Good luck to all the fish trying to get home tonight - esp ORD

Anyone work at Instrument’s PDX office? Just applied for the Senior Strategist position. Have both UX and Brand experience. What’s it like to work there? Looking to move back to the PNW!

Now that it’s officially peach season. Best peach things (fresh peaches, peach drinks, etc.) and where to find them in ATL?

Cisco

Pros:

- fairly decent place to work (from someone who worked with the Vancouver and San Jose offices). never met a blue badger (permanent employee) who had awful things to say.

- Ashley Goodall (their SVP, Methods & Intelligence) co-authored a brilliant book on leadership and people management called “Nine Lies About Work” that makes me believe they can be an awesome place to work

Cons:

- red badgers had low morale since they’re contract workers and can be terminated at any time

Hi peeps! Trying to get into biking as a sport but I don’t which bike to start with or where to find a bike club. I’m in the DFW area. Recommendations welcome and appreciated!

Moving to the area for work and was wondering if I live off of the San Bernardino metrolink line, when I bring the train in to Union Station and then transfer to the LA metro system, will I end up ...

Hey all! Looking for job opportunities! Prefer fully remote or Hybrid (around ATL)
- 2 years in Program Management (Sr PM)
- 4.5 years in Distribution Ops Manager Roles
- 5 years in Pipeline Operations/Analyst Role

Looking for a career in program management or recruitment… or anything in between.

DM me for more details and resume. Thanks for stopping by!

Which SF neighborhoods to consider? Lady 🐠 looking for safe 1br with public transit / walking accessibility to FiDi and not far from SFO. Hoping to spend $3k-$3300, but could go up to $3500.

I have an impromptu review tomorrow and am hoping to negotiate a higher salary as my role has been expanded since hired, and we have lost a designer with no intention of hiring anyone to fill the position. Hoping to get some comparable salaries to see where I stand and what to ask for.

Sr Graphic Designer
10 years experience
With the company for 3.5 years (6 months full-time and 3 years as a freelance designer)
Salary is currently $75,000
10% yearly bonus
I’m in KC. Company is in San Diego.

(1/2) People who work in the Bay Arae peninsula (Menlo Park) and live in the east bay- which is a good place to buy a house, upcoming, easy to rent or Airbnb in case I have to move back to my country! Prefer single family home as young as possible.
1- brentwood
2- Pleasanton
3- Dublin (expensive)
4- San Ramon (very expensive)
5- what else?

Hi all, I am trying to DCA bi-weekly into Vanguard ETFs, (VO, VTI etc). It seems like Fidelity does not support auto buying of non-Fidelity ETFs. So I was wondering which of these options you think is best?

1. Open a Vanguard Invest account
2. Look for Fidelity ETFs that are similar to Vanguard ETFs
3. Use smaller brokerages like SoFi l, Robinhood etc.

I really do not want to manage nor be active. My goal is to log-in like once every 6 months.

Thank you all.

Looking to move to San Antonio and we're looking at places in Alta Vista and El Dorado. Pros and cons? We have two kids under five, so looking for a nice family community with good schools.

Anyone in DFW want to do something this weekend? Just moved here and I have no friends here 😢

Got an offer as a Senior 2 in EY’s FAAS practice for $117,500 base and $12,500 bonus. Home office is San Francisco. Is this expected for that position? Any insights?

140K including OTE in mid market sales.

Hi People,
Please let me know if teams in Novartis are helpful to newbies! Does Novartis have an agile or a standalone working environment.

Do people get help in code if they get stuck anywhere in any project?

Await replies🙂

Are there any sand volleyball courts in DFW that keep lights on at night. I've tried Sandbar and Sports Garden but they are really crowded and you can't even bring water inside.

Do people 4-5 years out of b-school still put GMAT scores on resume? I have other markers of academic qualifications (schools, GPAs) on there, but wondering if should add standardized test score.

