Where are your favorite vacation spots? Getting used to this not drinking thing..

Anybody get a hair transplant in nyc and could recommend their doctor? Also would you recommend the procedure and going through the process (i.e., FUE vs FUT vs Bald)?

Also what was the recovery like? Nervous to look even worse as it grows back coming into the office. How much PTO did you take?

Asking for a friend ofc!

Planning a trip to Bali with my bf. He’s never been on a long flight like that but we are probably planning a 2week vacation. What areas should we stay at?? we’re beach bums but I also love the forest/Hiking and a big foodie!

Hello, Help needed finding a gorgeous destination for a real vacation ( no work). I picture myself sleeping, hearing the ocean, eating, walking along the beach and repeat. I live in GA and willing ...

For all you retail people...are you experiencing a very slow holiday season? I am a retail manager and I feel like this season has been freakishly slow. I thought we would at least match last year's number or be up a little bit but we are trending down. I talked to employees of other stores in the mall and they are saying the same thing. Is anyone else experiencing this in their market?

How many PTO/Vacation days do you usually take off a year if your employer offers unlimited PTO/Vacation days?

I just started a new job and this is the first time I’ve ran into this. It sounds nice but at the same time I hate the lack of direction. Help!

Now that the holiday season has arrived, what's on the secret wish list for Black professionals in the accounting world?

Anyone in Vancouver want a Programmer Analyst role doing data conversion from Oracle into WD? UBC is a great employer that pays well for Vancouver / Canada and the work is remote, though you have to be in Canada. 4 weeks vacation and benefits start on day 1

How soon to take time off as first year? And how much?

Happy to report: Did not fall into any honey trap at the holiday party.

Thoughts on a manager texting you to ask why you aren’t online Easter weekend when all of your work is completed and another senior who can’t handle their own work decided to randomly send you their returns to review?

I received a verbal offer for a VP position at CCB line of business at JPMC in NYC two weeks ago. The recruiter asked for salary expectations but there was no number set. It’s been two weeks since and complete radio silence. I sent an email to a hiring manager a week ago but received no reply. It’s August so people could be on vacation but this is really strange. Has anyone had similar experience?

Moving from T2 to McKinsey. How do vacation requests work? I have family and friends getting married this fall in weddings delayed because of covid, but I’ll just have started so wanted to get a sense of how realistic taking vacation this fall would be and how to approach taking it (e.g. mention to HR, staffing). TIA!

One of my coworkers thinks she deserves more PTO than it is allowed in our agency because she's "struggling". We all struggle with our own battles but she's being very rude about it. How can we handle this?

Maybe holiday party is ambitious. Any interest in a Friday afternoon happy hour?

What are the expectations in deals in terms of working (around the clock/during PTO) ? Is it true that culture is very aggressive at Pwc?

We are seeing more pushback from employees on working 40 hours. We offer flexibility (wfh), 11 holidays and another 3 wks PTO. Seems like a good gig, I think, at 40-45 hrs. Anyone seeing this too?

Will we get extra salary if we worked on holiday in tcs. In timesheet its showing red means holiday

How is utilization calculated? What happens if we are on the bench?

How many days it usually takes for Full and final settlement in Capgemini? It's been 11 days after lwd but didn't receive any communication yet even after dropping mail to f&f team. Could someone help here pls.?

What’s a reasonable salary to ask for at McKinsey? Tech analyst consulting role 1 yoe.

I once had a creative director tell me to add a blog of my own to my portfolio to make it more personal. Thoughts? If you’ve done this, how did you approach it?

Today’s my bday. Also my beloved family dog is getting put to sleep due to cancer. I didn’t take the day off today for either reasons. Do I have my priorities messed up right now?

Hi All, I am planning to move to a rival firm but have a notice period of 2-3 months in my current month. Has someone done something similar ?

Anyone want to be my +1 to a screening of Avatar 2: The Way of Water? 12/15 @ 6pm Progress Ridge?

UP UP AND AWAY! I GOT 💎🙌💎 and NO WEEKEND PLANS

What’s the grossest thing you’ve found in your food?

Expected salary for a first year JD Tax Associate (KJD so no legit work experience besides summer internships) at an accounting firm in a large expensive city (NY, LA, SF, Chicago)? Big 4 or BDO/RSM/Baker Tilly etc.

Hi Fishes,

Can anyone give my referral as a software developer in KPMG. I have one year experience on salesforce developer.

I am thinking of switching to another company ,how much CTC should I expect or negotiate .

Role : business analyst
Current role : associate analyst
Exp : 1.10 years
Cctc : 4.6

Really curious to know if you gain a different amount of knowledge depending on if you work for a union or private. Does anyone have any input?

Favorite country you’ve worked with supervising offshore dev resources? Go!

What books would you recommend for someone wanting to get better at sales?

Am I regretting offering to stay back to monitor this data? 🤡
Just wanna take a nap 😴

Meghan Markle - her speech in the one young world summit today was so incredibly shallow. Used ‘I’ a billion times. Her stories and anecdotes were so obviously fake.. ugh.

Is anyone else tired of how car-centric downtown Denver is? I feel like more housing density, better public transportation, and more walkable spaces would really benefit the community.

How do you know if you’re considered a value employee?

Just heard EY is about to make more layoffs in audit too

Rising Audit seniors: what % increase in salary are you all expecting and what office? I'm in Dallas and expecting 15% raise.

Company pays for certifications. CISA, CIA, CDFM, PMP. Currently have CPA and CGFM. Which has the most value? Not sure what career route but they pay completion bonus. CISA has a higher bonus rate, 2k

For those that work for Amazon in there accounting and tax department, what has your experience been like and how did you land your job?

For those who have taken the new CPA exams, which one took the least amount of time for you to study? I'm wondering which I should try to take before June 10. Thank you in advance for your responses.

Is voluntary vision insurance is eyemed?

Anyone hear talks of layoffs in Advisory? I know my office is laying off Assurance and BTS (Tax) staff but haven't heard much of Advisory yet.

Do I charge flight time to my client... or the General admin code? #newhire

How do I actually go about giving 2 weeks notice?

At what point do you folks just give up on working through an excel problem? I swear I could have saved time adding everything individually, but it would be a blow to my excel ego.

Anyone in the mutual funds group for tax? What is it like?

Making 120k as a senior in NYC and wanna change careers but keep my salary. Which career can I keep my salary as a senior or even more with tax, financial, and tech skills.Would like to get out of tax

In DC for next week. What’s good around here? Gonna catch a Nats game and Skins practice. Hit up some museums and monuments. What about food or bars? Anything else not known?

Team is already talking about eating hours. My utilization is down cause I was in unassigned for a month in Dec/Jan. What's worse pissing off the partner or having a low utilization? -staff 1

Does anyone have any good books or podcasts about how to develop leadership/ managing skills?

Have work and trainings to do and can’t bring myself to do anything. I’m so burnt out I really can’t do this anymore

Has anyone worked for an accounting advisory (technical accounting) practice and FDD? Which did you like better and why?

I'm in an AAS practice but wonder if I'd like FDD more.

Last year I lied about having Valentine’s Day plans so I could go home at 7....and this year I’m proud to say I will be doing the exact same thing

Currently in IT audit, want to get into consulting. Worth it to wait until senior? Biased since I want to get out, but I feel the skills aren’t transferable and don’t want to be pigeonholed into risk