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I am early in my career (2 YOE) and at a consulting firm that is up or out. I don’t have much money saved, quite a bit of debt from student loans, and have struggled with the intensity of my job. Is it normal to be chronically worried about being laid off? I’m worried I’ll be completely underwater if I am fired for performance issues. How often does that happen in your experience? Is it my anxiety or is this job as intense as I think it is?

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Is it big 4 or MBB? You’re definitely not alone in your feelings. I didn’t do well at my first consulting job and found it extremely difficult. I actually got put on a PIP after just under a year. I found a less stressful job in industry, and took the time to do a lot of self work, learn technology, and get some certifications, etc. Almost two years later, I’m feeling more confident in my abilities. I am actually considering an offer to return to consulting in a higher level role. TBH, I’m actually having similar worries again that I won’t be able to handle consulting due to my previous bad experience. My brain tells me that’s not rational due to how I’ve improved though.

If you’re worried about never being able to recover after getting fired, that’s not rational. The job market is rough, but eventually you will find another job. Nobody will know you were put on a PIP or fired. They just verify employment dates I think.

People get fired/laid off all the time in this economy. It’s a shitty feeling, but you will definitely bounce back.

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If you’ve lasted 2 years at MBB, I’m sure you are doing fine :)

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Over 25 years in MBB and Big4 consulting. Former is up or out and yes, it’s effectively a rolling 6 month contract with zero security. Yes you are always anxious but that’s how it should be. You’re only as good as your last game and there is a steady stream of younger players coming through hungry for your spot on the team.

But trust me, Big 4 is worse. No up or out but it’s dead man’s shoes and dead wood colleagues. Being blocked for promotion is far more stressful.

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What kind of feedback are you getting? Is your utilization okay? Rarely do you get blindsided. If you're getting good reviews, and your staying staffed, tell you anxiety to chill. All that anxiety will impact your performance. Focus on what's in your control. The job has enough stresses. Don't make more up.

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Op. Nothing in your head counts. The question is, are you making the same mistakes or learning from them.

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how many employees got laid off from zs in recent days and which job profile has been affected the most?

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Did someone get fired in the new manager training in Orlando after getting drunk?

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What happens if I get terminated from Infosys? I will never join IT anymore so will it be a problem if I get myself fired?

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Follow up post to my last post…My husband was laid off from the company where I also work. I am feeling really isolated / depressed about working and moving forward. I’m also getting to a stage where I’m really sad that people haven’t reached out to either my husband or myself to send well wishes or provide support. It’s like they don’t know what to say or I make them feel awkward so they don’t bother…I’m trying to focus on a few that have been supportive but it’s hard…Any words of advice? 😞

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Thoughts on Veteran status and the ongoing corporate layoffs?

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Having trouble landing a decent job, I am 4 years post bachelors, environmental science. I can not seem to land a job above minimum wage. My last position (horticultural assistant) found myself taking on a good amount of projects that were being left unfulfilled, due to coworker politics (a few co worker’s wanted to see the supervisor fall short of expectations) in addition I had difficulty with my manager( sexual harassment) I rejected their advances, and I was laid off in December

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

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Hi,

Is this a good time to join HP? As they have recently announced 6000 layoffs in 2 years.

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Soft layoffs at ProServe today ?

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How is the job security at Delta Air Lines ?
Do they layoff frequently?

HR had mentioned there were no layoffs at tech during the pandemic.

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Although Amazon has instituted a hiring freeze and layoffs are probably on their way, I went through the loop for a security engineer position at AWS. Before I attended the final interviews, Amazon placed the hiring freeze and called me to ask if I wanted to go ahead or cancel my application. I decided do go ahead Right now I'm waiting for their response and the position I applied to changed from "under consideration" to "no longer under consideration". Thoughts?

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How is the morale in your groups especially with constant layoff news in the market?

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Hot take: if it’s actually a stealth layoff then everyone else got the same speech as you and outing the firm won’t identify you.

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Layoffs at Omnicom shops today?

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Laid off, 10 years exp, tired of acct management. Feel so lost. Don't want to go back to agency side. What should I do? I feel like 💩

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So someone I know asked HR about a boot policy. When he found out that there wasn’t one, but his boss said there was (who gave the guys $ for boots and the claimed it on his expense reimbursements as something else) the boss got mad at him for askingHR (and in trouble for the expense reimbursements) and then 2 days later laid off my friend. There appears to be no notice of bad performance and this person always was the first person on the job site ready to work. Thoughts?

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So no real layoffs?

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After you are stealth laid off, other than job search, what do you do? I assume they won’t give you work and even if they do, you can politely decline? How do you feel about you are not progressing anymore and seeing other people progressing in their career? I have no intention to make partner, but still feel a bit stuck not doing that much.

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I was recently laid off and I am actively search for a new role. I am mainly targeting ScrumMaster, Product Analyst, and Business Analyst jobs, but I am open to others.

