Just got the Sapphire Reserve this morning. Anybody use this in a lounge yet? Heading to EWR.

Will hotels and airlines extend their status requirements? (I really only care about Marriott)

Recommendations for am impromptu 8 day road trip from Dallas area early may? Parents + 3 year old in tow; enjoy nature, scenery, good food, anything with history. New to area so literally haven’t explored anything yet (but want to avoid Austin San Antonio trip)

Does it matter when you check in online for a hotel in terms of getting an upgrade? I'm a titanium elite Marriott bonvoy member looking for upgrades at Westin and Ritz in a couple of days. Any tips on getting an upgrade?

Hello, Help needed finding a gorgeous destination for a real vacation ( no work). I picture myself sleeping, hearing the ocean, eating, walking along the beach and repeat. I live in GA and willing ...

Looking at an engagement in Philly downtown for 9-12 months. Just moved to DC during COVID so not familiar with how bad commutes/traffic can really be. Should I relo or just take Amtrak/drive weekly? (PS: no kids, no wife, no pets)

Staying a weekend in October in Salt Lake for the first time. Is it worth dropping more points to stay downtown or save some by staying on the outskirts?

P&T is ‘central to our FY23 strategy’ and yet we had to beg and plead to even get a handful of P&T Directors to represent at the Director CLeX happening this week in San Diego.

Not feeling the ‘one firm’ narrative we push - completely tone deaf and sends a horrible message for P&T Directors.

Major missed opportunity to start bridging the divide - particularly at a level where the real work gets done.

I got bumped back to platinum elite on both Marriott and SPG.. after being gold for a few months now (have been on a local project for a year now)
Strange.

Hi, will be staying in London next week. Does anyone have an Accenture rate code for the Marriot / Hilton in London?

Recos for a vacation with my SO in mid-novemember. Thinking of hikes or any other outdoor activities (minus skiing). Can take a flight fwiw. Thank you

Anyone have good book recommendations that I can learn from and are entertaining? Trying to survive a 10 hour flight this weekend 🆘🆘🆘

Got a mail from American Airlines that says they are giving me free upgrade to platinum status with no strings attached. Anyone else got this?

What is BCG’s Uber policy? If you’re in the office (not travelling) working past a certain time, can you expense your ride home? I’m starting this summer and trying to figure out my commute/where to live

Is the a black market for rewards points? I want to get rid of my delta points for either American or Marriott points

One of the lucky few who got out of LGA on time 👏🏼 probably never going to happen again

Any tips for internal interviews for a title bump, but also to be on different team/client?

Hi fishes, I have recently attended an interview with Accenture India Accenture couple of days back and can see the candidature status is on hold after my 1st round of interview. Does this mean that they are waiting for others to complete their interview or am I rejected? If not ,how many days they tak appxm to make a decision. I tried reaching out to recruiter and as usual they are not lifting or responding to my messages.Has any one faced this situation with Accenture? Thanks in Advance!!

Hello Fishes,
I have offer from TechM 24 LPA with 10% variable. YEO 10 for GCP.
HR discussion in queue for Wipro.. How much should I ask? What is the salary range for 10YOE and GCP for Wipro.

Meetup for drinks? Anyone? We’re trying to establish a social cohort, if interested raise your hand.

anyone ready for AJ Brown to finally show out?

Arlington schools closed until April 14th. Send help!

Just signed an offer and moving to Chicago in about a month. Unfortunately, I don’t know anyone there. Any best practices for finding roommates?

If you’re an MD that lives in Houston and someone just left a chat with you… fix it here 🙋🏻‍♀️

Hello fishes, I am not able to understand why D&A competency in TC is doing EPM implementation projects using Oracle. When there is a dedicated competency for Oracle ERP implementation. Anyone having some idea please help understand this.

Which Big Law firms in San Francisco/Bay Area have good L&E groups? Good as in legitimate group and not some group that claims to do the work but really just writes blog posts and answers some advice and counsel questions. Amongst those, any intel on culture, WLB, etc.?

Received an offer for $120k from AFS for a level 8 position in Hawaii with 5 yoe. Is this a fair offer?

Currently making 180 TC at a large bank and have an offer from a FAANG for 260 TC. Salary is not much different (165) but bonus/equity structure is decent. fully remote, dope company etc. I’ll be moving laterally in terms of title but I get the impression the scope/impact is larger and leveling is different in tech… no brainer?

Tux budget NYC?

Do most big law firms in Canada have mat leave top ups?

Girlfriend has very obvious high functioning anxiety and body image issues that she admits but thinks she doesn’t need therapy or medication and that reading self-help books will help her. It’s not changing in the last several years and it’s impacting our relationship. Anyone have experience with their SO dealing with untreated anxiety? I know I can’t control her but would like to express my feelings without sending her into a spiral. For context, I’ve been in therapy for 12 months and medicated

It’s pretty boring. What’s the fun thing we can do in Bangalore for this weekend

Looking to improve general communication skills (especially around structuring narrative/ key messages), any books/courses that you would recommend?

Accenture folks, seeing lots of news about layoffs at other firms here. Are we in the same situation?

Being an adult is overrated

A friend of mine from a top tier consulting firm was counseled out. Do you consider it ethical that his career counselor is intentially spreading the information to his colleagues and to other consultants from other companies in the project? What can he do about it? Specially that he considers the potential layoff is purely based on the current situation (chargeability was low) and not on his performance (they said that his contribution to BD during his bench time was low)?

Don't get this WE GF think...Wednesday night GF is much better, leaves weekend for friends...Palo Alto anyone?

At this point I feel people are just faking about layoffs at PwC. #StopScaringPeople #NotCoolAtAll

I just got offered a new role via email. When should I hand in my resignation - now as I have the email outlining the offer or when I receive the contact?

Why is the US better for high-performers than other countries? Which opportunities I can find here?

One of the reasons I want to transition from industry to consulting (tier 1) is that I get frustrated when I have to collaborate with mediocre people. My assumption is that Tier 1 consulting firms hire really sharp people and if I can get in, I’ll be collaborating with folks on top of their game (not expecting much from clients). I’m aware there are personal aspects I need to work on like my mindset, patience etc etc, but I just get so frustrated with blatant stupidity.

Chicago peers! $1250 for 1B1B, 650 sq ft, comes with utilities, Gold Coast. Overpaying?

Maybe this is a dumb question, but thoughts on IBM right now? Got a call today from a recruiter for SAP OCM position (managing consultant ). Said they’re hiring a bunch but then I see layoffs. Huh?

Sounds like we need bumble for consultants

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

Let’s discuss all of the things we would have advised Elon Musk not to do re: Twitter had he hired us as consultants. I’ll start:

Hoosiers!! Let's go!!!

What are some concrete reasons why someone in consulting would be fired, other than the obvious stupid things?

Best consulting companies with exposure to the blockchain / digital assets space?

Going to name our first son Del, thinking about throwing in Loitte as middle name. As in Del Loitte Jones. Thoughts?