I dream of getting hit by a taxi or nyc bus on my way to work almost daily just so I get a free pass to not come to work for a while

"Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it." -Sir Henry Royce, of Rolls-Royce fame

Hello Fishes,

Anybody recently joined Oracle Financial Services Software(OFSS) in product development team?
How is the work culture there?
Is it wfh or wfo?
I have my joining on Sep 22.
Please provide your valuable inputs.

Has anyone used a virtual assistant?
My practice pivoted hard during covid.
I used to travel 60,000 miles a year to meet clients. Now it's mostly virtual from my home office. I have clients choose virtual who live closer to my office than I do.
What is your experience and what do you have them do?

Would you rat out your project lead to your project manager if your project lead is bad? (Project manager > project lead)
Any success stories here?

EY OTS - why are they growing so fast and is it sustainable?

Am I the only one who feels like a tool taking calls walking around the airport or worse, on the plane.

Hi all! I have 5+ years in product innovation and brand management roles. Based in London. Looking to transition into product management. Would love to connect, share my CV and tell you more about myself. Would anybody kindly be able to provide me with a referral? Many thanks!

There are coworkers I really like and am friends with but I still give them brutally honest reviews that are borderline scathing. Helpful or mean?

I have an interview outside my company and will only take a second interview/the job if the pay is right. How hard is appropriate to push to get a firm salary range in a first round interview? I don’t want to waste anyones time or resources if I’d turn down the job for pay at the end

I started a new job recently and I absolutely hate it. I want to get out of medical communications and pharma advertisement overall but unsure what I should do next.. any tips or recommendations?

I NEED HELP WITH CREDIT SCORE issues: Two months ago my credit score went down by 30 to 40 points due to dad missing credit card payment by a day (i got added to as authorized user on his credit card for me to build credit but now I’m filled with regret). I was devastated by it. This past month I have been making more payments and paid off my aug statement in full thinking it will boost my credit score. But I don’t know why it went down another 10 points. More below:

Rolled my old 401k over to a rollover IRA under the same brokerage and lost some money. What the hell did I do wrong? It was a direct rollover btw

Does anyone have an Individual/Solo 401(k) for their personal business?
Are you doing the mega back door strategy?
If yes, what’s your plan provider?

I’m looking to set this up for my wife’s business but haven’t found a good one that offers the option for voluntarily after tax contributions with in-plan Roth conversion.

What is your favorite side job? I used to teach with Vipkid but now that is gone. Looking to supplement so share your faves please!

Looking to go in-house somewhere in Austin, TX. Anyone currently in a similar gig or know someone who is?

Can we please list the agencies that are still letting both freelancers and staffers work entirely remotely?

What has everyone's experience with therapy been like? I feel like the therapy I go is nothing like it's portrayed in popular media.

I often just feel like I'm talking to a wall. I guess I was hoping that my therapist would engage me a bit more and try to offer potential solutions or activities that I could do to improve my RSD/anxiety/ADHD symptoms.

So if I don’t write about an excuse for my gpa or gmat or a general sob story in an optional essay, what do I write about? Do I just leave the essay blank?

The projects and clients are so boring at my agency I feel like I’m wasting away

I have never experienced the glass ceiling. I’ve always had advocates, men and women as I’ve come through the ranks AND I’ve worked my ass off. Next step c-suite? No, boys club.

This week, my colleagues told me that I’d be amazing at running a ponzi scheme. I wasn’t offended. I was flattered.

I only focus (obsess) on the bad parts of my review, even though the rest was glowing. Why?!

I feel so uninspired.
To do anything in this industry.
And I'm not a senior art director.
I'm a CD. Been advertising for 15+ years.

I don’t respect my new boss. He leads my department and two others, yet he doesn’t understand what any of us do. He doesn’t have a vision for the future. He...(cont’d)

thinking of ditching my high pressure, big NYC agency director role for a small direct response shop. current role has ruined my work life balance with late nights, anxiety, general dissatisfaction

I’ve decided that if given the choice a hybrid situation is the best way forward for me. I’m thinking three days a week in my home office and two days a week on the couch in the den.

After an internal meeting w/ my team, I stepped out and cried in my car. Is there such a thing as therapy for creatives?

I've basically lost all ability to work. I can basically work for 20 minute increments and then find myself surfing the internet, sitting on the couch to unwind.

I love how this bowl has turned into sad love stories and really dark shit.

BUT HERES ANOTHER ONE: (cont’d).

I used a drop of my desk mates hot sauce without asking bc he’s gone. And I feel so bad that I just ordered more on amazon prime and I’m giving him a bottle tomorrow dw

When are we going to stop letting incompetent people do panel talks? I smh every time...

I poured a Monster energy drink into a coffee cup today to survive an early morning meeting without letting onto what a complete and total degenerate I’ve become.

Serious sexuality/gender question: can someone be considered straight AND queer? Love to hear from some LGBTQ folk on this. Thanks!

I failed color theory.

Mr. Owl, how many hours does it take to get to the final cut of a :10 social video?

Let’s find out...

I’m a conservative who sits quietly as superiors around me say they would never hire a Republican Nazi scum.

“No king, no king, ah ha hahaha.” - Creatives when HR finally goes home for the day.