I think leveraging an offer to get more money is the worst. Now your bosses know you want to leave, you are the fist option during layoffs and you look like an ass the other company.

Is severance taxed higher? I got 1 month of pay but seemed to be taxed much higher

Hello everyone. I have 9 years of experience in iOS development. I have worked in swift, react native, reactjs, blockchain. Was working a product lead. Got laid off last week. Looking for an opportunity.
Thanks in advance!

What's something you've seen a manager fired for almost instantly?

Does Globant terminates the employment of certain trainees after their probation(3 Months) based on their performance in the training period? Some of the fresher trainees were laid off this morning without giving a notice or reason.

We were told that the probation period is a training period & not an elimination one. It was shocking as a few of those trainees were actually good.

That moment the customer asks how your day is going and you have to decide between lying or getting fired 😂

Have an interview with a company I really want to work for tomorrow. My last job I was laid off b/c of an acquisition&recently accepted a job at a diff company b/c I couldnt afford not to. I got this invite shortly after. The place I’m interviewing at the job wouldn’t start til next year. I dont want to seem like a job hopper. Do i tell them I’m at a new role or just not bring it up? The acquisition was public so they can see Im no longer employed with the most recent work history on my resume

Worried about potential recession and layoffs...

The partner in charge of my office had a nearly hour long conversation Tuesday with our new hire, behind closed doors. I didn’t hear yelling, but the bits I heard weren’t good. Will he be fired?

I have a 25K loan from my MBA. I paid off 100k whole, after graduation. 3 years ago, I moved my loan from federal to private ( SOFI) account. I recently lost my job. I have applied for unemployment, as the severance that I received will only cover for 2 months. Together my husband and I used to make less than 250k after tax. Now, with a loss of pay , we are going to make less. Do you think I will be eligible for Loan forgiveness?

Hi Fishes @ PayPal. How’s the job security at PayPal? Are there frequent layoffs till L25?

Is it safe to join CISCO? I have heard the layoffs happens there yearly.

Layoffs for Deloitte- who is doing them? How are they being delivered? Who schedules?

Laid off by Deloitte. 7 years of experience in strategy and operations consulting. Need help with companies that sponsor

Have an offer to start at Deloitte in July in Org Transformation consulting. If it doesn’t get pushed out because of the virus, is it a good time to switch firms in July? Concerned that layoffs may be imminent if I am so new to the firm. I will be coming in at the Consultant level if that matters.

After you are stealth laid off, other than job search, what do you do? I assume they won’t give you work and even if they do, you can politely decline? How do you feel about you are not progressing anymore and seeing other people progressing in their career? I have no intention to make partner, but still feel a bit stuck not doing that much.

Deloitte US just announced layoffs. Any other B4 started layoffs too ?

I am going through a divorce right now. I currently have a (my) family member stay with me to help take care of my children (until the divorce is finalized). My ex is oppose to my family member staying in the same house and decided to serve a notice to vacancy. However, I live in CA (community property state), and both of our names are on the title. Does my ex have any legal grounds to take such action to evict my visiting family member?

Does anyone ever question the possibility of going to law school?

I’m a 23yo female legal assistant working/living in Canada. I am completing my BA in hopes of continuing with law school after. But, I just turned 23 and I’m anxious about my love life and starting a family. I haven’t had a boyfriend since 2019 and I’ve poured my heart and soul into my education & career.

I’ve always wanted to go to law school since age 14. But I also want a husband/kids. I don’t feel like I can have both.

After joining with Barclays does it provide an Appointment letter? I joined 2 weeks back but i didn't receive it yet.

I have a question, I got a contract role through a recruiter. Initially the recruiter offered the hourly pay rate which was the minimum in my range. Now I got an offer from the company. Now without me asking her she increased the hourly wage to the maximum range I asked. Which makes me doubt if the company increased it or she knew the rate all along but gave me the lower rate ?

What are the biggest challenge going back to the office?

Hi everyone! I have 7 years of experience in social media marketing and looking for a change. Please let me know if there is any opportunity in your organisation that I can apply to. Location: Gurgaon

I want to know about any company who are looking for core Java developers.
Almost every jd in job portals are asking for numerous skills.
Below are my skills with 3 yoe-
Core Java
J2EE
Soap
Docker/Jenkins/Kubernetes/GIT
Linux
Skills I'm familiar with but no working exp-
Spring boot
MySQL
Rest apis

Excited with the change?

