Has anyone ever been fired or let known they are fired from people consultant or is it always a partner? Just curious.

Layoffs. Most big firms say they're sitting on a conservative pile of cash - which I believe is true - but work will obviously not return to pre-COVID levels in the short term, probably not even in the medium term. Are Biglaw layoffs coming?

Has anyone seen firing in Deloitte India? Is there any process or employees are fired directly like few companies?

How is Lowe's India in terms of Tech Stack, Job Security and WLB.
My joining is next month, should I consider joining it as an SE, considering the current scenario of layoffs and recession in IT market.

Is severance taxed higher? I got 1 month of pay but seemed to be taxed much higher

Can you get fired for having low utilization as a senior? My billable hours this busy season have been much lower than my peers.

The partner in charge of my office had a nearly hour long conversation Tuesday with our new hire, behind closed doors. I didn’t hear yelling, but the bits I heard weren’t good. Will he be fired?

O&M Creative: more shuffling still to come? And by shuffling, I mean layoffs too.

I recently cleared all rounds of interview for Mindtree and waiting for the offer letter. However, since Mindtree has been recently acquired by LTI, is there any layoff expected to happen in Mindtree?
Kindly pls give me an idea about how the situation is now in both companies.

Hi Fishes, I've 5.7 YOE in digital marketing and i have an offer from PS for Senior Media Analyst Role in Digital Marketing Domain. After seeing all the layoff post i'm getting scared. It would be helpful if you could please let me know if anyone if fired from Digital Marketing Domain.

DOJ is Oct 31st, i dont have more time. Please comment if you know anyone from Digital Marketing.

I think I’m going to be fired tomorrow morning and I am not even sad about it.

Just heard EY is about to make more layoffs in audit too

Hi does schneider Electric layoff people.. How is job security?

Hows the industry doing in MENA right now? Any worries about a potential crash? Are firms still hiring? Based in the US and everything is tense here with the recent tech layoffs

Which agencies in San Francisco are weathering the storm the best? I haven’t seen much about layoffs or furloughs. It seems like the bigger agencies in NY have been hit harder.

Do you think it is quite possible to get fired by asking too many questions as an experienced senior 1? If so, i might get fired after this busy season.

December layoffs anywhere?

There is a Bus route timing xlxs sheet for Kolkata employees. Anyone knows how to access the sheet??

Hi Fishes,

I have been offered an on-site opportunity for Toronto, Canada. What should be the decent yearly pay in Canadian dollars that I should ask for ? I have around 6.5 yrs of experience.

I have been thinking about using my spare bedroom to earn some extra money. Has anyone tried renting out a room in their home on Airbnb? Is the money worth the effort?

What is the best elevator pitch you ever heard?

How do we get others to join Fishbowl? There are currently only 15 of us from the company and we have about 2000 employees now.

Need 11likes for dm please

Any recommendations on offline coding bootcamp in US?

Signed up for a matchmaking service a couple months ago after getting tired of the apps. And while I’ve been underwhelmed with their process so far, I finally have my first match date this weekend. Haven’t been on a date since pre-pandemic. And never been on a true blind date like this. Wish me luck.

Looking for a position in the ICU at Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, are there any recruiters out there?

Best area credit unions?

For partners with kids ~13 and up. How many sporting/music events do you find yourself missing? I’m making it work with weekend stuff, but I know as they get older more happens during the week.

I regret choosing Deloitte India over USI, salary is same but i liked the clarity of my leadership team, which is still the same they are awesome, but USI people are getting many benefits, on time Hikes and appraisals, but i don't get all of those, which is kinda depressing.
I probably should have choosen USI

I feel like working from home has been the death of my dating life. I used to at least go on 4 dates a month, and I was casually seeing a guy for a while. Post covid, I love my work-life balance but I'm never out. I can't meet people sitting at my desk, and I have no local coworkers to pull me out of the house for happy hour.

Is severance taxed higher? I got 1 month of pay but seemed to be taxed much higher

Do any of you struggle with feeling like you owe other people. Or I guess owe your employer, company, team etc to put in your best effort? I think I feel this way but to the point of it being detrimental. And I’m not sure how to fix or change it. It’s like my whole existence is a ledger i need to keep in balance (lol accounting analogy)

Good questions to ask at the end of a PE Interview?

How many days of sick leave a recently hired analyst can apply for? and will it get deducted from the annual leaves that are there? I could not find any section for sick leave in talent hub. Thank you in advance.

The wife, baby and I are moving to Greenville SC in the spring.

Would love to hear anyone’s experiences about the city and where you’d suggest we start our house search!

Is severance taxed higher? I got 1 month of pay but seemed to be taxed much higher

OTS is growing rapidly and leadership has asked us SMs to assist with recruiting. One of our needs is for cybersecurity and data privacy consultants interested in M&A e.g. CISSP, CISA, CIPP, CIPM, etc

A first for me, after 1.6 million miles. Thankful for a delay. The delay on the connector saved me a night at ord Hilton after the ludicrous delay on the first leg.t. Truly grateful united

Had an offer from Meta before going with PwC back in Jan (more money at Mgr level) but now that I’m traveling again, working longer hours, considering to apply again. Been contacted twice by the recruiter to do so, but not sure what to do… anyone have advice? Knowledge of both sides?

I have my director rounds on Monday - McKinsey. Applying for an Analyst role.
Any tips to keep in mind?

Its the last interview stage and I believe its basically a behavioral/fitment check.
Any tips/things to care of?

What’s a good side hustle ?

When did you put company email on your personal phone? First year? Second year?

Series C start up offer and they gave me two salary choices:

- 90k with 10,000 stock options
- 99k with 5,000 stock options

What do y’all think?

Why is EU trying to ban hybrid cars? It seems like a perfectly reasonable bridging solution for the next few decades (just like nuclear power which they call “renewable” lol)

Top consulting firms in the Aerospace / Aviation,l or Defense / Intelligence spaces? Looking for business or tech strategy jobs here

How is utilization calculated? What happens if we are on the bench?

I think I’m going to be fired tomorrow morning and I am not even sad about it.

Is the chase freedom flex a better deal now than CSR? Worth downgrading? I already redeemed all my points through pay yourself back

How come housekeeping at hotels is better when I forgot to leave tips in the room than when I left ~$20? This happened to me at multiple hotels worldwide 🤯

Any Bain folk willing to connect?

Bain & Company