Friendly reminder folks- don’t work for Havas Health and You. They cut the freelancers hourly rates, again and made it so there’s no OT. The resource manager at HOV said if I couldn’t swing $80 an hour as an HCP copywriter, she’d have to find someone else. Good luck 👍🏻

My family mistreated me when I was younger, and now that I don’t live at home, they don’t call or bother to look for me, because frankly, I think they have a hard time admitting what happened - and will never apologize to me either. If I don’t call, or occasionally go see them during the holidays, we would never talk. Some of them are growing old (health-wise), and I’m scared this entire situation is just irreparable. Has anyone ever gone through anything similar? Any advice or thoughts?

Any insight into clerkship bonuses at BakerHostetler?

How do you calculate your years of experience? Curious-if I include roles outside of my current dept I have 8. If only counting production, 3. How does that impact your salary negotiations?

Is starting salary of 70k good in retail, or am I being lowballed? MCOL city and have a couple of years of experience. I feel like this is low? What should I do?

I’ve worked for many companies involving creative traditional/digital artwork, but my last job threw my health under the bus, so now my current has very little creative work and work with databases..

My question is: what was the thing that helped you get back into a creative job?

Revamping your resume? Personal projects? Starting your own company?

I feel like there are so many doors that are open I just lose steam haha.

Hi Sharks,

Is it okay to share offer letter for renegotiation? I have already shared the CTC break up but the HR is asking for offer letter.
How can I politely decline or if I share offer letter will there be any issue?

How much will be in hand salary if Barclays gives a CTC of 25 LPA?
Is the employer contribution towards PF deducted from the CTC?

Hi Fishes ,

I am an FE with 7.1 yrs of exp looking for a change. So far I've seen the packages are boxed at 30lpa at my exp and Angular framework, I Have some exposure to AWS devOps as well. Can anyone guide if there is something missing in my profile or if I am not getting the right opportunity (excluding MANG from this discussion)

How much % hike can we expect in CitiusTech appraisal???

How is Airbus India company? specifically for the Mechanical/ Aerospace profiles (Design/ Stress)? How are the yearly hikes at Airbus?

Does anyone have experience working at Northern Trust? I’m looking to join the company on the asset management side and want to know about salary range and likelihood of promotions once you’re there. Thanks!

FCB Health? Thoughts?

I am at salary negotiation phase with accenture hiring team. Somebody give me pro tips to fetch more CTC.

Hi Anyone working atos for manulife/John Hancock insurance client. How's it in terms of work life balance, avg yearly hikes, growth and onsite opportunities.

How much does a SM for Total Wine & More makes?

Average hike in Citi in promotion year??

I have 3 years in banking and applying for a Senior Relationship Banker, I started as a teller and have had 2 promotions currently I am a Relationship Banker II. I want to make sure that I get the salary for having more responsibilities. I live in a smaller community. What would be the minimum salary for a Senior Relationship Banker?

Interested in the job market in Charlotte. What are you guys doing (role), company, and how much do you currently make?

Gonna bite and post in here even though it’s scary! I’m just having a tough time getting over my 3 year relationship. I’ve been spending weeks trying to pin point where things went wrong. He was very cold to me in the end and completely cut me off so suddenly. I was going through some personal issues this summer related to family & work that made me quite stressed & anxious. I tried my best to not let it show but you can’t help what you feel when you’re struggling. When he broke up (cont…)

Has anyone interviewed for a Data Scientist position at Facebook and have any advice on the coding and product sense interview?

So, I just joined a startup. No processes, no clear strategy, just one goal: selling. Getting leads. When ever I try to build a strategy, they (founders) swamp me with blablabla stories and not a single action plan. Is this the usual at startups? Also,no real company culture. At all. No HR. I am reaaaally struggling to get a sense of belonging here. What should I expect?? Tia

I’m interviewing for a start up and the role sounds interesting. Usually for the “test” part of the interview I’ve had to analyze data. This company wants me to develop a growth strategy that outlines key initiatives for growth, different opportunities, experiments I’d run, KPIs, and working cross-functionally.

Is this a lot for an interview?

I’m a little afraid of doing all this work to then just have them take my ideas and not hire me.

What would be the best way to learn alteryx? It’s so expensive…

Can anybody please suggest me how to get an offer letter and how to apply for jobs in Australia while residing in India? I am looking for a job in Australia. Currently working in a big4 company.

Anyone from McKinsey who can give a refferal for a job ?

