I'm getting married in August, and I submitted my PTO request today. I'm going to be out of the office for eight days in total. My manager looked at me and said, " If it turns out we can function normally with you gone for so long, we might be looking at a different conversation." What the flying hell does that mean? If I go on my honeymoon and the office doesn't burn down, I'm just out of a job?

I hate family vacation with my adult siblings and parents. This year I’m attempting to WFH while on family vacation. Is there a way to leave halfway through and drive home?

Has anyone attended the Holiday Hi-Light Festival? Is it worth doing?

How much should I charge a friend to watch 4 dogs at their home over Christmas weekend (2 nights)? The dogs don't have any special needs or medications. I've dog sat for other people in the past but always for free. I also have had dogs of my own for most of my life. I want to start charging people for my services but also want to be reasonable since this is a friend and don't plan to charge a holiday fee. We live in St. Louis. Would $40 per day/night be reasonable?

What holiday party did you get?
Anyone living close to an office, got a holiday party with food and drinks, and the venue started open for them until around midnight. Our remote workers got a one hour party w a DJ and trivia that let you win gift cards. Yeah it was nice to win a gift card but I found it lame in comparison to hanging out with my team in real life.

What fun holiday things for adults :) are good to do in north Phoenix Scottsdale area ?

Is it bad to be over-utilized? I just did the math and I could charge zero hours this week and take a 3 week vacation after and still be 100% utilized? Is that abnormal?

Will be resigning from D, as a USI landed resource. The PTO balance will be paid out but the payout will be in India bank act based on base there or will be based on US salary and on US account?

Any good work holiday party stories? Past or recent?

Do you work the holidays into your lesson plans this time of year? Or is it too much of a distraction from your routine? Teaching a SPED music class this year and the students have finally *mostly* become comfortable in the room and with the instruments + noise. We usually work on the same songs each week for one month, but I'm thinking of switching it up and doing Christmas/Holiday songs next week as a send off into break. I work with mostly autistic students.

Has anyone been told they need 25% down for a vacation home?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Job A - no career path upwards, high functioning team, generous benefits and unlimited time off. TC 185

Job B - clear career path, new team, chaotic corporation, but lots of room for growth and budget to hire staff. Ok benefits. TC 220

Favorite vacation spot ?

Is the EY 16 week maternity pay 100% of the salary ? I was reading the FAQs and could not find anything that said 100 % of pag provided in the 16 weeks of eligible time off.

Fellow expats, how do you handle the holiday season in Singapore? There's no way I can go all the way back to the States for Christmas, and I'm already feeling the pangs of homesickness creeping in.

Getting an offer by tomorrow. Verbally told the offer will come. Is it typical to negotiate vacation days?

Moving from T2 to McKinsey. How do vacation requests work? I have family and friends getting married this fall in weddings delayed because of covid, but I’ll just have started so wanted to get a sense of how realistic taking vacation this fall would be and how to approach taking it (e.g. mention to HR, staffing). TIA!

Do you guys charge vacation form holidays or excused leave?

Has anyone considered making the move to the corporate world? I work in admin for my nonprofit right now so I make a decent amount (53k) my benefits are unbeatable. PTO & sick time PLUS self care days. Flexibility. Etc. the one thing we’re lacking is structure and honestly im burnt out and overwhelmed with my work load and I know I could be getting paid around 10-15k more for similar work. Anyone gone to corporate and regretted it? Loved it?

Renegotiating my contract and curious about maternity leave policies at other practices/hospitals. Do you get paid leave? If so how much time off & are you getting full pay? We are a group of about 75 employees, 6 docs with 5 PA’s and only unpaid 12 weeks off.

You’re either not valuable to your company and/or your job isnt that important if you’re able to take PTO and not at least send some e-mails.

Hello Fishes,
I need a suggestion.
I have 3.3 YoE in sap po with knowledge of sap abap.
I am interested to work in development for po and abap both. Now i am in po sustain team but in a good project.
Should I switch? Is there any future or opportunities as sap abap and po developer?

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

Hi, I am new here wanted 11 likes to start chatting service. Also I am currently serving notice period in TCS working as frontend developer in the company. So looking for referral and job opportunities for the same profile.

9/22 Thread (BC):

5/16 Thread (General):

Anyone here has taken the PMP certification ? Is it worth it over MBA and if you're managing projects in Advisory?

I have total 8 YOE (3 years in salesforce) current package is 8.5LPA. I have hike this month. How much I can expect?

