Has anyone ever been coached/talked to regarding your appearance? As in 'you need to look more professional'? Or is that cosidered not PC?

Any folks have tips of navigating connecting with colleagues while WFH when it’s potentially awkward and debilitating? 🥴

Any other junior in-house lawyers report to non-lawyers?? How do you deal with it? My boss has worked in law their entire career but is not a lawyer. It is a struggle because they are not as responsive and quick, lack knowledge of law (i.e., may misstate the law and misguide internal clients), among other things.

Looking at relocating for spouses new job to Detroit from LA. Any tips? Warnings? Stay where I am? Over saturated with PMs?

Elderly account woman who wears flip-flops to work, I want to throw my shoe at you.

I love when I get a "thx" response, because what could be more heartfelt than those three letters after slaving away all night on a project.

MDs - do you insist that nurses / staff / patients refer to your title as Dr. so and so; or do you allow people to address you by your first name?

How big of a red flag is it that a company doesn’t have a marketing strategy/plan in place? I’ve been asking for this from my director but alway get some type of an excuse so I’m starting to believe there isn’t one. We are a company with over 200+ employees and 4+ locations

How do you deal with clients who act like they know more than you even though they don't?

My performance review is coming up. My manager never asks me how I am doing. Our 1:1s are 90% about work & ongoing projects and 10% about his life. But I am planning to share some constructive feedback with him on his micromanagement style and him being very prescriptive with his direction. How could I best approach the conversation? Thanks!

How do you tell a non-data background manager that you can’t just build prediction models out of anything!

I tweet during the day between tasks and my boss recently followed me. Will he think I'm slacking if he sees me tweeting constantly?

Is it me or my manage? My manger says one thing and then expects me to do the exact opposite.

Just came back today to the office from a 3 day bereavement leave. Performance reviews were apparently done Tuesday. Senior partner who does the reviews left out of town Wednesday. Concerning?

Moved to industry. Boss is a former consultant and extremely picky. Gives vague instructions for analysis but has something in mind already. If I don’t hit when he was thinking, he scraps my analysis. Anyone ever experience this? More stressed than in consulting

How do you deal with a coworker who never gives you a straight answer?
I ask him a question and he just starts rambling about irrelevant things for 20mins. I don’t want to be rude, so I ask nicely again but he does this same thing. Wtf is wrong with him 😅 just say you don’t know if you don’t know bro

What do you do when a store manager let's a cashier.walk all over the assistant manager? Dm isn't any help. I'm at my wits end! Store manager sticks up for cashier every single time. I've offered to give that cashier my keys . I'm so done with trying to do right, only to have manager make up excuses.

2nd month into current job at an SME.
Culture is weird to say the least.
Owner’s wife is in charge of HR.
Broke the meeting room door when opening it.
Colleagues are saying I should draft a letter of apology and offer to compensate if I’m planning to stay in this company.

A little background on why they’re saying that. There was once a stain on the carpet of their previous office. The employees were made to fork out the bill for the cleaning.

Continued in the comments.

Any advice for explaining the risks of a situation without management thinking I’m weak or not being aggressively fighting for their position?

How are transformation teams in JPMorgan chase? Going through the interviews and loved the people I spoke to so far. Strategy consultant in deloitte currently

How long is the hiring process at Amazon from the time you apply to the time you get an offer letter?

what’s the culture like for TAS at RSM in Denver? Salary expectations for a senior associate?

Any ideas on first year salary/bonus (if any) for an M&A tax in Dallas at Kpmg? I’m interning in a different city and trying to transfer for my full time offer so I’m trying to get an idea of what to expect. If you know what other firms are at that would be helpful too.

Hello fishes, can capg extend joining date for 1.5 months more? I was about to get release in 1 month but my current company is now deny to release? Pls help with ur inputs

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.

Any info on Lifeline Ambulance in Commerce, CA? Would love any insight!

What are the chances of lateraling from BCG as a principal to McK/Bain as an ~AP equivalent? I’m a BCG lateral hire in the US that was just promoted but almost never get to work in the industry where I have the most interest/expertise. Would be interested in switching if I could get back to my industry. Is it possible at this level? Would appreciate any advice.

