First in my family to go to college, parent is abusive so I have no safety net & had no help. Worked full time all through college & still graduated with 30k in debt. I’ve been paying really aggressively on my private loans since the federal pause and I checked today and I now only owe 2800 in private. Pretty sure I owe 11k in fed & I qualify for the 10k. Honestly trying not to cry from sheer relief.

Does anyone know if we can reimburse expenses for items listed in Wageworks while on maternity?

I know we cannot expense phone/internet/ commuter benefit as I am not actively doing work.

However, for other items that fall under wage works reimbursement, I couldn’t find anything in writing yet.

Buying a house with monthly expense of $4900, although my current rent is only $2350. My total HHI with my husband is about $310K. I’m feeling weary of spending this much but we live in a HCOL area near a major city and we have high taxes. It’s hard to find anything decent under $800K. Should I just suck it up in order to be a homeowner?

I'm a junior associate. A couple people have left my small firm and I'm now the lone associate at our main office. I've now been told I am "temporary senior associate or permanent or partner whatever that results in." Please send help. I'm just a baby attorney still.

Brand new baby lawyer dumb question - I am tasked with drafting response to request to produce. How long should this take? And follow up… how do I bill this?

Has anyone made the transition from non-profit and small firm practice to federal government, big law, in-house? I’m a special education parent attorney at a small firm and I’ve spent my legal career in the education and juvenile areas of the law working for 2 non-profits before ending up at the firm. However, I’m just exhausted, unmotivated, and and looking for a change. At this point (6.5 yrs of practice), is that type of transition even possible or am I stuck due to the practice area?

What are your experiences with buying or selling homes on leased land... Is it really a secure investment, or could they just take back the land whenever they wanted?

My kid was born outside of us, and will be on h4 visa upon return to the us. What insurance plan should I get for him, 2yr old, thanks

Moving to Austin end of this year, with a new baby.

With ~$500k HHI and almost no debt, in which neighborhood can we practically afford a house? We do outdoorsy stuff (mtb biking, kayaking etc.) and also have a dog that likes to run.

Any suggestions are appreciated! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Thoughts on dipping into the condo market? Was thinking of waiting till March but don't think prices will drop that drastically and will be ok long term...

Did yall hear about the Chicago mom who had her kid taken away because she wouldn't accept that her child was transgender? As a parent, that's actually kind of scary that the government would that with no basis of abuse or neglect. Smh

Hi All, I am 11 yoe, working at a medium sized product company and I got an offer from Thoughtworks (50% hike) for a Lead Consultant role in data engineer profile.

Being a mother, I have anxiety and nervousness about joining a service based company bcoz of doubts below.
1. Job security, considering the upcoming recession is it safe to join TW at this time?
2. How good is WLB at TW for a Lead Consultant? Approx working hours on a daily basis?
3. How flexible is TW for WFH?

Please suggest

Doge in the top 30! That, and the fact that my 70 yr old mother in law bought some of everything on coinbase should signal the beginning of the end.

Anyone buck the traditional advice to Max out 401k? I've been making out but see little value in it for me. Who knows what my health will be like when I'm 65

Going from 20yr 3.25% fixed to 15 year fixed mortgage rate of 2.125%, non pints. Is this rate good enough in NYC?

So 2022 Roth IRA income limit set at 129k. I will be making 127.5k. With the hopes of >2% bonus next year (not holding my breath), is there value in contributing x% to traditional 401k to reduce my taxable income as a buffer so I can contribute the full 6k to my Roth IRA without stressing?

Anyone have generator recommendations? Are there any that aren’t obscenely loud? Moved to a northern state with lots of snow and have a baby arriving during winter. Thinking I’d like to get a backup generator to give me peace of mind.

What is a good website to use to create a whole custom baby site?

Hi Fishes,

Need some suggestions from everyone. I have 4.5 years experience and I was working as contractor in ZS and my CTC in parent company was 7 Lakhs.

ZS were willing to offer me FTE as ZS but at a compensation of meagre 8.5 Lakhs. I tried negotiating but they sticked with this.

How come ZS do that? Why can't they pay more as they generally pay 15+ for 4.5 years experience.

Anyone build a house in NVA? We're planning to move to a bigger house in a couple of years and building is an option if it's not too expensive. Anyone got any builders or $/sq ft info? Thanks!

Does FIL provide Corporate NPS for tax savings purpose?

EY Business Transformation Senior Consultant Salary 5YOE (only 1 in Consulting) Tier 1 city?

Anyone in Big 4 health (payer) consulting practices have any insight in to current or upcoming openings for SM level roles?

I love reading fishbowl during my bathroom breaks. Keeps me sane during busy season.

I work for a small management consulting firm and we want to expand our DD practice. How do you guys typically approach new clients and how important is a pitch/M&A expertise deck?

When do you think we’ll have to come in to the office or start traveling again? Prefer to wfh for as long as possible lol

Salary of business at addverb
@addverb

Any litigation associates in NYC with asbestos defense experience? DM me if open to a move.

