Is there any advice for networking into projects when you don’t know many people at the firm yet? I always to help on BD work when I’m on the bench, but it never turns into any billable work. Every time I have talked to a partner/senior manager I was told I don’t have the skill set they’re looking for, but I don’t know how to build up from there. Feeing very lost but I want to improve my approach.

Bench ka Kya system hain bhailog capgemini mein?

If you are a first year in a stub year, and significantly under billable hours requirement, do firms typically still give pro rated bonus? Do first year stub associates really ever hit their pro rated hours in those 2-3 months?

Does industry have billable hours? At the big 4, we are required to work a certain number of hours each week and if we spend too much time on anything we are questioned on why it took so long. Is that a thing when you go in industry?

Does anyone have experience working for a ALSP? How does compensation work (pay and benefits)? Are you an employee or technically an IC? Do you have billable requirements like at a firm? How do you think it prepared you to potentially move in house? I'm currently at a firm but thinking of taking a position with an ALSP but my goal is to go in house.

Anyone else here have terrible utilization because their deals die and a code never opens? /can’t find another code to book hours? I’m sitting on over 200 billable hours at this point

Does anyone have experience working for a ALSP? How does compensation work (pay and benefits)? Are you an employee or technically an IC? Do you have billable requirements like at a firm? How do you think it prepared you to potentially move in house? I'm currently at a firm but thinking of taking a position with an ALSP but my goal is to go in house.

What’s the process for resigning on the bench? What’s the appropriate sequence of communication and should it be email vs. phone?

Hii everyone from IBM 👋🏻

Whats the process of initiating and getting the hike/bonus?

I joined IBM on last week of May 2022, was on bench till 20th November 2022 and got allocated to project on 21 November 2022.

Whom should I talk to regarding the hike/bonus? And whats the process like??

Will be grateful if I get any inputs. Thanks all :)

Is it true that people joining for Oracle practice at PWC AC Bangalore are on bench due to shortage of projects right now ?

It’s hard to trust the partners/leadership when they want us to return to office as being better when we increase offshoring? Also, the pressure on billable hours when all that really matters is how much our fixed labor costs vs. how much we can bill (which is usually fixed fee or at least a range) and the fixed labor costs of offshoring is significantly cheaper so the hours don’t matter. Am I mistaken by this viewpoint?

Partners, what is your advice to folks who are currently on bench on how to best utilize their time and what value add activities (personal/professional) that they can/should do.

I have joined Nagarro almost a year now as a senior architect. However, I see lot of issues here. The company is great so far as employee friendliness is concerned. It may be rated as the top most company in that regard and that is why attrition is well within control. However, there are issues:

1. Project Allocation - allocated to projects without fitment with the role or skills. No internal job portal

2. Lots of seniors in bench for long time

3. No way to give company feedback

I am on bench from 1 nov 2022. I am PA.

What is the LTI bench policy, how much time can an employee be on bench is it 90 or 120 days in business/industry consulting?

To the post below- it is quiet, so I’ll bite!
Does anyone know about associate compensation at the regional Atlantic Canada firms? The the big ones have all been posting job ads for associates in the 3-5 year range. Any insight on salary and billable targets?

Does anyone run a business in addition to their firm? I’m a solo and I’m doing pretty well with about 60-70 billable hours a month. Though that leaves a lot of downtime. Curious if anyone has any second businesses that require about 20 hours a week. Not looking for passive income or franchise ideas though.

Carmelo Anthony would be a great consultant. Never wants to come off the bench and always wants to start and be a contributor

I currently work at a medium sized firm and have about two years experience in personal injury litigation. The billable hours and lack of work life balance are really getting to me and I am looking to switch to something else out of litigation, preferably in house. I am also looking to relocate to a different state. How do I go about properly marketing myself to companies that might not take my relocation and minimal experience seriously?

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.

How do firms give bonuses to associate attorneys? Quarterly, monthly, annually? What is a bonus based on? Money recieved, billable hours, etc?

I'm looking to set up a bonus structure for a new associate.

Hi Fishes. Just got the following offer and would like to know in hand salary. Please let me know.

Fixed: 30 LPA
Bonus: 3.33 LPA
Gratuity: 72130
Stocks: 2 LPA every year for 4 years
Benefits: 91k Broadband, meals and insurance
Total: 37 LPA plus joining bonus of Rs. 2 lakh

Hi Fishes,
Those who recently joined Accenture or got OL from Accenture, what's thr work location status. Accenture giving permanent work from home to anyone or hybrid mode has started?? I need this information as on the basis of this I am gonna decide whether i will join Accenture or not.
Thanks in advance

What do you think are some distinctive personality traits among people who are drawn to big law for the money, compared to people who seek out more creative, idealistic or caring jobs, like a writer, journalist, artist, doctor, nurse, public defender or plaintiff-side personal injury attorney?

