For those that are home grown (at least 2 levels) into the PPMD level, how has your relationship with juniors that you’ve been close to from the start evolved? Have you had to pull away from them (intentionally or not) or are you just as close? Is the saying “it’s lonely at the top” rung true for you?

I’ve been helping couples navigate the challenges of infertility for over 20 years now. Recently, I’ve noticed more couples feeling apprehensive to continue treatment because they are worried about potential repercussions if they miscarry during the IVF process. Honestly, I’m not sure how to reassure them because I also feel afraid, but I just want to continue supporting these wonderful couples & families. I would be heartbroken if they ended up suffering more because of their treatments. I’m just feeling so conflicted & sad today after meeting with a couple who decided to postpone treatment.

Hi. People Manager here. I've been one for 12 years now and I encourage my team to not be "yes" people. At this time, it feels like my manager wants me and my team to be yes people for her. How do I deal with this? I've never been a yes person and I don't preach this to my reports. I don't know what to do. Help?

How do you get ahead of it when you think your previous employer may not be giving you a great reference?

Horny and thinking of reaching out to my ex who I haven’t spoken to in 4 years

Brought my gf sushi take out to her house when she got off of work. She didn't like the meal I got her and started to eat the roll i got for myself. She noticed I wasn't eating so I told her I ate before rather than tell her she was actually eating my dinner. She's now mad at me that I "lied" even though I did it so she wouldn't be embarrassed. Who's in the wrong

How would you recommend tackling a middle manager bad mouthing to team members and seniors despite having left the job? I worked as a consultant at a globally reputed firm but with a terrible, mind draining team culture — now the middle manager is bad mouthing and of course not communicating her inability to manage her own time, leading to work calls at 10 pm in night and abusive language at work.

PARTNERS: two questions —1. If you see an associate has really low hours for the month, do you imagine them chillen on a beach somewhere or do you consider they probably spent most of their days sitting in front of the computer being “available”? 2. If you send an associate a random e-mail on a weekend like “Can you pull X and send to Y”, would you get annoyed if they responded saying they weren’t by a comp or would you consider it reasonable that they wouldn’t be by a comp on a weekend?

Has anyone else had a mentor (assigned to them by the Company) who seemed to have it out for you? I mean downright sabotage to make you look bad left and right. I didn’t realize it at first. She was fake friendly, but she was discrete too. Some of the executives thought she was amazing, but I had to clean up her work all the time. She wasn’t above me either on the chain of command. Later I found out she had tried for the exec assistant role and they didn’t choose her, they wanted me instead.

Good woman’s work bag recommendations?

I'm about to start teaching 8th grade "Family Life" aka sex ed. We do this for the last 3 weeks of school, before we send them off to high school. Any good tips for helping with immature boys?

My brother just got a 670 with a 46 in verbal. Can he get into foster / is it easy for him to get up to 720-740? He studied a couple weeks

Still feel like I'm in love with my ex it's been 2 years. I don't think I'll ever find anyone better - things were not all great but when they were i felt like i was in the clouds. He's moved on and..

If we're anonymous on here, what's the point of signaling your former agency or company in your title?

This post is possibly in the wrong bowl, but I couldn't figure out where to post this. I'm getting inundated with requests from people randomly walking in the halls or stopping by my desk asking me for this report or just any other task. I'm looking for a way to keep better track of these things as asking people to send me an email on it as a reminder isn't working - they're not sending it - yet they manage to come back around to get a status update on their ask. Any tips on how to manage?

Do you feel judged by your co-workers for things you do in your personal life?

If so, how?

Do ZS Associates Indian BOA/DAA freshers wear suits in their first 2 years or shirts?

Who here works in a warehouse? What is the correct etiquette to address a rude supervisor? He’s constantly getting on my last nerve.

Do you think it matters if you and your SO’s friends are similar? My boyfriend and my backgrounds are very different and while we are fine with each other’s friends, I would never mesh our friend groups. A part of me always get envious of couples who are able to expand their friend groups and do fun things together

I'm 32 y/o. I moved to Union City (East Bay) during COVID, and I struggle to make new friends. Any recommendations on channels/platforms/volunteer progroms to make new friends?

We only have 1 car in HH, and my SO usually needs it for his job, which is a big bummer in making new friends I need to take into consideration.

Any tips for organizing a bedroom, closet, dresser & bathroom? My teen has IADHD, and low executive functioning. Her room looks like a land mine. Clean clothes are mixed in with dirty, her desk is a disaster, she won’t let go of clothes she’s outgrown, drawers are open with clothes hanging out. A therapist said to close her door if we don’t want to see it but it’s more than that. She needs this important life skill & I don’t know how to help. Easier to organize w/o her but that’s not a solution.

