I wish we had an actual holiday party that wasn't at the office. Accenture is so cheap.

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Screw the party. Just increase my pay to what we are paying new hires and give me a bonus.

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P1 - what a selfish and arrogant thing to say! "Cuts into bonus partner pool" WTF? Was that supposed to be funny? Did you ride your way to partner on a unicorn or do you single-handedly deliver the engagements that feed your "partner bonus pool"? Which one is it?

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We had one at the CIO's mansion. His Bentley out front didn't do much to ease the sting of the shitty bonuses.

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A holiday party for 250,000 folks cuts into partner bonus pool dude. Do the math

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Yoo they paying fking undergrads no Skills having asses like 75-80k starting.

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So we’re having the office party at a pretty reasonable venue, tomorrow night - and the client party next week on the river..... it’s not the firm - it’s your local leadership!

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We don’t even have a party -_-

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Our local office party is a “luncheon”...... so my only real question is, will there be booze? Capital grill catering isn’t enough for me to haul my tired ass into the office on a Friday....

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Lighten up, just screwing with you to get a reaction. Guess it worked!

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I mean, you guys being mad at P1 for explaining the obvious is like being mad at the weather man for telling you there is a hurricane on the way... it’s just the truth.

P1 didn’t day he was one of the people screwing you over... just pointed out the arithmetic leading to your unfortunate parties.

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I heard Arthur Anderson had awesome parties

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Yeah I'm with M2. Fk you P1, you pretentious douche.

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Disagree. A discerning partner would know that the firm's most important assets are its people and keeping them happy will lead to better retention etc. which ultimately leads to better business wins and healthier " partner bonus pool"

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There are office parties, analyst parties and ERG parties where I'm at 👀

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That’s what happens when you’re a public company

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How are they gonna have the money for a holiday party when they are signing no skills baby analysts for 80K? That’s where the holiday party money goes! Sad!

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We are having a yacht party for our Christmas party so.... depends on what project and client you are on.

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Our office wide party is usually legit, guess it varies by city.

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Everyone hates the partners on Fishbowl, yet in real life everyone has their lips attached to the partner’s arse and stabs teammates in the back to get promoted. Look in the mirror, is that who you wanted to be as an adult?

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M2 you sound like you need to be coddled

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