How do you not feel guilty when protecting your work-life balance? I am annualizing about 200 hours over my billable requirement and accept new work when asked 99% of the time, but yet I feel guilty leaving the office at 4pm to do family stuff after billing a full day and being on track for all of my projects. Please help.

Morning me is so optimistic, everyday she is like "Yes I will accomplish everything on my list, AND add 5 new things, AND sign up to lead this new initiative, AND take that fun sounding virtual training, AND make healthy snacks and lunches, AND be finished with my workday by dinner time so I can go grocery shopping and make a healthy dinner!"

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Right now I'm in Notice period(tcs)..My Client is citi..they want me to join them. My YOE 1yr 10Month and I want to switch to different technology (angular/tableau) but I don't have much knowledge and hands-on exp.. Now I already have an offer of 8lpa ..how much salary should I ask Citi as I don't want to work on the same old reporting tool developmen thing?

Also kindly tell me yearly Hike , WLB, WFH facilities about citi banks 😊

How is work life balance in HF/PE tax in private?

Hi fishes, I have recently joined Infosys as Test Analyst with a 9Lpa package. I don't want to join any client project and want to join some internal project where there will be less work so as I can prepare for government jobs. Is it possible? Which are the units for less work pressure in Infosys

Likely getting an offer soon - already have planned vacation starting Tuesday until the new year. Do I give notice before I get the written offer/background check so I can leave before holidays but risk offboarding during vacation or give notice my first day back? At a startup so not sure if they'd want me out asap (cash strapped) or expect me to stay 2 weeks. I dont care much about pay, more about optimizing my time before next job (burnt out)

How is wlb balance in global logic?
Got an offer of 30Lpa.
Tech stack : test automation, 9 yeo overall.

Anyone working at Autodesk ? How is the work life balance , work culture , hike percentage on appraisal there . Thanks in advance .

Do you all actually enjoy fed work?

Anyone have experience with DataRobot? Just got a great DS offer from them but seeing some red flags in WLB/culture ...

I’m expecting to go on maternity leave this summer, but I hate working at my current company. The work is uninspiring, the people are mediocre and I feel myself torn between quitting and finding a new job, but possibly losing paid leave, OR, sticking it out and taking mat leave then quitting. Any advice or insights?

What does work-life balance look like in the Corporate Strategy group? Average hours / week, weekend work?

Is it possible to get 120K per annum in the Netherlands with 11 years of experience for a Senior C++ developer ? If so, which are some of the high paying companies (with a good wlb) ? The candidate is already in the Netherlands & working here.

How is wlb in ey gds for ct_practice?

Curious about non-US attorneys: are you working the crazy hour weeks most of us in the US do? Or are your weeks closer to 40 hours? I hear a lot about the working hour caps, vacation requirements, etc in Europe/Canada. Curious if that flows into legal practice... or if it gets ignored. To clarify—I’m talking about BigLaw. I’m sure there are smaller firms with reasonable hours, the same exists in the US.

Can a person from tax transition to a controller position?

Starting an IVF cycle shortly; and feeling very anxious. My period, which is usually within 25-28 days hasn’t started yet. It is 14 days late (and no, I am not pregnant :). My doctor had me patching 4 estrogen patches everyday for 10 days.
Has anyone else gone through this? Delayed period because of IVF stress? Or delayed period because of estrogen patches?
I don’t know what to make of all of this. Any help/ guidance would be great!

Ladies, do you like getting flowers or would you prefer getting something else? And what would the something else be (in a comparable price range?

Thank y’all for starting this bowl! Newly expecting mama here 🤰🏾I’ll be 11 weeks tomorrow! My husband and I are praying that I give birth to healthy 🤴🏾 or 👸🏾. I look forward to learning from this group!

Alright fellow T&E submitters of the DMV, I’ve been dealing with this back and forth since I started in this region. Where do I submit as my location for T&E? I live in one, work in another, and my home office is in another. I always get a different answer. Is there a policy because I haven’t found it?

What's the new age scene like in Austin? Coming from Portland and I'm missing my fellow mystics.