How do you negotiate a salary bump after only been at your company for 5 months? I already had a mid year performance review and got 3.5 out of 4 and manager is very happy with my work.

I just spent $100 on pumpkin candles.

Welcome, I’m glad you’re here ❤️

Let’s talk about the self, the universe, the metaphysical, meditation, tarot, consciousness, manifestation, astrology, and everything else tied to this strange & beautiful journey.

How much is the difference between accounting manager and revenue accounting manager?

In Bay Area, if that helps.

will fidelity extend doj ? my actual is may 23rd. i want to change it to july 11. no response after dropping mail. pls advise

Hi
Anyone who got data of joining changed and got the joining done early ?
Please let me know.
Thanks

If i have joined hcl in june 2022, will i get yearly variable in 2023?

Anyone going into production these days? What were the factors that convinced you to move forward?

Have an interview lined up for a Senior manager role - any advice on what I can expect from the first 2 rounds? - interview and then the case?

Can someone refer me for Accenture UK roles?

Dress code at Citi Bengaluru

I am a consulting Manager at Accenture, with over 11 months here and 14 years overall. Is it worth to join BCG as Consultant-C2. The recruitment consultant says that it has run up of 1 year to PL.

Any input on televerge communication work culture!

If I took a part time MBA program, can I still campus recruit for a summer role at MBB, Big 4, FAANG, etc?

Annual review coming up in the next few weeks and Im looking for the right way to request TC increase to PM Director. started Jan 2021. Im looking for base and bonus increase.Current 115k base w/ 3-10% bonus. Im a top performer on my team, if not the best (no kidding my boss praises me like no other and they haven’t seen more than 60%). FinTech Industry + company’s strategy is shifting towards initiatives that I have solid experience in at our top competition. Any advice? More in comments

How difficult is it to transition into banking when your experience in mainly from Fortune 500 businesses like FP&A?

Anyone here working at MGO? what’s the company like?

Spend so much time managing people’s feelings and mood to get work or get work done. So exhausting, I am ok with machines replacing us all.

Can anyone recommend a career coach?

Boutique partners: does your firm pay distributions according to shares or individual performance or both?

Hi partners. I’m considering an offer from a key client in my region. I’ve never been on a client engagement with them, but my practice in my region has traditionally done a fair amount of work(contd)

In the PPMD recruitment cycle with Deloitte and process has stalled. Separately hearing that Deloitte is laying off a bunch of people and hiring freeze. Any Deloitte partners got the scoop?

Has anyone here not pursued an extension because client isn’t listening to advice, whitewashes statuses, purposefully misreports (read: lies) despite what data clearly shows, misses deadlines and then just rebaselines dates, etc. because of concern they will fail and try to blame consultants (so reputational risk) and for other reasons (e.g., no value in time billed, other work could be pursued, mental health, etc)?

Would like some advice from partners. I was in financial services doing accounting, tax, technology and implementation for hedge funds through my career. I’m looking to settle on a specialty now. Is there anything specific you would advise for someone like me that’s not too far off from what I currently have on my resume? I’m looking for good upside that’s really a good career for the long haul. Thank you in advance!!

What jobs pay $900k+? Eg in your industry, what level would you have to be to@make that much. From what I hear, MD/SVP at a financial services firm and L8/director at big tech (fb, Amazon). Anyone who has real life experiences in these places willing to share? Currently exiting and trying to benchmark. Thanks.

Partners - currently I’m struggling to get recognized by the leadership. The role I’m in does not offer visibility to SMs/directors and partners. What are some of the things I can do get visibility?

What year partner can realistically afford to have ~$4M in mortgage debt? Particularly big4

Partners, what do you wish you knew as a first year partner that you know now? What did you / would you have done differently to line yourself up for future success as a partner?

Is it normal for PPMD to jump around? I feel like I’ve met a few that have spent time as PPMD at different firms or have just recently joined EY from another Big 4/competitor.

How difficult is it to start cold as a new partner at a new firm? With regard to not having a reliable network to fall back and having to build a new team. Is it an terrible idea? TIA

Hey all I will be joining bcg as a principal soon. What makes a great principal from the perspective of mds/partners.

Ps... What happens when you realize that an SM you’re close with, and have been mentoring and supporting for P class isn’t a nice person to juniors? Do you have that conversation with them or do you cut them loose?

At what point you start coming on radar if you have been on beach for significant amount of time? Like Since thanksgiving . Is there a schedule to let go?

Any partners here who worked in a midtier firm (GT/BDO/RSM) and the big four? What is
the compensation difference at the partner level?

Hiya! I was wondering if anyone here has any good recommendations in terms of books or learning material that I can pick up to learn about sa