I know it’s nearing the end of mandatory WFH, but I’m currently still home 3-4 days a week. Really struggling with staying on task without people around. Is anyone willing to do a few hours of FaceTime during the day to body double for each other?

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One thing that might help is looking into coworking spaces. I think you can do day passes at some of these places and then you have an office type setting to go to and be around other people that are working.

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Hello guys!! I hope you all are doing really well. I recently received a job offer from Nagarro - Senior Engineer , 12 lpa which includes 60k allocation bonus. I have 3 YOE . Could you guys please help me out :
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2. I am settled in Pune but my offer says Gurgaon location. Can this be a problem once I join?
3. 11 lpa +40k (pf&gratuity) is there. what will be my take home pay?
4. What all items are there in the joining kit?

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Got an offer from pwc in the data privacy role.
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Though my current company is an mnc but not that big and no work pressure is there, amazing work life balance. However, there is little to no learning and its very slow, the project is just starting and the client itself is not clear what they want. Do you think I should switch just because its a big 4. Please help me decide. Yoe -3.5

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Graduated in April with my PharmD/MBA degrees. I did two great biopharma internships, had my resume professionally edited, perfected my interview skills and started applying to jobs in January. I have talked to 20 plus recruiters maybe 3 have actually gotten me interviews the rest ghost me. I had an amazing interview last week (legit the guy told me they want a 3rd interview and it’s been a week and I texted him and never heard back. What am I supposed to do? I want a remote biopharma job :/

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I'm a cashier. We just got a new manager, and she's making things really hard for us. She starts work at 4:30am and leaves around 2:30pm, but she still expects us to stay until 6pm and work on the weekends! She gives us really long shifts and doesn't give us much time for breaks. And when we ask her about it, she gets mad.

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Hello Fishes, can I do DSA from JavaScript?

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Helo everyone,

I have put down the papers from infosys and my LWD is near . I have to choose between DXC with 22 LPA and TCS with 18 LPA . I am a mainframe developer with 11 years of experience.
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I am a mainframe developer with 11 years of experience.

Please let me know your inputs .

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I am currently a medical biller and coder that just graduated. I am currently in an entry level position because I am still studying to get certified. I will have a year's work of exp in July and will sign a contract for another year because my boss is training me in more I don't know.

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