I am a strategist and have been told InTouch is a “strategy-driven” organization (which is unusual but would be amazing). But another poster just said it’s account driven (which is typical). What’s your experience and how do you know?

Do referrals help much at places like Ares, Bain Cap, KKR, Apollo, etc?

Hi Fishes,
I got offer from persistent with 31lpa.
But most of the compensation they added into skill bonus-1400000. Due to that my basic salary is low- 50k as compared to my cctc basic salary, which is 63k with 19.5lpa.
Is it normally happening with everyone joining to persistent?
Can Persistent increase basic salary component and reduce the skill bouns?
I asked hr to increase my basic, but she mentioned that it’s system generated and standard format, vary cmpny to cmpny.
Plz help me out guys.

Recently got offered a freelance consulting role for the month of December. Will be mostly focusing on award submissions. Never done this before and I have to send hours/rates, any tips?

What amount of money would it take for your current firm to retain you?

I’ll start - the balance of my student loans.

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Feeling down... been trying desperately to exit my job and just keep getting rejection after rejection. Made it to the final round with multiple places and then rejected with no negative feedback just “bad timing”... idk how to keep doing this

Best way to approach networking with MBB if I am planning to apply for roles in Jan 2024 (1 year from now). Do people start with their school alum and get referred to partners?

How can attorneys obtain business in the cyber breach response practice? I am an associate working at a well respected firm in the incident response realm and nearly all of our work comes through insurance carriers. I have no clue how I would go about finding my own clients. Any advise from others in this practice?

Hi Fishes!!

As per current market standards, people getting 100% + hike mostly. How much hike one can expect in JPMC? Does JPMC hire people with 100% hike?

Tech stack - Java

Is 100k in EY at Boston for senior 1 in cyber advisory good compensation?

MS in cyber with 2-3 years exp.

I have been interviewed in TCS and got selected. Uploaded all the documents in tcs portal. My current ctc is 11 lpa. How much offer can I expect from tcs ?

I was supportive of Lori when this virus first started but her actions since have dwindled my support of her. I don’t expect her to make every decision correct nor do we have to agree with all of them. I believe she should be correct around 75 percent of the time but I believe she is in the 50 percent range. I know everything doesn’t fall on her shoulder but things haven’t been great as of late. Hopefully they figure out something soon.

Been with my boyfriend for 4 years. His family is much more wealthier than mine (6 cars, owns 4 houses, part of 3 businesses). My family is middle class and I feel inadequate around his family because they’re so wealthy. I feel depressed because I can’t live his lifestyle and sad for our future. His family just bought a house for us and my family can’t even buy a second car. Idk how to go about this situation.

Hi everyone

Is it okay to try for more offers in the notice period? I am feeling like why I am doing this but at the same time want to best offers.

And also thinking how should I convey if I didn't join the company even after negotiating and asking for a counter offer based on another offer.

Please advise and suggest.

Thanks

Really urgent, should i share the company name in sharing holding offer letter to second companh..or only compensation part shall be enough.I am not sure if i should share the part where they are addressing with my name as well for authentication because it has company logo and name as well.

Please reply fast if u have any idea.

What is being DLP blocked? What's the worse that can happen if you get DLP blocked?

Hi BCG fish! I just signed my offer letter to join starting next year in Brazil. Any tips on how to prepare? And who makes staffing decisions? I want to start networking with people globally to help me get staffed on projects related to my industries of interest.

How has the NY "state of mind" lasted so long when everyone's working from their suburban home or parents' basement?

Is it had to become an Art Director for a fashion brand? Because I was told if you aren’t familiar with Textiles, patterns and fashion merchandising it’s hard to get into.

Has anyone successfully made the leap from digital to brand planning? Any advice?

Starting my first job soon.

Protips?

Dear KBS, today we received 17 all agency emails. Yesterday it was 20. Surely upper management has a better way to use their time. Make it stop. Love, KBS

Besides salary, how to pick between job offers?

Food/bar recos in CHS?

Seeking advice as a junior level employee in strategy land — what are your thoughts on where the agency landscape is headed now? Should I stick with it in the coming years? Should I jump ship and seek comms/brand work elsewhere?

Any and all thoughts appreciated!

Anyone know if Venables Bell and Partners are going to hire soon? Saw they got some big business wins lately.

What do you do when a team member was added to your team at a senior associate level but hasn’t been up to the role in the last month? He is not my direct report nor did I interview him (very frustrating). I don’t have time to train them up especially because their baseline is very low i.e not knowing how to calculate cost per click.. help

Has there ever been a good campaign where the brand opened things up to the public and let them vote and make decisions?

Do you guys touch type? How long did it take you to learn? lol

Anyone know spots looking to bring on consulting strategy and new biz pitch work in LA?? Hit me up!!

I read a lot of posts here about difficult bosses, difficult clients, difficult partners, terrible briefs and terrible agencies. All that might be true. But it’s getting old. What I’d be interested in hearing about are the stories of how people have overcome the challenges. How did you sell that big idea? How did you fix a relationship? The world is not going to get easier. So maybe we can help each other get better at dealing with it. Who had a win recently? How did you do it?

Why do people in this industry say "like" so much? It makes it annoying to, like, walk around the building and listen

Who has more earning potential: Creatives or Producers? Talking about two aspects: mid-career salary and lifetime earning potential? I feel like producers peak earlier but creatives have higher max?

Getting really frustrated with a boss that is completely bipolar in our interactions. Management does not seem willing to tell them to stop being psycho. Beginning to think the only way out is out

Now I’m curious.. BEST clients you’ve ever worked with? I’ll start - Disney, Fox theatrical.