I feel that lately I have had so many situations where people are too rigid with their schedules and refuse to negotiate. One recent example is that I tried to meet with a parent to review their child's progress and she said she had a nail appointment on her free day and couldn't make it. Really? You can't move your nail appointment to talk about your child's future? 🤦‍♀️

Anyone know if the paid 16 week parental leave is available only once or for each birth?

I have a parent that I questioning the accommodations we are providing to her daughter. Accommodations can be amended but the student does not do any work at home. Help!

Can we pay rent to our parent?
What if my parents are in other city and I am living @ my company's location which are 700km away from each other. Can I still show that I am paying rent to my parent?
Please help as this is my first time coming under tax slab

Peanuts. But that's ok because I'm compensated by 'Mother culture'

Any tips for traveling with a baby? Will be flying with a 4 month old in a few months. Any advice would be appreciated!

EY, what is the current maternity leave policy? Does the firm allow leave starting at 38 weeks? Is disability (6-8 weeks) separate from parental leave (16 weeks)? When is full eligibility - after 12 months of employment?

How to start a startup?

How to start a startup using an existing company as a parent company ? Will they help me anyway

I have a governmental entity client in Texas that wants to offer 6 weeks of paid parental leave for all employees, even those who aren’t eligible for FMLA. After the paid 6 weeks, the employee can choose to continue paid leave using any accrued personal leave.

Texas does not have a paid parental leave statute.

If paid leave above what is required is offered for parents, do we also have to provide the same benefit to other employees that are eligible for unpaid leave?

Is it expected/normal to get pregnant spouse Mother’s Day gift?

Okay, thank the stars this “estimated 9.2lb baby” was only 8lbs even. 😅

Anyone taking time off to spend time with family this week? I have the rest of the week off, and I'm heading to my mother's house tomorrow to help get things started. What's your favorite Black holiday tradition? Our family takes a shot together before we have Thanksgiving dinner 🤣.

How long do fed agencies give for maternity leave? does it matter if you take leave within your first year? does it vary from agency to agency? Specifically interested in SEC/CFTC.

I am trying to find a simple and efficient way of managing multiple long timeline projects, with tasks that I can assign to team members. We currently have Microsoft 365 and a non-additional cost option would be an easy pitch for the company to adopt. What tools do you use to manage your projects?

pro tip. purchase baby foot exfoliate. but make sure you do it at home.

Does the addition of “(level) II” make a difference to anybody? I am the only marketing communications specialist for a lead child-welfare nonprofit. We oversee four counties in two circuits. Director recently gave me add’l merit-based raise (after my annual raise, been here 14 months) & slight title change to Marketing Comm Specialist II. No plans to add a level 1 (would be lower) specialist but will add level 1 engagement specialist to team. Should I update resume/cards or is this confusing?

Last year when Covid broke, I received a couple of interview calls but ignored them as I felt the organization kept me at work when other companies cut short their HR staff so I should be with them even if with no appraisal. But now, I was living in the fool's paradise when I am told to leave with no job offers in hand, car and home loan, dependent parents, expecting jobless spouse with a 3-year old kid.

What's the career ladder for associate data analyst or business analyst at Novo Nordisk ?

MBB folks, I’m a Product Manager (non-tech company) and interested in working at MBB.

Which level/role does MBB can offer me ?

I just received an offer to lateral into banking. How does independence affect the stocks I currently own? If I join and my stocks are on a restricted list will I have to sell them? Or will I be limited to being unable to buy more/sell any during the course of my employment.

If everything is “asap”, nothing is “asap”

For those in big 4, how much time between accepting an offer and start date have you been able to ask for? Is a month feasible/how should one phrase it? Two weeks just doesn’t feel like enough with this heavy burnout/having to wrap up deals at old firm

Hi, I am working as an associate in the sustainability team in one of the top consulting firms. I have an MBA from one of the old IIMs. I want to shift from sustainability to supply chain and logistics. Can anyone help me if finding a good opportunity in the field of supply chain.

help I literally never learned to properly case and have an interview coming up with BCG, what are the best resources for me to use?

Do people in studios get paid substantially more than other offerings or practice (exploring to switch, thus asking)? what is the average consultant income bracket in studio? I was also wondering if anyone aware of gender centric wage disparity in DUSI?

What diwali gifts/goodies we can expect from cognizant this year?

I write TV commercials, and since Bulova created the first TV ad, I’ve been interested in adding one to the collection. I know more about their ad history than the actual watches. Anyone have a recommendation?

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Can anyone refer me for a data science analyst role in Amex

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Big legends Guide to Three-Fund Portfolio. Yay or nay? Additionally, please share personal finance books that you recommend to newbies! Thank you and happy holidays!!✨

Has anyone ever flown Silver Airways? Reviews I’ve seen look horrible but the regional route I’m looking into has limited direct options.

As a beginning consultant, all this free food and hotel stays do help my bank account. I buy significantly less grocery than my other non-consultant friends and I get to sleep on a king size bed.

Getting thru a bad project one day at a time.

Working on b-school applications and it doesn't look like I'm going to make round 1 deadlines. Is there a significant difference in applying round 2 instead?

I am teaching 4 sections of math this year. My school curriculum is IReady. Which find to be to complex and busy for SPED kids. Does anyone use an interactive notebook along with standard curriculum? If so what fo you use?

I have a parent that I questioning the accommodations we are providing to her daughter. Accommodations can be amended but the student does not do any work at home. Help!

I work with middle and high school students that have mild LD. Has an felt that they have to walk them through every step of every assignment?

How do private and charter schools compare to public schools when it comes to accepting and meeting the needs of special needs students? from what I hear, private and charter schools are not legally bound to meet the needs of special needs students.

I feel like I'm at my wits end. I teach self-contained classes and according to the ISBE website my classes shouldn't be more than 8 students unless I have an aide - then it can be 10. I have no aide and most of my classes are around 14 kids. Some with behavior plans that are only out of our behavior room setting for my class... Is anybody else out there going through illegal class sizes for self-contained? How are you dealing? Maybe a vent session is in order.

I’ve just found I’m to teach middle school ALE, including one virtual student. Anyone have some helpful hints for me?

I have an 18 y.o. special ed. student who needs to practice his writing skills. He likes YugiOh and Dungeons & Dragons and a whole assortment of video games. Anyone have a pen pal to pair him w/?

Is anyone in this group a K-2 VE teacher in Florida?

My students come to my class first every morning and are really hard to settle. They continue to carry on whatever they were doing on the bus. It takes about 20 min to get them settled down and doing the warm up and the class is only 45 min. Any tips?

Best Math Curriculum for SPED Math Class 5-8. My School provides me nothing.

What IEP software/web service does your district use? My district has been converting from SEAS Achieve to SEAS Attain this year, but I’m curious about what else is out there.

I have a principal with ZERO sped experience or knowledge observing and rating me. I got all distinguished last year from my AP. He gave me all basics & 2 unsat. He’s told us to not worry about goals

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What cheat sheets do you all use for writing IEP goals? Is it from the district?

How do you approach a stinky middle school kid or their parents with hygiene suggestions? I don’t know how to politely tell anyone that they smell bad.

Te a ching RSP/SAI. Any help on how

What has been your greatest challenge this year and how have you overcome?

Anyone else feeling less respected/ appreciated from Gen Ed teachers, you collaborate with? If so, how do you deal with this?

How do I effectively utilize my special ed ea?

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