How are the annual hikes in CBA , TIA ?

What is the typical salary range for an Enterprise Architect position?

Is there a way to download the pre-anoted notes?

Is Medicare for all a good idea? Does the USA have a viable path to universal coverage? What major changes are needed to change the fact that we spend the largest share of our GDP on healthcare whil

Just scored 700 on my GMAT and I feel like a bag of crap. For reference, I put in 300+hrs into my studying, which is overkill but the course I signed up for took this long.

I wanted to use this to strengthen my app to BCG as an experienced hire and possibly for an MBA in the future.

For the MBA programs I'm looking at this score is fine but is this a score that can help my BCG app in a MCOL Canadian city?

Is this legal?
After being mugged and having my things (including my keys) stolen, I was locked out of my townhome after business hours on a weekend. I was told on the phone when dialing my complex’s after hours number (which is managed by a 3rd party company) that my complex’s policy would let me in for a cost of $100 (as it was after hours). After I was let in, property manager informed me the charge was $200. Is there anything I can do here? This is in Minnesota. Help appreciated!!

Anyone from Houston? I’m moving there soon and it would be great to join the community in any way!

36M here and I find beards / facial hair absolutely cringe. I feel like everyone has just gone for the 'I can't be bothered to shave' look for convenience. Especially desi guys, it's like a uniform now.

Anybody else feel the same?

For the F 🐠 - is it really that hard out there in your city? What’s been your biggest challenge with finding the right guy? Any regrets not making it work w/ an ex or friend zone guy from the past?

How do you fellow workaholics find time for dating?

How is the work life balance in cognizant ?

Anyone have experience going back to school for either an LLM, MBA or something else while still maintaining their practice? Considering going for my MBA to open practice to more business consulting, but maintaining my full time practice. For context, I am an associate at a 5-7 attorney firm with a billable target in the 1300 vicinity.

OTS is growing rapidly and leadership has asked us SMs to assist with recruiting. One of our needs is for cybersecurity and data privacy consultants interested in M&A e.g. CISSP, CISA, CIPP, CIPM, etc

How’s EY in SAP consulting , are they growing in SAP and getting some projects ??

Does Deloitte official can get paternity leave in his 1st year ? If yes, for how many weeks he is eligible ?

Joining a small firm <5 people (Co-founder is MBB former partner / my mentor). Any 🐟 go down this path / have advice?

Does anyone have any insight into Accenture’s Liquid Studio group? The types of projects, culture, etc.

Anything good I can spend Delta Skymiles besides airfare? (I’m not really planning on flying anywhere soon).

Hi All,

Moving out of IT consulting to Product Management side in the next couple of weeks.
The new company I will join is an e-commerce division of a leading food retail group.

Any suggestions about books/ videos that I can access to learn the basics of the product side?

Best consulting firms for the retail and CPG industries?

Do you have any book/video/whatever recommendations for how to be a good manager/lead? I'm trying to make the transition and get more responsibility

Applied for a position 1,5yrs ago, got the job but turned it down. Really liked it but didn’t make financial sense. Kept good relationship with the HR person but since then she’s left the firm. (Cont)

I know this has been asked a million times but: I have two weeks to prep for BCG case interviews. What resources should I use?

Do you consider old guard big tech good places to exit to?

i'm in Privacy at Deloitte, what other consulting firms have a comparable/ better privacy practice?

Joined Deloitte GPS in March, had problems getting staffed due to not being US Citizen. Did a short stint on a state and local project. Now PMD is helping push for my transfer to commercial which...

Is Medicare for all a good idea? Does the USA have a viable path to universal coverage? What major changes are needed to change the fact that we spend the largest share of our GDP on healthcare whil

Best consulting firms for work-life balance? I know consulting is chaotic in nature, but just curious to see which ones are the best in dealing with this?

I have gathered that aside from MBB, ACN pays their employees the most and pretty significantly more than big 4. Jumping 🚢 A$AP.

Has anyone left their firm at a critical point in the project lifecycle? Were your colleagues professional or hate you now?

There doesnt seem to be any non-awkward moments to exit o my projects

What’s the process for resigning on the bench? What’s the appropriate sequence of communication and should it be email vs. phone?