I’m a first year associate and perpetually concerned I’m going to get fired bc I feel like my work product isn’t at the level it should be. Does anyone have an idea of how easy/ hard it is to get fired?

Is anyone concerned about layoffs in the industry given current events?

Watching Severance…haven't finished it yet. What do you guys think? Psychologically separating your work life from your home life. Smart or insane? Would you do it? Barring the ethical complications lol

Anyone know which company is looking to hire for cloud strategy? Might be getting laid off

Is there anyone at Leidos, CACI or Raytheon in the DC Metro who wants to refer my husband? He's in final adjudication for his TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly, but his entire team was laid off (COVID). Looking for another contractor to pick up his clearance sponsorship so they can use his intelligence and language skills (and so he doesn't have to start the clearance process from scratch).

Hi Fishes, I have an offer from CISCO, yoe 5, salesforce developer. They have offered grade 10 but little bit worried about the number of times I have read about the layoffs in CISCO. Was there any major layoff in CISCO India? Or was it just for the on-site employees? Is this really something I should take seriously before joining? Fishes,please share your suggestions or experiences on the same

Did BCW NY just layoff it’s EA staff?! Seeing a bunch of these names on Connect and very upset that great people were let go!

Hey pwc fishes,
Can upcoming recession result in layoffs for people on bench? US advisory practice.

Let’s play a game: I come in late, I leave early, I’ve barely made anything, and some would say I’m overpaid. How quickly am I fired?

Has anyone survived a large round of layoffs at their company? Very curious about how you navigated that brave new world.

What should the rules be about asking out a more junior woman at the same company? I’d like to but am concerned with getting fired

There have been surprising news with layoffs lately. Has anyone here been affected by the layoffs at Twitter or META?

I recently cleared all rounds of interview for Mindtree and waiting for the offer letter. However, since Mindtree has been recently acquired by LTI, is there any layoff expected to happen in Mindtree?
Kindly pls give me an idea about how the situation is now in both companies.

Just got fired.. any opportunities out there in North America.

Strategy consultant, manager level ; experience in consumer markets: I heard technology sector is hiring. Open to relocation

I got fired. After a month. And I’ve never been more relieved.

Lots of farewell emails this week at PwC. People getting laid off? Has anyone heard anything about it?

Hi Desi 🐠. I know it’s a tough time for everyone. I’m about to be laid off and an struggling to find any opportunities. I’m a 2nd year analyst. I’ve worked with lifesciences and tech clients. I am looking for any project management or analyst level roles in the Bay Area that sponsor visa. I’m having a very hard time getting referrals or interviews. Please, can anyone help find any roles. Cont in comments

Do you take the current economy into consideration when receiving job offers? For example you receive a good offer from a company like Meta/TikTok but are hesitant because they could be laying off soon or rescind an offer versus a lower offer at a more traditional and stable company that tends to be less reactionary with regards to layoffs? Not my current scenario but just curious. I would like to make a move from current employer but this economy has me spooked.

If I leave a company after 6 weeks to take time away for personal health reasons will future employers assume I was fired?

I haven’t worked for a year so I don’t qualify for FMLA.

Hi All,

I have offers from
Capgemini -23
Bosch - 19
Verolt engineering - 20
Vitesco - 22

Which one I should select
Please help me with your opinion.

I have been short-listed among 2 other applicants for a great UX/UI role.
The role is very UI focused, am a jr but the role is Mid weight, yet I still got through! Yay
But now I got an email from the interviewer asking for live links of apps and websites that are similar to theirs that I have designed before.. I am stuck... should I decline the interview? I don't have much links to send. And the ones I did were confidential and the ones that are not , are already on my website what should I do?

I am 1 of 19 Designers at a mid sized firm out of NYC. All Designers on the team except for me are only allocated to 1 client project. I’m currently allocated at 125% of my time and on 3 client projects. I haven’t gotten a raise in the year I’ve been with the company and I haven’t been promoted when I applied for one and keep getting the run around. Any advise?

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Best interview prep for a deals team that focuses on technology due diligence, integrations, separations? I'm in IT mgmt consulting and trying to make the switch to deals / M&A so don't have real world experience to draw from. What do I need to learn / know? Recommended resources?

Will Google also start firings?

What are your favorite blogs/podcasts/newsletters to learn about nutrition and fitness? I'd like to become more knowledgable on being healthy (i.e., eating right, exercise tips, etc.).

how is the cloud unit in LTI and what are the actual work for senior engineer- cloud service and software. Can any 1 help? How is the work here?