How to start as a freelance producer? I am making the switch from agency producer to freelance. Any advise or guidance is much appreciated!

Just got into a full time grad program for international affairs that starts in January of 2021. (completely changing careers). I need to stay working at my firm until then and possible after to get the billable hours for my CPA. I passed all 4 exams and I refuse to give let that go to waste...... how do I tell my employer I'll be going to school in a way that they'll still let me work part time? Extremely nervous they're just going to let me go.

Any good idea for venues for a group event that would be fun and interactive as opposed to just a happy hour? Similar to spin on 23rd.

DDD is up 80% today....just sold half of my shares to lock in some profit. I’m new to this selling game (have always been a long holder). Is it a good strategy to wait for it to dip back and buy more? Or am I not doing the Math right here...

Any suggestions on fields and jobs to apply to as a transitioning teacher? I was thinking about getting my Scrum Master certification but open to learn of other certifications or fields that I should be looking at as a transitioning teacher. All feedback is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

How do you present copywriting for a client's website?

What should I do for consevative strategy of investment. I invested in RE before and never had time and brush up my knowledge in stock other than puting to my 401k. Now my paychecks per month is $10k. I spend maybe $3k for expense and misc stuffs. What is the best way to put maybe $3k to work? Buying big giant stocks? Or just some funds? Or maybe I should just put all of them in to work? I never take that much of the risk. I have home equity for emergency fund. Thanks!

One watch collection: BB58 Blue vs BB58 original (black/gilt)?

Hi Fish,

I could see, there are many of Product Management Trainings and workshops available (paid courses and free). Like:
1. Product School
2. Pragmatic Marketing
3. Lean Pitch
4. Institute of Product Leadership
5. The Product Folks
....

Please add any other good institution, and also comment, which is good to go for Product Management certifications.

Anyone drove fr Vegas to Grand Canyon or horseshoe bend? Was the drive easy? I'm scare of circling road and high slopes.

Should I get the Apple Watch 6 or wait to see if they announce an Apple Watch 7 later this year?

I am going into my second year as a tax senior associate. Just got off the phone with a recruiter from industry discussing their current tax openings. At RSM, we will likely be finding out our raises in the next week or two. If my estimate of my raise is correct, the industry position will be about $5k more. Is this worth it to leave public accounting?

If you’re interested in TAS (FDD) and would like to join a midsized firm, let me know! We’re pretty much all remote, but it ultimately depends on your home office.

Going to Manhattan next weekend. What are must dos? Where must I eat? *First time on the East Coast

If I'm forced to use my vacation, floater, etc. towards my study leave for CFE but I have vacation booked for right after CFE, will PwC still let me take that vacation as a "leave of absence"?

What kind of referral bonus are people at EY getting for bringing in a FAAS senior?

Any insights on Travel/ vacation perks at PwC? Any airfare discounts or Hotel discounts?

Any last min tips for REG? I take it on Monday 😩

Has anyone used the EY tax Chat services to file their taxes? Considering using the service to save myself the time of doing my taxes and the $150 discount seems like the service is reasonably priced

I pursued a career in accounting because I like numbers and solving accounting problems. I did not pursue it to look at fucking internal controls and document IPE all day. I feel fucking duped.

I feel like I’m wasting my early to mid twenties away by slaving away here. Working saturdays is awful. I want to be out traveling or meeting with friends and family that live out of town

What's the best way to transition into Finance or Treasury positions from Accounting?

While obviously subjective and personal, does anyone have an opinion on best engagement ring carat size? Kind of looking for that all around size that isn’t does look so large realism is questionable / could get your finger cut off on the subway, but large enough where you won’t be moved to “upgrade” later in life if you were a partner with a country club membership and all that. Just a nice lifetime sized stone for an upwardly mobile professional.

Is it possible to be “partner track” without drinking the Kool Aid? More appropriately, to be a senior that sticks around until manager?

Respect and honor to all the PAs out there!!! Partners you’ve been doing this for far too long and mastered the ‘art’; Directors/managers, come on! Step it up!!!; seniors, the unsung HEROS!!!, staff..

That horrible feeling when you realize you forgot your headphones at home.

To those who have switched firms, how did it go?