How do you know if you are ready to live alone?

Haven’t seen bf in over 3 months due to COVID. Lately, he’s been pushing to see me but I don’t feel comfortable because he hasn’t been quarantining. He makes it sound like if I’m not willing to go see him might as well breakup. Any advice?

So much baggage brought into the relationship. 2 years in and just discovered a whole lot more. Its been mentally extremely difficult and it’s changed me as a person. Just venting but feel hopeless and I know my SO is suffering. Wish there was a solution but I’m losing hope

My kids were really upset with me when I told them that my job as an engineer did not mean that I drove trains for a living

Almost 18 weeks pregnant with no end in sight for fatigue and nausea. This week, my brain has added the stress of who will watch my toddler while I go into labor. Husband I have no family nearby and don’t want them to fly out and come stay with us either. What’s everyone else in similar situations doing?

Anyone stuck in an unhappy marriage? How do you deal with loneliness of this profession and complicated family life

Secretly glad October is coming to a close. I have two friends doing "Sober October" and I love them but it's insufferable. They keep saying things like "Ugh this is so hard, I don't know how you ...

Out of curiosity, have people in your firms reached out to colleagues with family in India to see if they are okay/how they can help? Feel so stressed thinking about my family there but feel awkward bringing it up at work since no one has mentioned it.

I am trying to write a stock letter to send to parents everyday that their child does not come to virtual learning sessions. I have been told by administration that even though I have spoken to parents and know why students are not coming to zoom classes, that we still need to contact them everytime they dont come. For some of my students this is everyday due to parent work schedules and disability issues.
Is anyone else having this trouble? What are you saying to parents to cover yourself?

Boyfriend and I have been dating for ~1.5 years and we still only spend weekends together. I want to move in together at the 2 year mark but bf thinks it’s too soon... just feels our relationship is stagnant and not going anywhere. Any thoughts from ppl who’ve gone through similar situations?

Friends are ignoring me after they got promoted and I didn't. Really didn't think I would see this day :( How should I handle this?

My fiancé will NOT stop talking about her ex. After I found out they were texting arguing she justified it by saying it was about the dogs and not them. Even though Her social media is full of his pics. She still sends him $50 a month for dog food, still goes to work right by his place and suspiciously needs keys. I try to bring it up and I get dismantled for being too mean and making “false accusations.” How much more obvious can it be?

Family luddites ask about my work and immediately behave annoyed when I start to answer.

Does anyone have family members who constantly demand money because they feel like you’re rich now because you’re a lawyer? I’ve always wanted to be in a position to help my family but we all live in the high COL city so my salary doesn’t carry me as far as it would elsewhere. I’ve given a detailed summary of all of my expenses yet every month one family member in particular comes to me for rent money (not some, the full amount, and they refuse to get a job). It has become quite the burden.

First-gen grad students, does your family put pressure on you to succeed? It feels like our relationship is them just bugging me about my work. I’d love some advice, I miss my fam.

SO said he couldn’t receive letters during Ranger School, but finding info online that I can send. Any insight? Maybe he doesn’t want the distraction?

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.

With the holidays fast approaching, I can't help but wonder why I've pigeonholed myself into a career path that keeps me away from family at crazy hours and days. I miss birthdays, holidays; you name it. Three years in, I can see why divorce rates are so damned high.

As holidays come around, the family has upped their questions about when we are having kids and why we haven’t yet. Doesn’t help that my sibling with one other kid just announced her second pregnancy. Definitely happy for her, but don’t feel like I need to explain to the whole family that we are struggling.

Has anyone started a new job while expecting a child? I'm thinking about it but could use some input from people with experience.

Home for the weekend, and I'm find it more and more difficult to relate to my old high school friends. Anyone else feel this way?

Hi fishes,

I have been given rank 42(senior tech lead 3) for my 12+ years of experience . Is that correct one ? I'm not much aware of the ranking and designation in EY, could you tell me if this is corect or should I ask something else for my experience? I am yet to accept the same as I got confused with the designation

Does Cognizant reimburse monthly Broadband expenses?

Anyone heard about Telstra?
How it will be for java developer with IoT knowledge?

White collar folks - how busy are you guys now?

When a new type of project comes in and you get assigned as the PM to “figure out” the project plan, how do you go about resource allocation? Sometimes I struggle to know what the team configuration should even be, because we’ve never done said project type before. It’s hard to know what type of people should be assigned, and at what % time, when there isn’t a preexisting process or work breakdown structure for the deliverables I’m being handed to “manage.” How do/would you handle?

