I’m so bored during this pandemic, I’m starting to consider having kids at some point.

Just got divorced after being separated for a year. Any suggestions for places to go and meet new folks?

My bf has asked me to help him quit the ecigs and told me he’ll probably hide them from me but he wants me to take them. So I have for the past week. He really only keeps them in his pocket, 1 drawer

Any book recommendations for grieving the death of an estranged parent?

So… 3.5 year relationship came crashing in Jan due to covid depression, work burn out, lockdown etc. We have stayed in contact and recently he has come around to apologizing and considering getting back together. However he also revealed he started seeing someone casually 4 weeks ago and technically is cheating on her by meeting me for coffee and to discuss this. I’m upset that he’s dating others but shouldn’t be right? I mean, I did the same. Still hurts though. And I told him to sort that out

Hi! Have any here gone the natural cycle IVF route? What was your experience like? Did you have success in growing your family this way? Would you recommend it to others?

I used to be so devoted to my academics that I kind of forgot to make some close friends. How do you reignite your social life after college?

My firstborn is due in just over a month! Was wondering if anyone can provide any tips or insight for a first time parent!

Sometimes when my spouse snores i’l flick them real hard and they will wake up panicked and I’ll say “ are you okay? It was just a dream a bad dream...shhh just sleep” and then they will calm down and fall back asleep with less of a snore 🥴

I'm going from working at a non IT industry to an IT firm. As an introvert I've faced a lot of difficulty in my career... Now since I'm also shifting to another industry completely, I'm feeling very insecure about my life at work. Please give me tips on how to make friends and be in the good books of the managers.

How do i find out if I will be happier divorced or more unhappily staying married. 2 kids; 2 & 4 YO. They don’t hear the arguments after bed time and don’t understand the bruises yet but I know it’s just a matter of time. It would be so much harder not seeing my kids everyday than living with the pain, loneliness and lost friendships. But I’m tired. And so sad. Lost. So alone. Does anyone have something that turned it around? He changed? You changed so he did? Ayahuasca retreat maybe?

Mother and sister are getting cabin fever. Father is being a bit irrational. I'm just going with whatever keeps them calm so I can retreat back to my room and be an introvert in peace. Anyone else?

I’m in SF but nervous to officially come out to my friends even though I’m sure they all know/assume anyway. :(

My fiancé will NOT stop talking about her ex. After I found out they were texting arguing she justified it by saying it was about the dogs and not them. Even though Her social media is full of his pics. She still sends him $50 a month for dog food, still goes to work right by his place and suspiciously needs keys. I try to bring it up and I get dismantled for being too mean and making “false accusations.” How much more obvious can it be?

Up vote if you went through a divorce, in the process of one or know it's inevitable b/c of the job.

Hi i lost majority of my money in the stock market. I married and promised my family that I will not make the mistake I made 7 years ago. Gambling. Is this an addiction I have. I keep selling stocks and taking loses buying other stock hoping it will recover but never did and sell again taking loses and buy again. It now sink in to me. I borrow personal loan hoping that the market will do k and I pay it back but I even lost that. I can't stop crying that I hurt the one I love the most my family.

I’ve been single for so long my last ex had time to find someone else, get pregnant, have a baby and now they’re engaged. And I’m sitting here watching Footloose

For those of you with immediate family members who are at high risk, how are you doing? I find myself being very anxious and stressed about my father getting sick.

Working Moms/Dads: Do in-house positions exist with flex time hours? I need to be able to leave work at 4pm to pick up my son from daycare, but i can get back online at home to resume any unfinished work at 8pm. Is this realistic to convey to any companies in an interview? Pandemic aside, is face time 9-7pm really important? Or should i just try to find a job with a salary that covers a nanny salary and accept that i will never see my son on weekdays (which would be sad for both of us)? TIA!

Colleague passed my work on as his, how to handle this gracefully ?

Our employee satisfaction survey is tied to our performance goals. Meaning, if we rate management badly, we cannot meet 10% of our goals which in turn affects our bonuses and raises. We asked HR but they didn’t do anything about it. Is this normal? Is this legal? If not, what else can we do about it?

If your manager gives a false commitment of onsite then what can be done against the manager ?

Is the amazon application status of active vs archived (not in consideration) accurate?

Looking for ergonomic office chair recommendations, budget is $500. Any suggestions?

Welcome to the bowl for job referrals in Canada! Let's explore and help each other out in the corporate world. Good people know good people after all!! 😊

Which is the best consultancy or agents for Canada PR ?

Good furniture stores in the city? Want to get a decent couch under 1000-1200

Elsevier- MDM, AWS, Java Spring, SQL
Citicorp- Spring, Java,Struts, Angular
Confusion between these two. Same package for both. Please share your experiences, knowledge and views.
Thanks in Advance.🙂

What did the zero coupon bond say to the straight bond?