To those of you who are planning to apply to MBA: Make sure you choose your recommender CAREFULLY. Really evaluate the person you’re requesting the letter from, their personality, and their relationship with you. You don’t want to be back stabbed like me 🙃

Why do you think ZS canceled the internship for the '23 batch? AFAIK they did not do this even during the pandemic. Are the full-time campus placement offers also in danger of being revoked?

SO excited about the new iPhone 14! I currently own an 11 Pro Max and never really upgraded because this one was still fine, but I feel like I want something newer. Has anyone purchased the 14 yet?

It's the year 2050. What headlines do we have in the news?

Hi All,

Currently I'm serving Notice period
LWD: 13 December
Yoe : 2 years
Skill set: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Mybatis, PostgreSQL, Rest APIs, keycloak, spring cloud gateway
Would any one please refer me if any suitable opportunity is available.

Is a hair and makeup trial really necessary? It seems like such a waste of money.

Feeling low these past months. I've been trying to make friends with some people in the project I got assigned to but it doesn't seem to work. They're a closely-knit group. I'm trying to look for...

I recently had a specialist partner send me a fairly nasty email after I (a transactional first year) was told to ask them to review something ASAP that had clearly been on my partner’s radar for over a week. Why am I taking the (honestly justified) blame for this? Surely it should be obvious that I’m just the messenger here.

So I have been seeing a guy for 4 months. We have a pay disparity.. he earns less than I do (by quite a bit). He has mentioned a few times that he’s worried I’ll get bored of him when I know he can’t afford the same things I can. I think we are beginning to move past this, but now he’s starting to mention things like ‘I am really broke this month’, and last weekend he told me his mum has lost her job and he’ll have to probably pay her rent. I have a lot of sympathy for his situation … tbc

What do you think would happen if during my mid year review today I disputed any negative feedback as 'fake news"?

When do you switch from first-year to second-year at your firm in terms of salary - at the end of the firm’s fiscal year or January 1? For context, my firm’s fiscal year ends in November and the annual billing requirements restart then.

Looking for non- fiction book recommendations. I just read Shoe Dog and loved it.

I get along with people up to the senior manager level, half the directors, and very few of the partners.

Why are partners usually the hardest to deal with / interact with?

How long will I last in this industry?

KPMG US announces deep pension and 401k benefit cuts. And no raises unless your one of the few being promoted.

Anyone else checking this more than FB, Twitter,etc...?

Does anyone become more jaded towards their company / being in consulting by being on this app / seeing what is posted in their company bowl? I feel like this is the place to talk about things we typically wouldn’t talk about in the larger workplace setting (which is great, don’t get me wrong), but can’t help but feel that this app definitely helps me see the ugly side (more so than the nice side) of consulting.

Do people, especially those a bit older and in senior positions, really notice looks? And are they nicer to good-looking people?

Shit Consultants Say.....

Want to warn stakeholders that their hostile, posturing emails with our main client CC'd is only going to backfire (main client ❤️ us). emails will no joke prob get some of them fired. #restructuring

Any tips on making returning to work a success? I had a 6month break due to personal reasons, and will now start a new role leading teams. I got 4YOE, and feel like my brain has turned to mush. Anyone had a similar situation? Any tips greatly appreciated!

What do people in PE ops do?

Best exit opportunities from boutique Econ consulting. In labor practice.

How is M&A right now? Is this industry currently short of work or short staffed? Trying to figure out what my chances are to get in

Has anyone used any softwares that make it easier to walkthrough a Google slides template or PowerPoint in away that makes it easy to hit the commonly changed items? I have customers monthly that need the same intro presentation and have a templates deck but it’s annoyingly time consuming to go through every section each time to make sure I don’t miss anything

To the moon…Oh I mean back to earth. Sigh 😞

I know Mck is the top for strategy, but in terms of digital/design in top consulting firms which do you think is better? Mckinsey digital or deloitte digital? (Or another..?)

I’m so bored during this pandemic, I’m starting to consider having kids at some point.