Are there any Exploring Computer Science cohorts in New England this summer?

Salesforce folks! Invite: tpkdr

Hi, where is the Amex office location in Gurgaon?

Can any degenerate gamblers tell me what the w means in this derby bet: exacta 17 w 2, 15, 18

Hey Denver freelancers. How busy are you? Anyone want to collaborate on some passion projects?

Hey need some advice. I got diagnosed bipolar and can’t take stimulants. The diagnosis is being challenged and I got a second opinion it’s ADHD. Makes sense, all my family has it. Doctor won’t give me stimulants that work better. What do i do? Seeing other doctors is a 6 month long wait.

Hi my IBM sharks..

So I joined IBM five months back and just a week back I got a project.

Since my shift is 11:30 am - 8:30 pm, I started clocking in my hours in Workday from previous Monday for shift allowance and its pending for approval with my people manager.

Guys can you tell me when should we contact our manager by the end of every week or by the end of the month to get the entered time approved on Workday?

Secondly, does the people manager approve it or the project manager?

What’s the top M&A firm in Tampa? Any insights into hours, compensation, culture, deal types, size of the group, etc.?

I know this happens a lot but I still get mildly annoyed when a senior tries to make revisions to your work that don’t actually make sense and the partner eventually just reverts to your original language/wording. I’m a senior myself and I remind myself constantly not to mark something up for the sake of marking something up.

Stub year here- thoughts on going to a fancy closing dinner when all I did was a few minor pre-closing tasks. Got the invite but feels weird to go given my relative lack of involvement

Third year new to BL on the east coast. On a deal with another mid and two juniors, all of whom are on Pacific Time. Junior I am working with was working on comments sent by partner (also on PT) and sending directly. I didn’t see any emails from the other mid and junior, stayed up until midnight, but wasn’t sure what my role was there. Was this clear cut and did I miss it? FWIW I’ve worked through the night previously for deals so this isn’t new to me; just wasn’t sure of my role on this team.

What is the big deal about a summer associate emailing the client? I get it’s not ideal but find the reaction seems to be quite disproportionate.

Paranoid I’m going to be fired for low hours. Had a busy October and hit hours, was very slow last month and was like 30 hours short of target, and have been sick with Covid this month and missed a solid week of work, plus we have the holidays coming up. I was hoping to avoid two consecutive slow months, but it seems inevitable. How worried should I be? Firm hasn’t laid off anyone yet …. Class of 2021 for reference

Finance lawyers: I’m a 3rd year in finance/restructuring and while I majored in finance in undergrad, I’m clueless with the business side of all my transactions. What is a good resource to learn that stuff? Corporate Finance Institute or are these types of companies not useful and I should just keep plowing thru docs hoping they make sense one day?

Really wishing my firm hadn’t delayed the start dates for the class of 2020. Everyone I know is completely swamped through the holidays and could really use the helping hand.

Good morning a recruiter from a Top tier law firm (never mentioned the firm) was to call me over the weekend but failed to do so. I called them twice over the weekend and they were not available. Can I call them again on Tuesday or have they move on by now?

I hate how billable hours are inextricably tied to your sense of worth/achievement in this job

Any indications or chatter of a special or mid year bonus? The bump to $415,000 a year was nice but it’s already worn off, and seeing as how cash is the only thing that makes this job palatable, I was hoping for some mid year motivation in the form of a special bonus of some sort.

Anyone else get frequent migraines? How do you deal with it and still manage to get any work done that day?

My little brother is in law school and unsure whether to pursue a big law career. He’s ambitious, but wants a meaningful job that is not 24/7.

We have been blessed by financial support from family: By no means super rich, but he will leave LS with "only" 40k in loans, and owns a debt free apartment that pays his 1.5k mnthly mortgage.

He therefore doesn’t feel he "needs" big law money.

I’m in big law bc I’m a degenerate workoholic, while he has a life. Find it difficult to offer him advice.

I’m have a new theory about why juniors always feel like idiots and wanted to see if anyone else thinks this makes sense. I’m a third year, and am the most junior person all of my teams (generally me, a senior or two, and a partner or two), and I always feel like I’m messing something up. Is this just because I never get to work with other juniors and don’t see the mistakes they make, and that it’s relatively normal? And FWIW I went to HYS and I’ve had a clerkship so it’s not like I’m not smart

Unreasonable for me to dislike that a certain partner demands to always get e-mail drafts in advance?

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