Hi! I started at a new company 2 months ago and while I’m really enjoying my job so far, I’m having a hard time gauging whether or not I’m doing a “good job.” My role seems to be always evolving, which is fine and I actually enjoy being a support to the greater marketing team, but I feel like I need better defined targets to make sure I’m meeting expectations. Also, when I ask my boss what they’d like to see, I don’t ever get a clear answer. (Cont’d in comments)

I am an email marketing specialist. I am approaching my one year at my new job. I have been going above & beyond. I have been recognized by my boss that I have been doing great as well. I have been implementing new strategies, completing all assignments on time, and I do the most in all of our meetings, interviews and business events. How much can I ask for a raise?

how long should a resume really be?

Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin. I'm a reporter with more than 32 years of experience and I feel that, lately, local television news has been kind of dead, but I am pleased to fight for it from my local newspaper. Locals love to see someone from their own town succeeding or finding out something inspiring.

I am a firm believer that this will not change for a long time, local TV will continue to live as long as we stand for it.

Can anyone please refer me for Senior Informatica/IICS/Datastage developer , open to Pune/Bangalore/Chennai/Hyderabad location.

Total experience -7.8 years
Relevant - 6 years
Notice period - Serving (45 Days Remaining)

Does anyone know any good vintage watch dealers that are buying right now? Looking to sell a few pieces from the 50’s-70’s

I’m a Junior product manager with a Master’s in Healthcare Management. I feel like the current company that I am at has my title as JPM, but I am doing PM work i.e creating product roadmaps, collaborating across stakeholders (business, marketing, design teams), creating user stories/features, etc. and I feel like my work isn’t being valued and I’m constantly being micromanaged by business teams expectations.

How feasible is it for me to apply to a PM role with less than a year of experience?

Serious question… if I am interested in becoming a CTO/CDO one day, what should I do for the next 5-8 years to prepare for this? Are there specific roles in tech that prepares you for a CTO role? I am currently in sales engineering with over a decade in consulting experience.

How am I supposed to deal with priorities changing daily and constantly having new tickets added to an already planned sprint? Is this normal?

Any tips on how to get into product management? I'm a data scientist/ engineer with 5yr workex. Of late I've been trying to take up PM tasks like project ideation, strategy &roadmap. Need mentorship to enhance my skills and profile to be more fit for tech PM roles. Can anyone pl help?

Side Note: I never thought too much about money - i make~95k in a tier 2 city and feel like I probably should work towards earning more, after seeing the 200-300k+ salaries that people r making, to plan for future

I was about to talk trash about my truck driving friends and blame them for my heatwave related problems. Then I remembered that I drive an SUV, not zero emission, and I'm not doing much better for the environment than they are. I'll just ask them what if the climate change believers are right and see what they say.

Should I plan on negotiating an offer? If I get a better offer I will not take this offer. Should I negotiate anyway?

I never doubted myself, but I doubted you
I'm tired of looking at myself in my rear view

I have to stop drinking if I am ever going to lose these 35 lbies…

My latest LinkedIn annoyance is the people posting about their kids wearing their company swag or seeing their company logo/name out and about (as in sponsorships).

When I downloaded Fishbowl over a year ago I had impostor syndrome and was worried all the successful people here would look down on me. Seeing so many people with high ranking titles relate to my everyday life made me more confident to just be me.

We're all insecure, meme loving, pot heads just figuring out life together 🥹 ❤

Fishbowl is the only app I can open in public besides my email. I'm terrified that I'm gonna be scrolling though Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and some NSFW stuff pops up just as someone glances over

What does “woof” mean? Why would someone “woof”? 🤔

Deeply afraid of being married to someone like the girl in sex/life on Netflix

Sometimes when I make a mistake at work I feel like I am not good enough for the job while other times I take it as “let’s do better next time.” Would love to find a balance between the two feelings.

People over 30 years old... Is there anything you would wait on a line for at this age (eg. Food, restaurants, concerts, clubs, bars, celebrity photos, etc)?

What do you do when the people you thought you could count on for help, actually don't help?

I’m a closeted no book reader. I’ve maybe read 5 books over the last 10 years… My teams over the years are always talking about all the books they read and providing recommendations, but luckily people tend to be more interested in sharing what they read rather than listening so I’ve made it this far. I’m worried I’ll be discovered one day

Ruth's Chris is garbage food at exorbitant prices. Like what did I just pay for? 🤡 Lol

👀 we changed the cover art

I’m a Middle Eastern male and quite ashamed of it honestly. I feel it may set me back often in the corporate world. Not sure how to address this. 😣😢

Growing up was rough. On my 8th birthday my dad had an accident that led to this death a few days later. He was a good man who took care of us all (I had 3 siblings now 2; lost 1 few years ago). I'm in a good place in life right now I only find myself in the last 5years shedding a tear once a while when I'm alone. It startles me because I was a tough kid who didn't cry and just soaked it all in and rolled with it. I'm almost 40 and can't explain what's happening with these tears.