For those working in a firm with "unlimited vacation days," how many days per year do you or your colleagues actually take off?

To all you lovely 🏳️‍🌈 fish, wishing you a happy, healthy and restful holiday season filled with love❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Word of warning, check your employee handbook about unused PTO. Apparently in New York State, even with labor laws protecting unpaid PTO, if it’s written in any employee handbook or material that unused PTO is waived when you quit, that‘s all the employer has to do to get out of paying you.

Is PWC vacation balance credited all at once in January or credited quarterly ?.What is the total no of vacation days in a year ?

What is the firm per diem for accenture strategy? You can spend this on travel engagements ?

Working my entire vacation in a hotel room...what's the point of all this PTO if we never get to use it 😩

Starting at BCG full time next month as a consultant...

Does anyone know how PTO works if you start midway through the year? I assume you get a pro-rated number of days, but do you have those days immediately or do you have to accrue them? Trying to plan for wedding travel in November/December

There are so many holiday parties to attend. Any advice on how to make it to many and still be a functional human by the end of the week?

Do you work a lot of overtime during flu season/the holiday season? My manager says with travelers and people needing shots + antibiotics we'll get swamped for like the next 3 months. Do I just work somewhere understaffed or is there a "busy season?"

Any reviews about Salesforce role in Intellect Design Arena? How is the work life balance? What are the benefits one get in this company?

How many of you got the last two weeks of December as off?

6 months pregnant and just laid off. And 40% of my severance was just taken in taxes .. I just spoke with paid family leave and I no longer qualify even though I had been paying into the program (thanks NY).. I already applied for unemployment but doctors are telling me I’ve got 10-14 weeks left in this pregnancy.. so stressed having twins and being unemployed, no maternity leave, no paychecks coming in, and I’ve been applying but not a single interview.. just ugh. 😭

Anybody work at FTI Consulting? Curious about benefits

After years of being overworked and having requests for help go unacknowledged- I put in notice after 20 years. In addition to this, this job checks every box as far as being a toxic workplace, I made the decision to save my mental health in lieu of a paycheck. It has not been formally announced that I’m leaving, but the word is out, and I am getting the “silent treatment”. I know this shouldn’t bother me but it does- is this just the way it’s going to be for the next 3 weeks?

We’re planning our winter vacation, please share your recommendations on the best family all inclusive resorts in Cancun? This will be our first time, TIA! 😊

Has anyone successfully negotiated a higher leave category? Is it easier at larger vs smaller companies or vise versa?

Tell me your feelings on unlimited PTO! I’m trying to decide how much it should factor in my decision between a couple similar offers. Do you take it often and does the company respect it, or do you work nonstop and you aren’t actually afforded the time/flexibility to use it?

America is great again 😂😄

Hi would anyone be able to give me A referral to Amazon health/care?

Hello fishies,

I am looking for product/program manager roles in operations and supply chain management domain.

Total 5 yrs work ex
2 yrs in program/product role.

Pls suggest.

Hello fishes, i am looking for a job opportunity as a financial analyst in mumbai as. Fresher and as an experience less then a year. Could any one give me referral

How do SEC audits differ from non-SEC audits?

What could this ending possibly be?!?

Optimus SBR - Thoughts on culture/pay?

How much appraisal % can one expect in Morgan Stanley ?

YOE 6.5

JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs

Hi, any consultants here? I’d like to get some insight about consultancy opportunities available in the UK. Please dm me :)

Partner is giving non-billable work related to a project that is ramping up later this month. Problem is, I'm on a billable project... Advice on diplomatically handling? I want to be there for the billable part, but also need to devout enough time and effort to my current project which wraps up when that one starts...

Is anyone else noticing a bigger bench the last few months?

I’m thinking that teaching a 5 year old to read with a mask on won’t work. They need to see your mouth. Anyone have thoughts on this?

Im joining Accenture Uk on 19th Aug 2021. Anybody else starting on this date? When does one usually receive the Teams invite / joining instructions for the first day orientation & induction?

How do people find relationships? I'm active in our LGBT BRG, have lots of gay friends, and am out at gay bars all the time. I just feel like everyone I meet is looking for hookups only, which is fine, but I'm kind of over it. And all the gay apps are geared towards hook-ups. Any advice?

What do you do when you meet someone who absolutely loves some bollywood movie you find cringe. Help 😒

I have submitted needed docs to HR as per request. When can I expect salary discussion/ offer letter?

I’ve been feeling like my new project is super draining. I’m constantly working. Learning new things but my client team has some very difficult personalities. How do just not care as much?

Anyone else want to cry thinking about going back to the office? So long home cooked dinners... rumor is our firm is wanting associates back in the office June 1.

Anyone have the inside scoop on the Perkins Coie ECVC team being picked up by MoFo?

Is your firm doing anything for Election Day (or the day after, tbh?)

What’s the tech like at Latham? Does the firm offer a tech stipend (monthly, annually, etc.) and/or pay for your phone? Do you use Lenovo for laptops and iPhones or something different? What about doc management - imanage, netdocs or something else?

Update on comp (Cahill): in this morning’s State of the Firm Address, they shared that Cahill will match the above-market rate “once the dust settles.” Apparently they don’t like to make multiple announcements on compensation lol.

Any smaller ip firms / boutiques looking to hire and pay market or better?

I’m pursuing partnership for 2022 but still on the fence as to whether I really want to be a partner. Anyone else felt like this and subsequently make partner? If so, were you glad you stuck it out?

How many emails do you generally receive per day? Left for 4 days and came back with 1100 unread emails.

I was at a dinner tonight with a Partner, a Counsel, and a mid-level, and literally we had nothing to talk about but work. Like it’s all we do, every waking hour. I really feel like I have no purpose in life right now, and viewing these people as iterations of my future, it doesn’t seem like this is going to change if I stay in BigLaw. On one hand I feel too cowardly to leave BigLaw right now if a recession is occurring. On the other, life is too short for this living purgatory.

Transactional people, what is your monitor set up and why? Two horizontal monitors, one vertical and one horizontal, one ultra wide? Do you leave your laptop open and use that as a second or third monitor?

Best home desktop computer?

Any idea what Husch Blackwell compensation/hour requirement looks like in St. Louis for associates?

Anyone know of remote ECVC lateral opportunities for junior associates?

Guess I’m not the only lawyer who has watched Squid Game lately.

Watching the first two episodes made me start drafting my resignation letter. This series is so accurate also for biglaw.

Particularly touching was the scene where they could vote over getting out safely, but without money, or continue ahead with their life on the line in pursuit of the ultimate prize.

We live in a world where safety, family and happiness loses out to money and the quest for self-realization. I’m getting out.

How do you go about finding the best therapist for you? Any recommendations for therapists in NYC?

Going up for partner this year, and all signs are pretty clearly pointing at a successful outcome. As much as it pains me to admit it, I thrive on positive feedback - I feel like I am a very, very good associate and partners tell me this all the time. But when I become a partner, does this all dry up? I feel like I’m going to be going from a very exceptional associate to a very standard partner - has anyone else dealt with this?

Anyone with a US JD moved to Mexico to practice?