When you sell a dedicated website for a special deal, do you give the CRM for free? Is vTiger CRM your advice? Otherwise, what are your most common recommendations about CRM?

I call my family after work and spend time with them.Sometimes I even take my family on a trip with me lol

I came to US few years ago , I have a heavy accent and still struggle to express myself fluently at times. Any advice on best online resources to help with my accent/fluency?

Anyone know of any short online ethics courses I can take for credits in Illinois?

My back hurts so I’ve been laying on the floor looking at Fishbowl all day instead of doing my job.

Anyone have any good office chair recos for sedentary potatoes that wfh?

Who believes the whole 300 hours of study rule of thumb?

Hi all,

I am looking for a job switch and have 5 YOE as Information security analyst. Pls help me with any referrals.

Are any firms hiring for fdd with just audit experience? Third year audit manager here. I’d be willing to come in as a senior if needed.

I had a job interview for a role that I really want. The hiring manager scheduled me for an interview and did not show up. Emailed me an hour later stating that he got super busy and couldn’t attend, and would like to reschedule. This is a major red flag, but I can’t help but feel that I am missing out since this role pays 50% over what I currently make. Should I let the recruiter know? What’s your take on this?

Anyone going to play AMZN earnings? It’s hard to say if we will still have low expectations this quarter but have to think AWS has done real well this quarter. It’s probably too early to tell how much WMT + is stealing business. The wild card is if they announce stock split.

Hi all, has anyone temporarily transferred to the Canadian office of their firm and done the Canadian PR application while they were there on work visa?

Want to join new company after h1b transfer completed. Need to give 2 weeks notice to current employer. Can I work for current employer for those 2 weeks notice period after h1b transferred to new employer?when does the current employer get notified of h1b transfer, in case that happens?

Agency producer here. I have an interview with an in-house agency tomorrow and I’m trying to prep myself/anticipate questions that the Exec Producer will ask. Any sample questions you guys can think of? I feel so rusty, it’s been over 5 years since I’ve interviewed anywhere. Very much appreciated!

Anyone from MediaCom on here?

What's the best website that lists out current agency client rosters? (I've seen this before on FB but can't find the thread. FB - please add search functionality!!)

I have an idea that I think could change the shape and makeup of the industry, and reduce discrimination in the hiring process.

I need to find developers however. Any idea where to look. Self funded

How much of your job is actually solving a business problem with creativity, and how much of it is just providing corporate self care to wealthy clients who hate you?

It took the horrific and completely inexcusable death of George Floyd to move the racism issue to the forefront. And while it’s a crime of a much lesser degree, with different circumstances, what’s it going to take to get ageism properly addressed? Intelligent thoughts/debate requested only please.

Which portable standing desk converters do people have and recommend. I live in a tiny NYC apartment so use my dining table as the office during the day but need to put it away at night.

So, I work in an agency, but recently someone reached out to me for freelance writing work. I guess it'll be long form ad copy, as they're asking me for a rate per word...
I have no idea what's standard here

Don’t ask me why but would anyone know where I could download McDonald’s font? Preferably for free... I think it’s called Speedee? I can’t find it anywhere... help

Are Droga or Anomaly open to sponsoring work visas for mid-senior folks outside of the US?

What’s the worst advice you’ve ever gotten in this business?

Mine, as an account person: “You should take more credit for the creative that’s presented.”

As bad as my job may be, someone out there has to write an Effie entry for Weathertech

Hypothetically, what might happen, if Strat said to fishbowl they needed a virtual hug? Other than CD potentially saying something snarky and mean ...hypothetically only.

We are hiring for several marketing roles in NY and Cambridge. Want to work for a good company with even better hours and pay? DM me. Sample roles open (below)

Working with another agency on a project and think I'd rather work there. Protocol for reaching out to someone to pick their brain? Email? LinkedIn message?

How did your agency handle layoffs? All-agency meeting before they started? After they ended? Both?

Kinda sorta trying to predict if I’m losing my job tomorrow.

Having the clients love an idea you had to fight to present is a bittersweet win- you feel validated, but also wish your team backed you from the start...anyone else experience this?

Looking to learn more about the people behind the agencies. Could anyone tell me who’s actually driving the best work at:

-WK
-Droga5
-Martin
-Goodby Silverstein

Feel free to call out any top talent from an agency not listed above.

To the Copywriter who thought no big deal about ads on Breitbart 🙄. Here's a sampling of two recent titles from their site: “There’s No Hiring Bias Against Women In Tech, They Just Suck At Interviews

How do some of y’all manage to go 2+ years without a raise? Like are you just really good at budgeting?