I'm being made to feel guilty taking PTO this season because the team is drowning in work, even though I planned the time off over a month ago. Now I'm worried about everything that’ll be waiting when I get back. How do you take a real break without paying for it later?

If I resign from IBM , within 11months 15days what will happen?

Has anyone successfully managed their ADHD without medication? Looking for homeopathic remedies or tips

Has anyone recently off boarded? I’m about to put my two weeks (three weeks since I’m taking a week off) and would love to hear how the experience was. Leaving for FANG so not a competitor

Does the sf office have lockers?

Ladies in Denver, do you have any favorite groups or associations for professional women? Trying to get more involved in the community and meet great people.

How do you best support your students who do not speak English? I have four ELL’s in my 6th grade ELA class and they don’t receive push-in or pull-out Bilingual support during my class. Do you pull them for small group to provide instruction separately or do you just try to use google translate to translate your lessons and the work? Any best practices? I’d love some help.

Which engineering is the best and why? I am an electrical engineer and I am sure that my engineering is the best career because it is the most difficult to study and at the same time we are the ones in charge of moving the world.

Signed up for a matchmaking service a couple months ago after getting tired of the apps. And while I’ve been underwhelmed with their process so far, I finally have my first match date this weekend. Haven’t been on a date since pre-pandemic. And never been on a true blind date like this. Wish me luck.

Is anyone here a member of Equinox Sports Club in West LA? Curious how crowded it gets, particularly in the evenings around 8.

I love what I do and I have an offer to stay in International Development and be a manager with 86k, focusing on my technical area + lots of travel. But I also have offers from Deloitte and EY to be a GPS consultant at ~100k. Is it worth it to move to D or EY? Have personal financial goals that i need to reach for my family and thats why i started considering EY and D.

Partners - what was the most stressful year of your career? The year before you made partner? Your first year of partnership? The year(s) you or your partner gave birth?

Google L6 S&O in Boston/Seattle/DC. 9 YOE + MBA.
Base: 218k
Bonus: 20%
Equity: 270k over 4 years
Sign-on: 25k

Good offer?

Hi fishes,
I work as an Assistant Manager at EY Gds. I am trying to switch for past few months, but, havent been able to. Now, I am thinking to upskill myself in tech, i already know PowerBi, what else can I start learning ?
Yoe- 6 years
Package- 13 lpa fixed
Domain - research

Please suggest, i know i have potential, i have been a top performer in my career, but not landing a job is making my anxious and depress, every passing day 😞

3 years in this apartment without any pests or bugs..2 months before I move out I wake up to a mouse freaking out in one of my bags. I grab the top of the bag and walk it out.. as I’m walking it out I see a mouse that looked just like the one I saw in my bag run past me. Not sure how it would’ve gotten out but I’m so grossed out rn and confused as how it got in 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@First Place for Youth

I am an Oracle apps technical guy(9+ yrs exp)
Got 3 offers which one i should choose please suggest.
Current CTC in IBM - 11Lpa
New offers as below
Cognizant - 18.7LPA (18Fixed +0. 7 variable)
TCS + 19.5LPA (including fixed , variable and retention bonus)

Wipro - 20LPa ( including fixed and variable)

Can anyone help me with ECTC with JPMC for 602 grade.
Even a range would help.

Tech- React
YOE-8+
CCTC-15lpa

They have agreed for 25 fixed. Not sure if that is good enough.

I'm starting to believe my caffeine addiction is affecting me. After an hour of working today, my hand started shaking!

I've never understood this, why do there seem to be more female librarians than male?

Recently learned that the whole “humans only use 10% of their brain” thing is not true at all. What are some other common science misconceptions?

Did you choose to work in the private sector or academia? Why?

Has science shaped the way you care for yourself and/or your family?

Science question: is there an explanation for why some amide coupling reagent work better than others? Trying to find an explanation for some results I'm seeing in my research but I'm not finding anything.

What’s a “science fact” that gets shared around that is very much not true?

Hey all, having issues with interviewing this year. I’ve been passed over every opportunity I really want and I’m unsure how to regroup and move forward. I’m really trying to break into method development roles and I haven’t had the opportunity to do so with my analytical experience. A lot of my HPLC and LCMS experience is with already established methods. Any tips?

I’ll be asking my last job for a letter of recommendation but I’m not sure who to ask. My boss, who is lovely and would write an amazing LOR. Or my boss's boss who would put minimal effort in but it would have more weight.

Does your PhD define your research for your career?

A close family member recently passed away and my grief is reflected in my work. I’ve started making careless mistakes, I can’t focus, and I find it impossible to put in a full day’s work. How long did grief impact your research?

How do you decide the author order in publications?

Looking for a pharmacist job with a pharmaceutical company. Have prior experiences with pharmaceutical company including Medical Information and Safety. Please let me know.

What are some of the best paid medical fields that don't require a doctorate? Certifications are absolutely fine. I just can't afford to go into doctorate-level debt

I have an interview for a technical writer position in the chemistry field. Coming from a lab based chemistry role I'm use to getting technical questions about my lab experience. With this role I'm interviewing for being office based, I'm not sure what questions they may ask. What interview questions can I expect for a technical writing position?

I've submitted my latest paper to the largest journal in my field, but it's taking forever for them to review it. I feel like they're just stalling me because they don't want to publish it. But if they don't publish it, then who will? And what happens if someone else finds out about my findings before they're published?

Do you ever conduct the hiring process for a research project? What do you look for in potential hires?

What impact has the prestige of your school had on your career?

One of my coworkers has withheld information that's important to my research because of a personal conflict we had. Should I speak to management or is it his right?