From the Moderator:

How do we feel about Joe Biden:

(A) Declaring before hand that his VP would be a woman
(B) Selecting a black woman

Should organizations take similar action? For example declaring that their next CEO will be a woman.


All views welcome

How much and how often do you fib your billable hours? Either taking off time to help the budget, or adding time to meet your needs….

Hi friends,
I am having overall experience as 4.2 years. EY is offering me a senior consultant position. Is it a good decision to join for my experience? What would be the roles and responsibilities of a senior consultant. Need suggestions :)

What bullet points or skills to highlight to be a solid candidate for corporate strategy roles?

My father left me Rolex Datejust 36.

He bought it in late 90s but it’s still in a great shape. Inside was never cleaned. I am told that it should be cleaned every 7 years. Is that accurate? My father never got it cleaned and it seems to be working well.

How are you managing to stay sane with all the bs that's going on around us these days?

Any insight into the Sports Law Group at Proskauer Rose LA office?

Just moved to NYC. Any Manhattan dentist recommendation?

For those who have worked at multiple FAANG companies, what are the biggest differences between them?

KPMG Cyber Defense Senior Associate range?

Any agencies looking for CDs in Toronto?

Joining an MBB from a tier 2 soon, a little afraid of up or out - joining at A/AC/BA level though - any tips from other experienced hires

With inflation going up mostly due to labor costs, how much of a raise in base did you receive YoY?

what motivates you to keep going?

What are the best recruiters for Creatives in London?

Will my team/manager/skip Manager know if I apply for Microsoft job internally?

Will I be fired for using my Corporate AmEx for personal charges? I would never submit them for expense.

From the Moderator....

Week 1: July 19 to July 25
Discussion of the Week:
1. What is your understanding of affirmative action?
2. Should your company/firm/govt do it?
3. If yes to q2 have they done enough of it?

Remember to be respectful.

I’m convinced that the reason some of these firms are so prestigious is because they have intentionally exclusionary recruitment practices. I used to believe that you had to already be rich to get hired at MBB. Now being on the other side of the recruitment process , I really do feel that it rings true. I hate the way we evaluate candidates and decide on who is “high priority” during coffee chats.

From the Moderator: I would like to compile a list of questions/issues for this group to discuss... please suggest questions. I will hold them in a list and release them one per week. So The first question for the group is... what questions do you suggest this “safe zone” for all people deal with? GO!

Purpose of this group:

- A Place for everyone (black,white,other POC) to share agreeing AND disagreeing views on racial topics

- Format will be one topic each week. Please reply to this pinned post with topic suggestions.

- Moderator will put up topic weekly and be watching to promote respectful and engaging conversations including ensuring popular and unpopular opinions are welcomed.

JOIN US! converse with us, agree and disagree with us, learn with us... your voice is needed.

From the Moderator:

Week 3: August 2 to August 9

Question of the week

Pretend You’re an NBA player...

(A) Would you stand for the national anthem or kneel?
(B) How would you feel about your other players standing or kneeling?

As a reminder our goal on this bowl is to fully understand other people’s POV and to share your POV effectively so it’s fully understood. So that empathy can happen...not necessarily to change someone else’s mind. This may or may not happen.

I created this group because: there are both black and white people afraid to say what they really think. I see this as a problem because unless we can say what we truly feel we can’t identify differences and come to genuine solutions.

Suggested Format is we will deal with 1 question or topic per week. The question will be from participants. I will try to simply be a host, moderator and translator. We will lay out some ground rules to make it safe for all. I will enforce these.

From the moderator, for discussion.

Should white males be concerned that current focus on diversity will lead to negative results

If Yes, why and under what conditions
If No, why not?