I’m considering an offer from EY. I noted in the benefits package that it stated EY seniors get 25 days of PTO. Are you negatively impacted in performance reviews if you use all your days? (Cont.)

Offtopic: Which is the best health insurance (company) to buy for parents? Please suggest as per prior firsthand experience in claims, settlement, premium etc.

My parent has a star health policy for which the renewal premium is drastically increasing (almost by 50%) every year at age 51.
With such increase I do not think it will be viable for long term. So planning to switch/port.

Hi can someone give me an estimate of what a pediatric occupational therapist should be making in a city with a high cost of living. No benefits. Between 30 to 40 billable hours, documentation time unpaid etc. Independent contractor role. Practicing for over 5 years.

Currently working as radiology access specialist that is a regular 10 to 6 Monday through Friday. I want to branch out to remote position in healthcare I have about 3 years of working administrative part of healthcare. This will be a second job in a sense. Does anyone have any ideas ?

Any doing RE work for in-house healthcare? I’m curious about pay.

What are the benefits of a trust in estate planning for a single person with assets around $2m?

Has anyone used The Warton Group for 401k appointments? Seems like a lot of money for uncertain success...

I got Medical Reimbursement of around in current month salary, but I don't think I had applied any bill or submitted any such amount. Can someone tell what exactly is this amount for?

Looking to leave my boutique firm. Have a background in commercial and healthcare. 3 years FTE. Anyone willing to give a referral or connect me to recruiting teams?

For those of you in healthcare related account management, what is your healthcare background? I am clinical and getting ready to hire a higher level account manager. I am really biased toward people with clinical/in hospital experience because, quite frankly, healthcare is a different beast - lots of hand holding and change management. I don’t want to miss the right person because of my bias, so im wondering how many healthcare related AMs have healthcare/clinical experience… thanks in advance!

Do you buy insurance when travelling to US for fun? Moved to Europe recently and this will be my first time back in US without employer health insurance - should I buy travel insurance? Where from? Thanks!

Parental leave: do you have to be at a company or firm for a year before being eligible to take parental leave? Are there any companies/firms that don't have this requirement?

Current TC: 88k (83k base, 5k performance bonus), 3 YoE. Healthcare specific domain consultant. Looking to get into strategy work. Offer at strategy firm is 95k base pre-negotiation . Is this worth jumping over for? Tips on negotiating higher? For reference, manager level at my firm pays 95k base and if I stay, that would take 3-4 years for promo. Thanks for any advice!

Hi fishes. Currently interviewing with Accenture for the Talent & Organization (T&O) team for the change management profile. Wanted a quick comparison of the work life balance, career progression, perks and benefits compared to EY GDS. Thanks in advance.

I have a Deloitte PDM offer. I’ve read about the positives/negatives and I’m so torn. When my recruiter says I’ll have “144 hours” of PTO (18 days), will I definitely still run into the utilization trap of not being able to take it? Are all projects 40-42 hr weekly caps? Third question: I’m new in the DC area, are PDMs invited to firm socials? Trying to make friends! Thanks in advance

Hi All,
Does Citi provides joining bonus for immediate joiners?
Thanks

What’s a good baseline amount to keep in a checking account? I generally keep mine pretty low <1000 after paying CCs then dump the rest in savings. As I’m building a rainy day fund and then I will start contributing my brokerage account.

For reference <1 year experience at $4500/month (after taxes and 401k contribution)

Looking at full-time and application asks for expected salary and then expected total compensation as a number. How should I figure out the second? Health insurance, bonuses, life insurance, equity, PTO? I studied art, not math.

I’m at 7.5 years of experience and got an offer letter saying 3 weeks of vacation. I’m currently at 5 weeks vacation - are companies typically flexible with this?

Has anyone had success claiming for unemployment benefits while on H1B? For data point, I’m in NY and I received a request for documents showing work authorization and sent back EAD, SSN, copy of H1B stamp and I797. Case is still processing.

Hello Fishes,
I received a call for interview from Deloitte. However I don't have all the skills/exposure mentioned in JD. Has anyone cleared an interview with similar scenario in big 4?