Those that switched from security consultant to security engineer, how did you do it?

What resources would you recommend to find a full time nanny in Houston? Any specific websites, services, groups or places that have worked for you in the past?

The 3rd precinct building in Minneapolis is on fire. PD abandoned it.

Anyone else feel like partners intentionally ignore emails to look less available? They definitely read the email, but don’t choose not to respond

I’m a Middle Eastern male and quite ashamed of it honestly. I feel it may set me back often in the corporate world. Not sure how to address this. 😣😢

Why don’t Americans like roll-on style deodorant? It goes on easily and dries quickly and doesn’t stain your T-shirts but there’s only ever two brands that offer it on a shelf of dozens and dozens of deodorant options. And why does the deodorant here smell so strong? It’s a weird cultural difference I wasn’t expecting and now I’m spending mad $$ to get decent deodorant shipped to me from abroad.

How’s everyone spending their Labor Day weekend?

Looking for 3-5 year litigator, preferably with insurance or fin services experience (but not a deal breaker). IH opportunity in LA area with hybrid work arrangement, collegial environment, and good bene’s. HMU if you’d like to chat. Cheers.

I started working at a real estate office about 2 weeks ago and my boss is demanding I give him access to my personal phone since it's the one I use for work. Is it me or is this an insane request?

Has anyone purchased the St Regis mattress. Does it worth it?

New hire here, orientation kept mentioning it being a 3 day week. Are we off 7/1-7/5?

For anyone working with the Ottawa office, how is the environment there

Any book recommendations for someone starting as an associate in cap markets to get a better feel for the field?

Anyone else get annoyed hearing Vampire Weekend’s song “Who Gives a F* About an Oxford Comma” play in their head every time you have to fight the instinct to use one?

How many billable hours do you aim for per month? Thinking of lateraling to a firm with no official hours target and wondering what I should be aiming for - is 170/mo (2000 per year) acceptable? Don’t want to burn out but also don’t want to get fired lol. I also understand there’s little control over how much I’ll work but just wondering what y’all think is good enough.

Any tips for making friends within my class year as a lateral? Most of the people in my class year have been together for three years now including their law school summers, and it feels hard to break into their dynamic

Hard for me to read text far away after a couple years of being an associate. What can I do to improve my vision other than glasses, contacts, or lasik?

Is it normal to struggle with the transition to starting your first legal job? I did all the things - graduated law school, passed the bar, started at the big law firm that gave me my SA offer 2 years ago… Now, I’m feeling miserable. It’s only been 2 weeks and I’m not particularly enjoying work. I was totally burnt out on law school at the end and it was a struggle to finish. I figured I was just “over” the law school grind. Now I wonder if I’m actually “over” the law. (Cont’d below)

Working Canadian big law. Really burnt out and not enjoying work. Very understaffed and work product is suffering. Partners not hiring new associates, classic toxic work/availability expectations etc etc. have an opportunity to work with a boutique firm, make same amount making now but plus % of billables. Smaller deals and less sophisticated but opportunity to help grow the firm and be more entrepreneurial. Weekends generally protected and lower yearly target. What would you do?

I’m feeling so anxious. Never had a problem with anxiety prior to starting biglaw. Running 5 deals at once (m&a midlevel) and don’t know how much more I can take.

Are written reviews always positive, or can you generally tell the direction of your in-person review from the tenor of the written review?

I’m working as an associate at a mid-size firm of about 140 attorneys, but was just offered a position with an AM 100 as a staff attorney with the possible bump to associate within a year. Is this a good move? Billable hours and salary are the same the first year. Any advice is appreciated!

Anyone ever register an expensive car in Montana under a LLC to avoid taxes?

How do you know if partners like you? How do you know if you have adequate mentors in your office?

Just got an email that my bonus would be docked by $50 per day per occurrence for not logging in my time entries to be equal to 7 hours. WTF. I hate this shit. What do you all do when you bill 12 hours one day and 4 hours the next day? No chance in hell I’m logging 3 hours of vacation time for the difference!

Also, fuck you timesheets.

Diligence of organizational documents. What do you look for?