I work in a women's health clinic- "Dense" brease tissue has become a hot topic for our patients! I
feel like it comes up multiple times weekly!

How would you answer the question "Why do you want to switch to data science?" during an interview?

Hi Fishes,
Good day!
Can you please refer me in your company for Automation QA role?
Location - Mumbai
Exp - 7 years
Skills- Selenium, Java, Cucumber, Automation and Manual Testing

Anyone familiar with the startup Hey Jane? I have an interview with them but I’m nervous of job security

It's funny how Democrats are getting absolutely rocked in this election but still want to make jokes. Must be in that numb phase

Anyone received offer from ZS recently?

Hi Guys,

I have an offer from Naggaro and Samsung SDS ,Can you please suggest which one to join reviews on Glassdoor are very confusing . I am 6.2 YOE guy .

Bajaj finance is extending an offer to me for Pune location of 16 LPA fixed. My current fixed is 11 LPA. Is this offer good enough ?
Tech stack: Machine learning, Python, R, PowerBI, Basic SQL.
YoE - 3 years

Can someone suggest if fixed pay is fair or low or high according to current standards. If it's low, how high should I quote to HR

I got offered an Executive Transactional Diligence role EY in London for £52.5k. Is that low? That is currently lower than what I earn in audit? Thank you

I've been allocating 100% of my Roth IRA funds to Vanguards target retirement fund 20XX. Should I keep doing this or do I need to start getting into VTI/VOO/VTSAX as everyone in this bowl is so fond of?

So, I work in an agency, but recently someone reached out to me for freelance writing work. I guess it'll be long form ad copy, as they're asking me for a rate per word...
I have no idea what's standard here

Hi.. I'm currently working as Data Analyst in TVS. Most of my work in Advanced Excel only. How can I move forward myself into Data Science by learning new technologies or any courses? Please guide me

I'm not going to get back 5 hours of my life.

Watched "Indian Matchmaking". Full of incredulous stereotypes that I abhor. Indian here, btw.

What do you tell yourself when you’ve had the worst day?

i think we have finally squeezed out all the happy-go-lucky advertisers from this bowl and digitally transformed it into a consultant and lawyer cesspool... mission accomplished

How long did you take off time from COVID?

Has anyone ever outsourced a portion of their own work and passed it off as their own? I would love to hear some stories...

What's the best way Calm app has helped you?

For people who live alone, how are you staying motivated? I’ve been feeling more depressed lately and really need some advice to get through this whole wfh thing

Does anyone feel like they don’t want to go back to normal? On the one hand, absolutely I want to. I miss seeing friends, dressing up, going out, and traveling for work. On the other hand I have saved so much money over the past year, spent a lot more time with family than I would have ever been able to, and actually rested and been able to focus on my wellness (started therapy and treatment for a chronic condition.)

Hi BAL has submitted my H1B on 04/24 and yet to receive the receipt number. How soon the attorney will update the receipt number?

Home office preference question. I am getting ready to redo the layout of my home office. One option I'm considering would have my desk facing a wall. I am wondering if anyone with this current setup has any feedback about it. I would face the wall so that I would have a better background for video conferences (am on about half the day) and also my cord situation would be cleaner.

Who else hates their job and wants to shove their boss’ head in the toilet?

Not to get philosophical... but why is life unfair? In both the micro and macro ways? My example - One of my parent’s is somewhat recently deceased, and the loss has made my living parent unstable...

Let’s talk office set ups. I am looking at a Uplift standing desk as my big splurge because I have back issues, and the room I work in has horrible lighting so I’m considering some sort of selfie light ring type thing that I can clip to my monitor. Anyone have feedback on either the desk or a light they like, or any other ergo friendly home office hacks you’ve found helpful?

Does anyone know the Salesforce vaccination policy? Only for those returning to the office? What about new hires?

Got a lot of “undeliverable” packages lately on Amazon. Anyone with similar issue?

Moving to another country soon, any tips on how to prioritize stuff when packing? Gonna take 2 check -in and 1 hand luggage

Anyone else have trouble filing their 2022 return because the IRS is still screwing around with their 2021 return?? Just tried to file and it was rejected because my PY AGI doesn’t match but it quite literally does. It’s not my fault the IRS hasn’t bothered to process it in the past 12 months. This is so frustrating.