Fishbowl gentlemen, what are you wearing to your holiday party? 👔👗👙👘🎩

What to wear for evening networking events / parties where clients would be present and dress code is business casual ? - for men

Working for a senior who is beyond horrible. She talks to you like you’re stupid and makes it sound like you’re absolutely terrible at what you’re doing. She’s made 5 other associates cry during her 5 year career. Got someone fired and made another person quit. It’s known around the office that she can no longer have a female associate, because she talks down to females more than she does males. I came along and thought I could deal with it but she literally makes me want to not log on tomorrow.

So, I just fired my first employee as a manager and I'm heartbroken. He was a great, great person but after 6 months on a PIP he just wasn't cutting it skills-wise. I know he was the provider of the household and his wife didn't have a job since she was raising three young ones. Needless to say, I had to take off because I felt terrible, sick to my stomach. How do you deal with firing guilt? Is that a thing? I can't help but feeling like I did something wrong.

PEOPLE DO MAKE MISTAKES!! but My manager reacts very rudely everytime with me, And all seniors who are with him around 10+ years will assign tickets to me and they monitor me continuously.

I never had any conflicts with anyone, but i felt that they all connered me. I had a call with my director and senior director and explained about this on my last day

i never met my teammates in office since i joined and resigned in covid.
Did this happen coz i dint have much rappo with them?

I have a hard time articulating and communicating ideas to my team. On top of that, English is not my first language. I’m 27 but sometimes I feel like a jr. How can I empower myself and beat the impostor syndrome ? Do you honestly think that being a woman I have to work twice harder for it?

I just found out a new colleague was brought on at 20% higher salary than my current salary. (Have been w/ firm 1.5 years) She doesn’t have a 4-year degree (working on it). How do I bring this inequity up and ask to be compensated equally? I have years more experience and My work is more complex - she is basically a receptionist. Any suggestions would be helpful!

My local Safeway is already stocking Valentine's Day chocolates. What would they do without holiday candy to sell? Is this their main purpose? I wonder what they do in off season (if that exists)

I'm feeling a lot of anger towards my manager (now he's acting normal but there were moments where he was condescending/dismissive/mocked my and others work/arrogant/said stuff was "wrong" constantly/belittling the difficulty of tasks etc. in the past project).
Maybe it is "standard chewing out" but it bothered me a lot. So much that I find myself still getting all fired up inside thinking about it...
Idk how to let go of this :/ Thoughts?

Do you allow the community to discuss your direct competitors?

Hi all, I’m gonna join pwc ac Bangalore next month. I need your help In knowing the holiday calendar or holidays available in last week of December I.e in between Dec 25th to Dec 31st. To plan my vacation. Please help

Had an associate of mine recently confront me and say he has a crush on me. Told him nope and that would be very unprofessional. He has reassured me that this won’t impact our working dynamic but lately there’s been a lot of pushback on any direction given to him or the team. I’m growing concerned he is holding something against me.

How should I approach this?

I was released without cause today but my boss mentioned my battle with mental health and that I’m looking for other jobs before canning me. Should I address this with the board or leave it alone?

Reminder to everyone: use your 2021 vacation time. Don’t let it pass you by just because you’re not traveling. Take a long weekend once a month to nap and eat chips in sweat pants all day. We all need to do our part to normalize self care, and sitting at home doing “nothing” is just as worthy of a vacation day as pina coladas on the beach.

Would you rather have a staff ask permission to update something or go ahead and do it without mentioning it?

Can someone please help me with the holiday Calendar for HSBC Bangalore ?

Do you ever feel you can’t tell your former colleagues how well you are doing? I worked at ML & now indep. Talking to friend at 8am, I’m at store picking up milk, etc. Friend asks, are you at store?

How do you handle rude clinicians in the workplace? I always have an attending talking down to me.

Are there any protections for an employer who has a server that received a very large tip? For example, what if the customer says they never meant to tip that large amount?