I joined on Nov 2020 in EY GDS as Senior 1,so when I will be getting progression for senior 2?

Howz the work life balance of a Senior Consultant in tech consulting in a client facing role?
Skills: Java 8, Spring Boot.

Please do answer with respect to EY India only.

Role will be as a tech lead in java development team.

Client probably HSBC.

Few days left in Notice Period.

Any firms cut salaries, bonuses, or staff lately? I feel like it’s coming..

Anyone ever heard of the firm Spire law?

Welcome to the Philosophy bowl! The goal of this bowl is to discuss principles in philosophy that we can apply to our lives and fortify ourselves for life using our collective knowledge. It is also to help one another as we all struggle at different points in our lives. Personally, philosophy has served as my northern star that I use to navigate through life’s storms. Hope you all enjoy and please share this bowl with anyone that you believe will benefit. I will be posting later today

Welcome everyone.
Will be posting some great resources soon.

Please feel free to invite your friends, Any mentors who would be interested in joining and contributing to the community 🙂

HR shared offer letter yesterday and sent linkdin request. How to deal with this situation as he can track my activity like ( likes on job post opportunity, Open for work etc..)
Note - 2 month of notice period to serve to get counter offer

PLS Give me 11 likes so I can DM

Time to update the website. Squarespace? Any other recommendations or tips? Thanks!

Hey freelancers, looking for shooters and editors in Chicago for an upcoming job. Please sound off or drop your recos below!

Has anyone used an online accountant/back end company to manaage all of your invoices, billing, taxes, etc?

I’m debating using Collective or Bench but would love real reviews.

I’m on my first big freelance project and could use some help. I was asked to estimate the number of days on project with limited information, but once I got into it, the bigger scope was revealed. This, along with delays from the client means it’s taking much longer to complete.
How do you navigate this type of situation?

I’ve been dabbling with the idea of getting into copywriting as something to soon the side but I have no experience doing it. What steps should I take (books to read, gigs to start with or pursue, etc) if I want to go from $0 and next to ) experience to $40k or so a year?

Right now I’m currently unemployed and taking a break from my fine art stuff to try to get back into tech sales, but I was looking to expand my skill set and also generate extra money at the same time.

Do you guys ever accept project rates? I’ve never really heard of that and I’m suspicious.

How would you rate the freelance market at the moment? I’ve recently quit fulltime, and beyond a couple of my own (LLC) short client projects - I’ve had zero agency freelance over the summer.
I have 10 years exp (2.5 as CD on well known brands) at respected agencies, and some awards.
What am I doing wrong? I left FT to address some long term burnout, but now I’m afraid if this continues - I’ll have to go back full time, without even snagging a FL gig. 🫤

Anyone looking for a good accountant for freelancers? (I have one.)

Anyone know of any freelance opportunities for a junior/associate strategist with a project or two behind their belt (or how new to freelancing actively works)? Would love to chat thanks

Hi everyone. Looking for freelancers in NYC and LA to work as business developers for the photo/film industry for our website. Work your own hours. High comms. Please message if you d like more info.

Does anyone here freelance (in design or deckmaking) on top of their full time position? How does that work?

What would a fair day rate be for a pharma/health agency? Also, is it worth taking the gig just for money? I have other gigs to put in my book. Thanks!

No matter how many years I’ve freelanced, I still find it difficult to accurately (and fairly) predict how many hours a project will take in order to bid on it (and bake in revisions). Any tips or tricks out there?

Is it normal to still have to go into the office even if it’s just two days a week with this new variant spreading?

Need some advice. Current gig is 40hrs/week but work is drying up and they want to move to 5-10hrs/week. How would that even be structured? I don’t want to be “on call” for 5-10 random hours. My instinct tells me to just let the whole thing go but what do y’all think?

Is there mass layoffs happening in the industry right now? Is the rumour true? Are we back in a recession?

After 10 years of working as a FTE PM/producer I’ve now been laid off (thanks Covid) and am looking to start freelancing for the first time. What advice do you have for a new freelance PM/producer?
Also, what kind of insurance do you take out as a freelancer?

Do you send gifts when a outside recruiter places you? If so, what kind? Thanks.

I'm looking for advice from those who have freelanced remotely with an international agency.

I'm based in NYC and have had firms in Canada and England reach out about projects. The agencies have offices in the US but I would be working w/ their international teams (servicing US based clients). I've asked for my standard rate in USD converted to their currency.

Any advice on the best way to get paid? Have you asked to get paid by the US office instead? Any watch-outs for tax season?

TIA!