I have a splunk question…. When would it be appropriate to use a dashboard instead of the actual logs to validate that all changes are being logged. My client uses dashboards to monitor higher risk changes in real time. It is not intended to “monitor or capture “ all changes. I think this is incompetence on the part of the assessment team

Associates - what is an effective way that you’ve been told to pick up your billable hours/meet your goals? Anything that really resonated with you? Have a few associates that are just not billing enough. I’ve had general discussions with each of them but not seeing improvement. Boutique firm and 1800 hour requirements.

Who should I first reach out to if I wanted to transfer to core? Manager/senior manager in my project? Or project leadership? Or leadership at USDC? I talked to my coach and he’s surprised and he said I should reach out to USDC leadership first, but I don’t know if core wants me, why do I want to talk to USDC leadership first?

I’m helping to implement Zycus at a client, anyone here have experience with Zycus?

Hi All- no question, but just sharing a (potentially very obvious) tip that has been working for my anxiety: cutting back on drinking a lot. My project has slowed down over the last few months and with the pandemic and everything it’s been easy to have a few drinks every night and then a few more on weekends. My anxiety went through the roof over that time period, in large part due to different life factors. But after taking a week off from drinking at all, I’ve been in a much better headspaxe

Have you had a project funded? What did you get? Share!

What kind of salaries do talent acquisition SAs or Managers make at the Big 4? I’ve seen a number of people move from the client facing roles to HR

What's the average "lifespan" for CDs working on a particular client at your agency?

I am starting on a SAP project late next month, I have a ton of Oracle and SaaS experience but minimal SAP. Anyone have good recommendations of materials or YouTube videos for me to study up on?

Lots of DD vs PMI talk lately. Do post-deal people really have it that much better than pre-deal folk? Is DD that hard, or is it more of a staffing/planning issue right now?

Does anyone have an experience/insights into A) Working for Indeed B) Specifically their Client Strategy & Insights team as an analyst ? A recruiter reached out recently and it seems interesting enough but I’ve never really heard much about working for them or that team.

Anyone ever had to give a public client a material weakness in controls? I haven’t been working long enough to see or hear it happen so how’d it go and what happened?

I’m doing a website redesign for a client. We are doing a customer journey map workshop tomorrow (my first time). Im currently setting up a user journey template and realizing we do not have any direct customer feedback about the website. We are just going by the in-depth audience analysis that client has given us. At this point we don’t have time to conduct user surveys etc... but is it ideal to have this kind of information?

Sick of writing emails client-side all day and can’t seem to get into an agency. What’s another career path for a copywriter? Getting too old to try and become a teacher or anything.

What was the most memorable pro bono project you've worked on?

Is it mentioning client name or project name in resume looks red alarm?

UBS or Morgan Stanley ??please help fishes I have joining next week Accenture client UBS - 15.30lpa + Variable 4lpa Xoriant client Morgan Stanley offering 18 lpa

Hey BDO - I just heard that y’all have to use MS teams for ad hoc discussions since y’all can’t use a cell phone. How are y’all still performing client service when no one can pick up a phone besides partners?

The client has a policy to tag & date your lunch. I brought a sandwich for lunch yesterday with my name & date on the bag. Some jerk still stole my lunch. Who actually does that besides on the Office?

Question for the ECDs and CCOs: do you ever keep the creative development on a project going because you have scoped hours to burn?

Hate conference calls that drag on for hours.

Still not seeing location in the post window when turning it off.

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What are some good companies to work for in Dallas?

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Came back to the hotel, changed to gym clothes, went to the executive lounge to pick a water bottle, ended up eating pasta, ravoli, & cheese with crackers and now sitting in my room drunk on wine.FML

Anyone with McKinsey Risk? I’d love to chat and learn a few things. TIA!

Here comes the anxiety of Sunday night...

Went on a date with a Goldman banker: she said that we'd not be a good fit because I don't work at McKinsey, so I would be insecure about my company in relation to hers. What????

This is John... Who's on the line?

What undergrad school did you go to?

Husband buys flowers from publix , takes me to a bar with 45 mins wait and finally to a random place for dinner- is it reasonable to be mad ?

Well at least Erin Andrews is on my flight.

NYCers - what’s your favorite rapid grocery delivery app in the city? Seems like there is a new one each day.

Proper way to ask HR for a retention offer.

Got United to change its website due to my complaints and explanations that they weren't following the posted first class meal service policies. Proud and laughing at myself at the same time 👍🏽😂

Getting feedback to "smile more" makes me want to throw my laptop thru a window&quit. Go ahead and tell me I'm overreacting or being a special snowflake but a guy would not 👏get👏that👏feedback.

If I was to move from MC to S&, do you think one would get a raise?

Hearing my coworkers who are millennials like me talk about their families and holiday plans make me realize many of the people I work with come from wealthy families.