I sent 60% of my life savings to my family to help. I can't help but think I lost a huge chunk of my soul away and I feel like a massive failure approaching certain age and stage in my life. Looking to hear if there's any similar case out there and how you overcame this feeling of defeat.

If I knew my parents would pay off all my student loans I would have taken out more grad plus loans and just pocketed the money. Smh.

Both my grandparents died within the last few years (husband/wife) and now the siblings (including my dad) need to divide up the remaining estate. My dad is the oldest and has been the primary caretaker for both of his parents, who lived to their late 80’s/early 90’s and his disabled sister. He also manages an apartment building for the family. Now the youngest brother wants to do a bunch of auditing of accounts and is ready to take my dad to court. I’m like, you had 15+ years to get (cont)

The threat of nuclear bombs flying over cities should crash the real estate market

How much do you keep in the bank vs brokerage?

I'm new to all this. Is it best to save 10% of my salary all in my company's 401k (with 20% match, increasing by 5% every year)... or saving 5% in 401k and 5% in a Roth IRA?

If I'm adding multiple people to purchase a property but not on the mortgage, when do they get added - do they need to already be on the purchase agreement? I heard it's easier to do upfront vs. adding them later. I've asked this question in a thread but didn't get a clear response. If someone could please help clarify - how do I add other people on the onset on buying a property? This is a new build, buying directly from the builder.

I’ve got a partnership w/ two of my uncles. We have two houses on rent. we use the profit from the homes as a single pot where we pay for the maintenance expenses (different cash flow from each). We are close family and they trust my judgement. Another of my uncles wants to join for the next home we buy. How do we split/ allow their buy in to our partnership for the next home? I don’t wanna add extra accounting of maintaining expense/cash flow from the next one we buy as a larger group Thoughts?

Is ethereum the new Bitcoin? Do you invest in it? Why/why not?

Beginner question - am I able able buy an ETF or mutual fund in which my spouse's employer is one of the top 10 investments?

If you could right now, would you buy a house in full cash or invest in the market?

Anybody got any fire penny stock plays? IDEX is mine, but I’m looking for more!

I have been searching for a travel card for months. I am a young guy who is looking to take advantage of credit and earn points at the same time. Cap One just released an interesting new premium travel card with a lot of seemingly good perks (Venture X). I also looked at the CSP and the Southwest Priority card. My girlfriends family has Southwest and swear by it, with companion pass being the differentiator. I am in the DMV area and have mostly flown Jet Blue or Southwest. Any thoughts on this?

Question for my 401k focused advisors out there--what programs are you using that is instrumental to your 401k practice that you simply can't do without? I'm being pitched on Envestnet & im not sold.

What happens if you sell a covered call far ITM for a large premium? Is the only loss your shares and opportunity cost once the option is exercised by the call holder?

Is 80k cash + 20k company share a good deal for a junior dev role in the bay area?🙏

Client had a privately held REIT in IRA. Trying to transfer to IRA I manage to diversify. I need some help. Continued...

Is a 900k net worth for a single person at almost 40 good or terrible? I see posts from our US counterparts on net worth and salary and feel so behind yet we have such a high COL in Toronto.

Any good books recommendation on effective client communication/business writing?

Any expats in Paris? Curious to find out about your overall experience in the city / country: work life, personal life, culture etc etc.

How stressful is it to work in a call center? It seems to me that the supervisors would be the micromanaging sort

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Here’s a cheerful one to end your week:

Was told last week my freelance gig was ending today.

Contacted my network of gatekeepers and one wrote to me on Sunday.

(Contd)

I'm extremely happy working at Havas, so it pains to me say what the leadership has done is both embarrassing and demoralizing. (cont.)…

Anyone working in Pune?@Stefanini

In 2015 different governments in the US collected $5,175,829,952,000 to service 321,230,000 people. That’s over $16,000 per person. Anyone else find this shocking?