Must be located in Austin, Texas or fully remote.

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Is it true that people were fired ? KAC or BAC.. I’m a new hire and this is scary PwC

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Holiday gifts for your study group? Yay or nay? In an Exec program if that helps.

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Forgiveness - Today’s Beautiful Hadith is about Forgiveness
Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr (RA) said on the minbar, "Make allowances for people and command what is right and turn away from the ignorant." (7:199) He said, "By Allah, we are only commanded by this ayat to accept people's character. By Allah, I will accept people's character as long as I am with them."

(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 244, Book 12, Hadith 7)

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Hello! I made a Discord for LGBTQ folks in DC to join and connect on! Come and chat with us :)

https://discord.gg/yBtttJf

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Are hexaware offices opening this year or next year ?

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Hey, anyone keen to meet up, Vancouver B.C.?

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Just found this AMAZING iPhone feature today! So excited to start using it

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Can I avail reimbursement for computer desk, ergo chair and monthly internet? If yes what is the limit, terms and conditions?Tiaa global business services

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Deloitte 🐠🐟 in the DC area, which health plan do you recommend? I'm with Kaiser and it was a huge mistake. I'm looking to switch for 2020!

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Worst and best consulting companies to work in for Real Estate?

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A really useful guide on CV writing for candidates who are neurodivergent and may find it difficult to express their talents/skillset in written format.

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Partners - do recruiters/headhunters ever reach out to you? What types of roles/levels do they reach out for?

When you independently search for other opportunities (if you do), what types of roles do you look for?

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If I had a realized capital loss in stock last year can I use that to neutralize any realized crypto gains this year ?

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What are ways to deal with high latency mricroservice in a given region. Given that it's Cpu utilization is not exhausted.. So no vertical scaling ???

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What is food cost in TCS Tata Consultancy

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Londoners, I have a friend visiting me for Easter and am looking for ideas on where to take her besides the regular touristy stuff - pls help!
Plus, what’s the best theater show you’ve seen lately? Thank you 😊

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I need 11 likes?

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Not a day trade specifically, but seasonality and fibonacci are my two favorite methodologies. Grains tend to hit their seasonal lows here in early May. Time to go long for the next 4-6 weeks.

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Thinking about buying first home. ~$600k. How was your VA home loan experience? In a competitive market, was it a weakness? Is it an issue with lenders? Do I need a RE agent well versed with them? THX

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Thoughts on Veteran status and the ongoing corporate layoffs?

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What are IT audit/assurance director/SM salaries and year in NY metro? Looking to make a move to other big 4 and want to get an idea of range.

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Do any of the top consulting firms hire into the Engagement Manager level after an M7 (if they had manager experience elsewhere)? I know MBB probably doesn’t but what about other tier 2 firms after that - and asking for US or Canada

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My office chair stinks even though I wash it with carpet cleaner every few weeks. Fellow 24/7 WFH workers, how do you keep your office chair clean?

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A colleague mentioned to me that they bill self study instead of pto. If I’m utilized at 100%+ and staffed on a client and take 3 days off wed-Sunday, they say bill self study and save pto. Advice?

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Got laid off on Friday. Three days and I'm already bored out of my mind. Besides Jim, what are people doing to pass the time in between job hunting?

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Ratings on three projects - 3,2,2. Utilization - 90%... Proposal hours - 15... Firm activities - 43 hrs... I then get a YE rating of 4 😕 ... How worried I should be regarding the layoffs???

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Are online Masters degrees any good? Do they carry any weight relative to conventional Masters from Ivy plus? So something along the lines of Harvard Extension school (Psychology degree), or Columbia Master of Social work…

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Notice there are so many people with debate experience in consulting. Kinda impressed. Any highly recommended books related to debate or communication in general?

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My RL didn’t have a formal mid year pre CRT review with me. He just pinged me and said: I’ll represent you. Utilization = 75% and average snapshots. Am I at risk?

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Since we’ve all been working from home for months now, what’s the best office chair out that y’all are using for our long work from home hours? Looking to invest in a better one than my ~$150 one from Amazon.

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

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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

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Best affordable office chairs for the back?

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Book recommendations for a vacation?

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Anyone know the base salary for PwC DDV Manager in London? Thanks.

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The dream achieved! 6m project in Europe!!! Best weekend destinations?

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It’s times like these... when I am dialing into a client call on a Saturday of a holiday weekend at my grandparent’s house...that quitting seems like the only option.

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View from the wing. I’m going to start taking photos and make a scrapbook for when these days are behind me. Just FYI, I guess.

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I don’t get why people get so mad when planes are delayed due to weather. It’s not like the gate agent will clear up the skies

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Confronted client today about partner forcing us to travel while client site has travel restrictions. As a result is team is remote next week. Counting down days till I get rolled off/fired now lol

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