Going to India from DCA (flights were cheaper) but I live in Houston. Flight from DCA is at 10 pm. Should I book my flight from Houston to DC the same day or one day earlier? Given the flight cancela.

Reflation/reopening trades with room to go: CVX target 110 (uncle warren likes and lots of trave commodity increases, supply destruction =oil demand), NCLH target 40 (CCL/RCL have retraced to FMV IMO), BA target 300 (airlines basically back to FMV),

I have been offered by Amazon. Have one doubt, they have stated that for relocation, if done by self managed...we will be getting lumpsum amount of 1.5 lacs. My question is, will it be reimbursed against bills or it will be paid as one time amount without any bills..
Experienced Amazonians views needed. Thanks!

Best YouTube channel to learn Salesforce?

What could be the expected CTC for 16+ experienced Linux Sysadmin in Oracle, waiting for the HR round current CTC is 15 LPA

Does a 20 year long career at Deloitte hold much value in the marketplace in light of the current economic situation? Started as a change leadership Consultant, but ultimately spent majority of my career in Resource Management and Global Mobility.

Are the reports of the US running out of diesel in the next few weeks accurate? And if so, how will we transport food or anything else from one state to another???

I am interested in getting my SHRM-CP certification this year and I was wondering which study methods and materials worked best for those of you who passed the exam. Also, what are your roles in HR?!

Hi Fishes, How is DNB ASA (Norway based banking project) support project at TCS? I meant to ask how is the work pressure in this project and if there is any night shift in this project? If yes, how often the production support engineer do night shift here in this project?

Had my review (it was good) and manager says that they’ve put me up for promotion/raise saying that there’s no guarantee / not sure if it will get approved — wondering what that means? 🤔 (I’ve been at the company ~2 yrs without any raise/bonuses)

How do you not go absolutely batshit with anxiety while job hunting?

What’s up with SCC Chicago?

Thank you all for existing on Fishbowl and for being such a supportive community. It’s been a difficult year, but at the end of the day, I’m glad to have people to commiserate/celebrate with ❤️🙂❤️

What’s it like producing at 360i NY?

How do you find joy in a business where you’re told “no” 100 times a day?

Can someone explain how billable hours work? At a new agency and although I had to fill timesheets at my previous agencies, they were mainly used to ensure we weren’t over servicing a client/for setting the appropriate retainer for contract renewals. I asked ppl at my agency but haven’t gotten a proper explanation. I get the impression that billing to the agency admin code isn’t recommended, and my manager said he bills everything to client codes, but that doesn’t make sense to me .

I've never worked on anything for TikTok and hope I never have to. TikTok is from hell. I was on it one time for about 10 minutes and could feel myself becoming mentally unwell in just those 10 minutes. The human brain is not designed to deal with the sheer amount of sensory overload that app gives you. I'm pretty sure TikTok is one of the main reasons we are constantly hearing about how much Gen Z struggles with mental health.

Can someone explain the benefit of SAG to me? I obviously don’t deal with production that much but from everything I’ve heard it just sounds like a giant mafia racket…

Looking for agencies in the Bay Area and I'm not super familiar with the names at play. Places to check out? Places to avoid?

Does anyone know the stories behind KFC's "I love you Colonel Sanders" dating sim game and Wendy's D&D rpg? Were agencies involved or did they start in-house?

Audi ad is MVP so far

The new Volvo commercials are 🔥🔥🔥

Saturday night live is getting good again.

What’s your agency’s WFH policy? Is it ok to declare you’re working from home every once and a while? Sometimes I need to and I do better work when I’m away

Which agencies are going through layoffs

We’re in such a vicious business. You give your heart & soul to an agency, a client, a brand. Then the wind changes & you’re laid off, reassigned, chewed up, spit out, on to the next. I’m tired.

Is there any way to get Cannes’ festival pass for free without making your company pay for it? Like the case with Young Lions competition, where they pay for flights, accommodation and the pass.

Yo, can we all just chill? About you know, everything?