Anyone from big4 has experience in having its H1b transfer filed within a week after accepting the offer?

Tenured Ms that have gone from tier 2/big 4/ACN to MBB laterally (yes this is happening now) - have you noticed any significantly better exit opps coming through or differences in what recruiters are reaching out for? Curious about this.

Happy Friday! Looking for an associate healthcare project management position in the south Florida area. If you’re hiring please contact me!

Anyone from Houston? I’m moving there soon and it would be great to join the community in any way!

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Do you think independent agencies will be in better shape to handle COVID-related client budget reductions and/or losses?

Or does it not matter and layoffs are equal across the board?

Hi All,
I had left Capgemini sometime in late 2018. In order to retrieve my ESOP investment, I am facing some issues hence trying to connect Capgemini ESOP team but not able to find their contact number and over email, they are sharing standard replies. Is it possible for any current CG employee to share concerned department contact number ?

Hi Friends,

Recently received offer from capgemini as a Senior Manager.

What could be the roles and responsibility for Senior Manager?

How do you know if your getting paid your worth? Accepted a job offer and haven’t started yet but I’m questioning the offer 😕

Can I get a referral for A&M?

A producer that I know, from a multinational company in Dubai told me that they smoke inside the office, like in their tables, meeting rooms and everywhere surrounded by non-smokers. HR and management knows, and also it's against the law. He's struggling everyday and doesn't know what to do. Did you face something like that? What's the solution?

Cybage is offering 10.5 LPA (9.36 is fixed + 75k joining bonus). Cognizant is offering 10.69 LPA (10.05 is fixed + 50k joining bonus). Designation at Cybage is Sr. software engineer and at Cognizant, it is project associate. Which one should I join?

Why TCS have worst work culture environment even after it is tech giant ?

I am a PMO Consultant with 6 years of experience, have recently interviewed for Deloitte India(which went really well), what should be the ideal package? Rather how much should i ask for?
FYI, My current CTC is 5.25 at Capgemini

Skill : Manual Testing
YOE : 8 years
Current Offers -
1. Mindtree 41 LPA
2. Infosys 38 LPA
3. CTS 35 LPA
4. Accenture 32 LPA
Which company would be better in terms of WLB, best employee centric policies.

How is gurgaon as a place? Affordable, transportation , crime rate?

Hi fishes,
My friend have an offer of 17 lpa fixed + 1.5 variable + 2 lpa joining bonus from EXL services. But his current company is ready to match this offer by giving 17 lpa fixed.
WLB in current company is good and no such issues in learning also. What should he do? Kindly suggest...

TCS ghosted me. I cleared 2 rounds of interview and they asked me to update the documents. They are in verified status since 2 weeks. Since then I heard nothing from them. The salary negotiation has not happened yet. I called the HR and got the response like they will get back in a few days.
Anyone knows when will they get back??

Hi All,
I have offers from HCL-15lpa , Wipro-16.5lpa and Accenture-14lpa.
Which company is better to join in term of work life balance ,job security and hike?

Need 11 ❤

Can anyone tell what happens in Hiring Manager round for SDE role. Will it be technical or general questions?

I am totally new to this.

Does cognizant update every person offer one week before joining by 1.5 lakh or to selected?

How to change project when you don't have any reason to give them? In any company, not just in Infosys.
How to get the release from project?

Thoughts?

"Does strategy consulting have a future?" - Positioning of MBB, Big4, RB, ATK, OW, Accenture, IBM, and Capgemini

Currently working with a bank as a Corporate Banker.
I have an interview call with takshashila consulting.
All the reviews I have read are negative.
Can you guys share your experiences and Reviews about takshashila.

Hello All, I have head a lot on data science and data analyst there is a big hype on it. Is there so much value for it in the near future I am confused should I do courses releated to it

How long it takes for Infosys to release offer letter after HR Salary discussion?

How can we negotiate after accepting the offer letter ?

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