Thermo Fisher Scientific How robust is the background check?

Guys, what platform do you use to trade US stock?

Still using Ally Bank savings account, but the APY had dropped to .60%. Time to move. Any recs on personal savings account? This is my emergency “savings”

For any of you real estate investors, what tools or sources did you learn from when getting started. Can’t find a mentor currently so want to find some highly recommended books or videos. If focused on the tri-state area (NY, NJ, Long Island mainly) that would be even better. My hope is to buy and rent out a apartment while also owning a house and house hacking that by renting part of it out. Trying to understand all the steps, traps, and how to find if it’s a good investment.

Is PLTR still a good stock to buy?

This has probably been asked many times in this bowl - what’s the best hotel rewards program? I have the Chase Sapphire Preferred card and I’m a Southwest RR member. I travel maybe 25-30% of the time

Any entrepreneurs here had angel investors actually invest in your company? If so, how did you find them and how did it go?

Does anyone use the fidelity app? How can you change it out of dark mode? I can’t figure it out for the life of me.

How much of your income do you all target to save, invest, and use for expenses, respectively? I’m currently at 40% investing, 10% saving, 50% expenses but hoping to bring expenses down soon.

Can I use my MBA loan to pay for my monthly condo mortgage? Probably heading to Georgetown and want to buy a condo in northern va area. Would just pay mortgage instead of rent using the MBA loan $

I bought my starter home recently. Want to dump everything else i saved into vti (will be about 70k). Would buy a forever home in say 5-6 years. 5 year time horizon is pretty safe right?

Can only deposit USD in NRE accounts but I can send through Remitly/ Xoom to NRE account? Doesn’t remitly convert USD to INR before sending. What am I missing?

I have a 25K loan from my MBA. I paid off 100k whole, after graduation. 3 years ago, I moved my loan from federal to private ( SOFI) account. I recently lost my job. I have applied for unemployment, as the severance that I received will only cover for 2 months. Together my husband and I used to make less than 250k after tax. Now, with a loss of pay , we are going to make less. Do you think I will be eligible for Loan forgiveness?

New investor here, should I sell my one singular Tesla stock(114% return) and look at some smaller stocks?

Tax people: has there been any updates on the 15k first time homebuyer credit?

Going from 20yr 3.25% fixed to 15 year fixed mortgage rate of 2.125%, non pints. Is this rate good enough in NYC?

Is a 900k net worth for a single person at almost 40 good or terrible? I see posts from our US counterparts on net worth and salary and feel so behind yet we have such a high COL in Toronto.

If I max out my traditional 401k and have a mortgage interest deduction to against my w-2 taxes does it mean I can pay way less taxes than a average person who makes same amount salary as me?

What’s a reasonable fee for title/survey review, review of existing lease, preparation of closing docs and effectuating the closing process on a $3M triple-net property? Have a client who was incredulous over our bill; there were no major hiccups in the deal and the title was relatively clean.

Which among WITCH has SAP data intelligence practice/ projects.

Thanks !

Any one in HPE? I recently got an offer (~60lpa, 13 YOE) the variable pay/RSU etc seems to be on the lower side compared to the industry. No joining bonus too. Any one who can offer insights on feasible payranges/ yearly hike trends etc?

Sr. associate comp (IR/BD) @ $10bn+ AUM PE/HF? NYC

Has anyone used Aaron Bro’s for moving?

Are recruiters less likely to recommend you for a role if you have been rejected for previous roles?

Hey Fishes,

I have offers from EXL Services(consultant II) and UST Global(lead II software eng) for data engineering role. They are offering almost same package. Which company should i go with?? TIA.

Anyone wear open heart or skeleton watches? Post your pics or ones you’d like to own! (Maybe not everyone post a tourbillon)

I thought the power reserve on DJ41 Ref126333 was about 70hours, but I noticed it’s about 40-48 hours on mine. Wear mine about every other day, but not on weekends and then Monday morning when I go to wear it, it’s dead and have to wind it. Anyone else seeing this?

I would greatly appreciate some fun/engaging/stimulating lesson plan ideas for high school students.

How many meetings a week do you find necessary when there aren't any special launches and/or campaigns?

Hi Sharks,
Can we move into different project inside HCL? My friend stuck in a project where his skillset is not at all relevant.

Is there a way to get into freelance social media work while working at an agency? If so, how should I begin the process of looking for freelance work?

I've never worked on anything for TikTok and hope I never have to. TikTok is from hell. I was on it one time for about 10 minutes and could feel myself becoming mentally unwell in just those 10 minutes. The human brain is not designed to deal with the sheer amount of sensory overload that app gives you. I'm pretty sure TikTok is one of the main reasons we are constantly hearing about how much Gen Z struggles with mental health.

Is anyone hearing chatter in banks/FIs about recessionary job cuts or hiring freezes yet?

HR is scheduling the interviews without checking time with me. One interview was scheduled and then it was rescheduled to a different time at last minute. I wasn't available at that time so I mailed the HR for a different slot. They again scheduled it for a later date without checking the time with me.

So excited to be putting in my notice next week!

Just wondering what percentage of associates don't get promoted to senior? Anyone has the stats?

I got laid off by Deloitte back in June, and just got the questionnaire asking if I want to keep my pension or do lump sum ($14k). Any advice?

Is there not a "lock aspect ratio default " option in Microsoft word?

Local Prometric has 3 test slots per day (830 AM, 1 PM, and 5:30 PM). Proctor was telling me that someone come in Wednesday and took three sections consecutively. And I was proud of finishing one...

For auditors with 4-6 YOE leaving PA to industry for entry level accounting manager role, what questions would be asked for interview? And how would you respond to questions like you have no accounting but just auditing experience before

How do you deal with people who throw you under the bus because they’re the ones who are incompetent?

Tax senior with CPA at small firm. Best way to get to Big 4 audit? (LA or OC) Went to non-target so little to no alumni at B4. I don’t mind the switch to a lower title since audit was always my preference and was never a fan of tax (stayed local for family).

Friendly reminder with flu season right around the corner: please cover your mouth or stay home!

Want to start doing something more meaningful with my life, where do I start?

What does it mean to “lead” client calls? Leading my first call today, tips?

When it's almost 5pm and you are finally able to start on the task you were supposed to spend most of the day on.

Think I forgot to test an automated control...how screwed am I ?

Wiley or Gleim which one is better?

sometimes I feel like the reward of being productive is more work lol

Is it bad if I already find myself disliking my job 1 month in? Did anyone feel this way at first and then grow to like what they do?

Are all industry accounting positions exempt from requiring only 40 hour work week

Despite failing or losing parts of the CPA exams, let's not forget we still got promoted and some increase in pay.