11 YOE - 33 lpa . Current is 26. Is it worth joining with 20pecent variable. Suggestions please

Hi Fishes,

Looking to shift my career from Software Engineering to UX Design. Currently a Fresher in UX but having 1 year experience in an Agile team as an Automation Engineer. If any openings in your company for Entry level UXD's please connect with me, would share my resume and portfolio over there.

Thanks.

FCB Health? Thoughts?

Any Texas Bourbon drinkers? Husband and I are looking to replace our go to favorite, Witherspoon, since it went defunct. Very much looking for a sipping whiskey that's less pain in the wallet than Garrison, but doesn't have to be used as a mixer like most we've tried.
Feels like I'm never going to find a new Texas favorite!

What’s the worst transit you’ve ever had? Mine was probably Saturn and south node transiting my mid heaven and opposing my chart ruler/mars.

What is advance monthly performance bonus in hcl ?
Is this variable component only ?
In offer letter it is mentioned that it will be" restricted for first year of employment " what does it mean

Is it concerning if a recruiter is dancing around giving you an offer? or is it just busy bc of Q4, coordinating teams, start dates, and covid?

I’ve noticed that HR, when explaining why a candidate didn’t get the job, tend to lean on “You’re great, but we had candidates with more experience in [skill relevant to the job].” I do believe this is true in some cases, but it can’t possibly be for all of them.

HR folks — what feedback have you obscured by offering that line instead?

Can someone help in understanding the role and expectation for Associate Principal Engineer in nagarro ?
Also whats the difference b/n Associate Principal Engineer and Associate Principal Consultant ?

If you were in a private company assistant controller position being offered $10k more to switch over to public and much better PTO days and fully remote as opposed to an in office position that I’m currently at in a Real estate growing company. Would u do the switch back to public (left public just recently)?

When’s a good time to shift to PE? 0+3 rn. Thinking of applying in 9ish months time

How do I think like an investor

Hi! I was wondering if anyone here works at @Patreon (doesn’t seem like I can tag it so maybe not)? Wanted to chat about what it’s like to work there, etc. PS: this post also doubles as a plea for likes so I can DM (please) Thanks in advance!

CGI took almost a month,still interview process not completed.
#cgiindia.

Looking to get suits in Bangkok next week - can anyone recommend a spot/describe the process (# of fittings, negotiations, etc.) they went through?

Yell sneezes. Are they necessary?

Tips/advice/things to consider while starting an ERG?

New to IT B2B marketing. Any advice on how to educate myself with IT? Any classes, books, etc. that you recommend?

I had a panic attack in a meeting today. I had no idea what to do and I feel like the others could tell something was wrong but it kept going. If you've had this, what do you do?

Anyone in Account Services have anything fun, quirky, or just plain cool - yet still professional to spice up a LinkedIn about me?

Recent immigrants...is Covid making you want to go back “home”? Cont

Books on human psychology that have affected you. I'll start: influence, sales Bible, on killing.

I have a strong junior book and won a Gold Pencil in the Young Ones recently, but can't seem to find a single job lead anywhere. Anybody know who in LA I should reach out to?

Whoever it was here that recommended propanolol for meeting anxiety, just wanted to say, thanks!

What are good answers to an interviewer who asks “what’s your hiring philosophy?”

Layoffs at grey?

I’m sensing real Instagram burnout from friends and colleagues. Is IG a bubble that bursts? Or does the audience (user) demo just change like FB in ‘09 or so?

Things have been super stressful at work lately for a variety of reasons & a couple of weeks ago I decided to raise the issues with my Creative Director.
For context, he’s the reason for a lot of these problems and I (tactfully, I think) said as much. He listened to me patiently but took no responsibility and deflected blame with every issue raised.
Today he asked me to send an email to him about how overworked I am so that he can use it to talk to management. (cont. in comments)

Retirement: what are some ways you’re preparing besides having a 401K?

With so many professionals working from home due to Covid-19, what are your tips / strategies for being productive when WFH?

Any good WFH stories from this week?

Just started Succession. Does the world of advertising have a family similar to the Roys?

Is it just me or is everyone in this industry in a relationship?

Question for the old timers. What was it like when the ad industry was doing really well?

How do ya'll feel about breadcrumbing? Is this the worst?