I'm new at consulting and think/worry about work literally almost 24/7. I always feel like I should be doing more and worry about shit client or manager might throw at us. Any tips for staying sane?

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Subtle art of not giving a fuck.

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Remember that what you're doing is not life or death. It's literally just PowerPoint.

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M1 not a good piece of advice.

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If you need drugs to keep up, you're in the wrong line of work. This shit is really not worth compromising your health.

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And that no matter how much you do today there will always be more tomorrow. Relax.

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I just had my 1 year anniversary, I'm only now getting comfortable at work. Take a deep breath, weren't not saving lives, there is more idle time then you'd expect, don't let anxiety get the better of you.

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Get comfortable with yourself and confident in the work you put forward. Do the best you can with the resources you have, and realize that we do not expect you to know everything or have all of the answers. (That's what your managers are here for.)

Many of us use 💊💊💊

Work out, communicate effectively, review and do the best in your work. Health is simply a higher priority.

Hey some people get anxiety, myself included and helps you cope, it's nothing to be ashamed of

What pills do you guys use? Didn't know it was common practice.

Various anxiety pills

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I am having 4 YOE as a Salesforce developer , I joined techM on july21 but I am thinking to put papers because of my pay and also my project , I am not seeing any learning scope in my project . currently I am getting 12.5 lpa ,

how much can I expect If I put papers now and attend interviews.
I am 3x Salesforce certified and 2x copado devops certified.

Any ibm project has on site opportunity for testing?

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I defended a deposition the other day. The court reporter swears in my client, “Do you swear that everything you say shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” My client looks at me and says, “Who’s Shelby?”

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Is there any stable project in Brillio with less/no micro management and work life balance ?

Do you bill the client for your time during lunch recess for court?

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Deloitte 🐠: Can people who got 1 or 2 ratings before share your metrics, i.e client/adj utilization, PRD hours, applaud awards, anything else...Thanks!

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I have a client, who is in a new relationship, and his gf contributes about $2600 to the household expenses.

Do I include her contribution as income to my client? or where do I input in the dissomaster? Thank you!

Any advice on building trust in a team? The client is a real bear and has everyone on edge always

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It’s hard to understand COVID-19 rates of infection where I’m at or was, and the contracts was not inline with corporate ideals at least not in the IT sector. Their ideals was radical and the spread of harmful information on past events to prevent ethnicities to get vaccinated was alarming. It has highest infection rate in private sector. Don’t know death rates was strictly remote and put on non-sanctioned project NDA wasn’t signed and never knew until it came down the grapevine.

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As a senior, I am dealing with trying to get answers from management but those above me want to be the filter and asker of all questions with the client. That is fine, each team has a preference.

But the questions do not seem to get asked or when they do the answer isn't right. How do others deal with this issue?

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How do you approach collecting documents from a client in response to discovery requests? Particularly with broad and vague document requests that leave you guessing about what the other side is looking for, even after you meet and confer. I’m realizing no one ever taught me a systematic approach to this problem. And that big, name-brand companies are absolutely terrible about record-keeping or even knowing what records they have.

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Has anyone lateraled from big law into an in-house role at one of your firm’s clients? I feel like this happens quite a lot and curious how that process went (did you reach out to them, they to you, etc)? I’m in my second year and staffed on a large client & starting to develop a relationship which I’d like to maintain. I’m thinking about hanging in here for another year or two but then starting to look to lateral. Would love to work for this company if a position is available at that time.

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T-7 until I lift off and never come back to the client site... Until next Monday 😞

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Please suggest

WLB is main. I know depends on project and manager. Please tell me probabilities.

Nagarro - 14Lpa hyderabad
Capgemini - 13Lpa hyderabad
Amdocs - 12Lpa pune

Which one is best

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As a junior associate, how do you find the healthy balance to take initiative in matters as opposed to wasting billable time on something the client won’t pay for or the partner might not actually want?

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What do I need to know attempting to transition into Tech? Currently active duty military, working acquisitions as an engineer (I don’t do engineering) but I will be transitioning soon to the civilian work force and would like to get into tech. Any advice for the transition or things to watch out for/keep in mind. I’m looking at technical project management, engineering management, or product management as examples of roles. 5 yoe in mil.

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Hello Everyone!
I'm working as a project manager with YOE of 8 years and pay of 23 LPA - I have seen people make more, am i underpaid ?

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When your firm requires billable hours, how are they calculated? Actual vs realized (I.e. what you put on your billing sheet vs what is billed to the client). Does your firm differentiate? Which number do they go by? My mind is somehow not comprehending how some big law hours are under my small firm requirement?

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Idk who needs to hear this but don’t just accept feeling lucky to have a job during a pandemic as an excuse to not get your promotion AND raise. If they say they don’t have money, issa lie. They have it, just not for you.

It goes without saying but always keep that resume fresh and be on the lookout for yourself because they SHOL ain’t lookin out for us.

🗣Don’t let them assign your value, know it for yourself and leave if you have to!!

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What would you get if only one car?

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