Hi everyone, Looking for a Job change in field of IT SOX Compliance and IT advisory…. Currently working at EY for 2.5 years,with almost 5 years of experience IN BIG 4…
Let me know incase if any job opportunities. Location: Mumbai

Hey! Audit manager (exp in Financial
services sector) with a Big 4 looking to
relocate from USA (been here 3 years)
to Singapore. Any suggestions on how
to land a job/offer in SG? Also any
thoughts on the EP climate right now
will be much appreciated:) (I'm very
excited about possibly moving to SG,
but want to be realistic about my
expectations). If anyone can refer me/
pass along headhunter/recruiter contacts, will
definitely be appreciated too! Thanks!
:) (fingers crossed)

Looking to get advice on two different job offers. I am only concerned about long term career prospects in choosing one or the other. Offer 1: warehouse manager for a beverage company. Offer 2: material distribution manager for an industrial equipment manufacturer. Again, only want input on future opportunities that each might provide. Thanks!

Any advise on best course of action for case in which manager intentionally blocks promo opportunity (on different team) so they can keep you in role. And then claim that you are not ready for promo (after they initially were all about you being ready)?

This is great! Glad someone did this

I hope my manager rotten in hell!!!!😡😡😡

When you recruiters say at the end of a 15 min call.
“I will get back to you by the end of this week” does that really mean “your not right for this position”? Because this whole thing is a waste of time. I’ve did these calls with 3 recruiters and is yet to hear back from someone. Today would be the 4th recruiter that I’ve spoken to. Does this practice annoy you guys just as much as it does us? My dream career is to be a technical recruiter but this whole thing is discouraging.

Any design strategist / facilitators that freelance or consult on the side? I would love to learn what you offer and how you do it.

I’m trying to transfer departments at my company and I talked to the MD of the department i wanna transfer to, and told him working remotely is a requirement to me, and he said he’s not sure if that’s possible, and that would depend on HR and the hiring manager. He still forwarded my resume to HR and I got an interview. How should I negotiate to make the role fully remote?

What to do if you haven’t heard from the embassy for 75 days. They have my passport. I came in for my H1B interview, VO told me it’s approved and I shall have my passport in 5 days. It’s in AP cont.

Where can I get a a reasonably priced pair of tan suede chukkas? #benchthoughts

Any single moms (by choice or by circumstance) on FB? A friend from my old firm is thinking of going it alone, any stories from the consulting trenches? She's in a local model, boss is supportive.

Best consulting firms to target for Supply Chain & Operations Strategy apart from MBB after graduating from MIT SCM

Bank is asking for verification of employment in securing mortgage. What contact should I give at KPMG?

Great learning experience they said, it'll be great they said... 😱

Is CMA worth getting after getting the CPA? Or is it better to get the CFA. Also don’t have much finance background so I don’t know if I can pass the CFA will require a lot of hard work. Interesting in hearing people’s thoughts.

I have no plans in leaving PA anytime soon but I figure maybe I should look into another certification that holds value and makes me more marketable compared to my peers. Appreciate any thoughts and advice.

- Also considering going to a t14 MBA in future.

I hope my manager rotten in hell!!!!😡😡😡

PwC just announced there will be 5 required staff levels before promotion to partner across all line of services. Associate, Senior, Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Partner. Thoughts?

Best books for time management / business skills / inspiration?

With House Tax + HOA + Maintenance + Home Insurance + Security System + 4% mortgage, is it even worth buying a home especially at these levels? (NY/NJ area)

So FTX, a multi-billion dollar business, was running on quickbooks per the Financial Services Committee meeting going on right now 😂 Man their auditors gotta be sweating

If I pay for Becker now out of pocket with I get reimbursed at any PA firm I start at? Sucks not having an FT offer lined up.

One of my senior managers is a boomerang and told me she was laid off when she was 7 months pregnant about 10 years ago. I think she was a senior or manager. She was in a specific group and everybody was laid off. It wasn’t performance based.

Would you work at your company again if you were laid off?

What’s the difference between ED and partners? How does one become an ED vs partner?

FAANG is now MAMAA (Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet)…Whoa Mama! As if there weren’t enough acronyms in our lives. Happy Friday All!!!

Did someone get fired in the new manager training in Orlando after getting drunk?

Any cheap AI stock I should consider buying? Any suggestions?

Anyone here going through New Jersey for CPA license?

Interested to hear more of your experience especially about the extra forms we need to submit! Already passed REG, AUD, and FAR. Planning to take BEC in Oct/Nov.

Despite failing or losing parts of the CPA exams, let's not forget we still got promoted and some increase in pay.

People in tax - do you find that busy season never ends?

I’m a first year tax accountant in services. If I complete CPA exams within first year will I receive a big raise? Or no because I dont client face I am in tax services..

Rising Audit seniors: what % increase in salary are you all expecting and what office? I'm in Dallas and expecting 15% raise.