Hi all—took the GMAT (yes another GMAT thread sorry) after doing the mprep course and got a 660... Quant 41 Verbal 41. Any advice for how to study to boost quant? And can verbal really get better?

Final interview with a company that I like next week and would provide almost everything I'm looking for, but very close to getting a final interview with another company that I love. What to do?

Sick of people saying don't wear a mask. Wear a mask people, if you have one. The CDC says only wear them when you are sick. But isn't that the tricky part of Covid19? That you can be asymptomatic?

What is the average salary for an Employee Benefits Account Manager? I’ve been in the industry 6 years.

Having 3 offers right now. This is my first switch. Which will be good in terms of everything.
1. Simens Gamesa- 14 LPA( Fixed + Variable)
2. TechM - 14 LPA(Fixed + Variable)
3. Coforge- 15.80 ( Fixed + Variable)

Should we do a Vancouver meet up? Seems like TO has been doing few events. I can organize depending on how many people are interested!😊

Moving to London from US. Any recommendations on international moving/shipping service providers?

A director in another unit wants to meet me to “continue a conversation we started last year”. He is referring to the time I had asked him if there were openings on his team. That was over a year ago. I am not too happy where I am right now ( I stayed where I was). I also don’t know if he really has an opportunity or if this is just some corporate circle jerk where my current director is trying to “smoke me out”. I don’t speak poorly of my team/work. How would you approach this conversation?

Anyone that is WFH but rents a small office space to work from?

I don't want to have to go to an office with coworkers, but I do feel like I'd be more productive getting out of home office a couple of days per week.

Feel the same?

KPMG IT M&A Senior Associate Salary? Looking in ATL as a S1. I’m at 95k as an associate so not sure if there is a nice bump?

Firms hiring in Texas, Iowa or remote? Junior associate with CIPP (US +E), CIPM, and a post-grad fellowship in cybersecurity.

Heard frm a friend at pwc that in consulting they have per diems. Is it for all practitioners and practice? Seems tight on budget.

To the moon…Oh I mean back to earth. Sigh 😞

How is every fucker priority? And the non priority people...please stand in your own peasant line, do we ever crowd your way?

I have 26k Hertz points... Are these any good for anything? I'm never going to use the rentals....

The safety video says to make sure aisle armrests are lowered before takeoff. I've never figured out how to get it raised up in the first place. 🤔

I can officially tell the "green dot" green from slightly different shades of lime green

How does your firm measure utilization? I work for a small boutique that defines it as utilization = number of billable hours/2,080 and full bonus payout occurs at 80% plus.

Wish I could build slides like Bob Ross made his paintings #nograveyard

Best consulting firms for the retail and CPG industries?

Hey everyone,
I have a BSc degree from a semi-target university in the United Kingdom, and I currently have around 2 years of strategy consultancy experience at a Big 4 in one of Africa's most competitive economies. I'm looking to step into consulting in Dubai/ Abu Dhabi (MBB, Tier 2, boutiques, etc.).
Any referrals?
Thanks

Owe ~$4,500 in taxes for 2020. Anything I can do to reduce this amount? Going to contribute some extra money to 401k to get me to 19,500 for the year. Anything else?

If I just chill on the bench for long will I still only get fired at the end of the year?

Is 55k as a new hire associate too low?

For McKinsey PEI (power round), should my stories be around 5-6 minutes containing a good level of detail, or really generic (~2 minutes) and just let the interviewers ask me questions on what they feel are most important to them? I’m really eager to present the details because I think these are elements that can show my fit with the company well, but am hearing some people say that >2 mins people get lost. But some details are important to provide background (industry specific)…

Which consulting firms are hiring for experienced Associate position? Have a friend who got laid off and looking for another job.

Think I’m being ghosted from a recruiter, would you send a second follow up email or just move on? Got good vibes and interview was over an hour confused on what happened

Any other females out there dating someone who makes significantly less than you? Has it been an issue?

The moment when I left client site at 9 pm, grabbed takeout, then found myself driving back to client site instead of hotel #losingmymind

Who leads the Data Science/Data Engineering field right now? Cloud transformations, ML implementations, BI reporting? Companies + Practices?

M/SM and above, why do you label a meeting as “touch point” or ask if you can have a “quick chat” when it’s something serious? Millennials like us always assume we’re about to get fired - I actually have been laid off in a meeting with that title. But at my new job, my boss asked for a “quick chat” to literally ask me to change the title of a meeting and then chat about christmas. Now that I’m in management, I want to understand it better.