“I’ve been married for over 31 years and have been trained to notice and compliment my wife’s hair cut/color, purses, new clothes and shoes”

Ladies who love food: let’s try out different cool restaurants together!

I’ve been getting into a healthier routine and make a meal replacement smoothie every morning. I bought a bunch of palisade peaches from a stand and chopped some up and froze them.

Mixed them up today with some OJ, Fairlife milk, unflavored protein powder, spinach, hemp seeds and chia seeds. Best smoothie yet!

Hi,
My current company is going out of business next week. I am rushing to get my next job lined up (probably won’t happen in time but I’m trying my best). My question is: should I be honest about why I’m looking for a new job? Is it wrong to not share this info during my interviews? Is this situation going to affect my interview process somehow? Please share your thoughts and wisdom! Thanks!

Any recommendations on credit cards with lounge access? Currently have the Chase Sapphire Reserve which has Priority Pass, but have been turned away from lounges not accepting PP at peak times

Apparently some journals can prevent sci-hub from sharing their content now.

Do you know of a sci-hub alternative for free journal articles?

Looking for intel on R/GA Austin. Anyone work there? What’s the word on the status of the office of the work life balance? Or is it a sweatshop?

Do you still have opportunity to negotiate salary when you’re going thru a recruiter and they tell you the range upfront?

For those who have to report on financial performance regularly to either the CFO or related execs: how do you get past the nerves? Honestly my work culture is super chill but I still get anxiety.

How do I find biotech companies list by amount of cash on hand?

Working on a deal where buyer's side keeps on insisting on a POA to effectuate all actions of Seller under the agreement, including executing documents. I keep striking this and commenting that this is not standard. Has anyone dealt with this? I am okay with a limited POA based on the industry of the Seller, but not this general POA.

Are there State/federal (or other laws) that govern the closure of a store? The entity owns other stores and will not be dissolving. Just shutting down one of its stores.

Which agencies in chi stay open between 25th and Jan 1?

I've been biking to my home office everyday so I've been wearing gym clothes and bringing a change of clothes with me. When I get in the morning how long can I sit at my desk before going to change?

Are there any free invoice sending and tracking tools? I’m currently using google sheets but feel like there has to be an easier way.

Medicaid plans are so dysfunctional. Has anyone else experienced this? I feel like I’m being gas lighted after working for big commercial enterprises and now working on a Medicaid plan. I’ve never seen so much resistance to change or legit resistance to doing anything to improve operations.

Does Oracle have holiday shutdown?

Anyone else absolutely *loathe* being assigned new client matters at the end of the month when you know your billable time won’t count bc conflicts haven’t cleared yet? Just me?

As a first year - if you like working with a particular partner a lot, is it a good idea to just volunteer for all the work they have for you to do, or is it better to try to get a balance of different work from the practice group? Not trying to come off like Incrediboy.

Corporate or litigation, which is easier to reach billable hour requirement? In other words, which is easier to bill a lot annually? Comparably speaking.

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?

"She's like 30, but doesn't look super old"

“business advice: open the attachment” -RHONY playing in background

I give the clients gold, but they decide instead, they want me to paint it with sh*t.

“The shaft is not always welcome, but but hole always is.”

“Circumcision makes your dick look like it’s wearing a tailored suit. Circumcised is James Bond. Uncircumcised is James Out-On-Bond"

From a UX Director... “Design is everything. You’re nothing without design.” Excuse me?

“There are so many layers of Daddy. Book coming soon. How to get one, how to be one, how to keep one!”

You know who gets that raise or bonus or even a promotion? It's not the hard worker. Not even the smart worker. It's the worker who advertises every task they did (small or big) in front of the whole team...

Joined a call to hear “how’s my sql replication looking? Yeah,!I’m good.)

“The copy needs more modern slang young millennials can relate to. It isn’t jiggy enough right now."

AE: I need to take off this afternoon to the attend my grandmother’s funeral.
Owner: Why? She’ll be dead tomorrow too.

“I just want to see her cry” — People! Wtf!

“Bad news, we’ve had to eliminate the position that we were supposed to finalize your promotion to. Good news, your current position is still available and the prestige of your current role is now increased”
Not the money, not the title, bonus or anything, but oh the prestige.

"I don’t like morning people. Or morning. Or people”

Words of Wisdom

“Those glasses don’t make you look younger, they make you look older—but slightly more cool.”

🥺

"Do you really think we can spend all that money?"

These were influencer managers not media

So overheard after work:

I left a company a while back and a coworker of mine that also left just informed me that one of the C level execs has an SEC decision against him for embezzling several million.

This was from before I worked there...

I don’t have a horse in this fight

Heard from me:

“Oh, junior person, you have edits to the monthly activity report 3 days after your deadline to review the report, and after I sent it to the client? How lovely for you."