Leadership, the clock’s ticking: You’re not irreplaceable. While you sit in your comfort zone, clinging to outdated management and fear-driven tactics, systems are being built that do your job better—faster, smarter, and with more empathy than you’ve ever shown.

Your grip on power isn’t what you think it is. It’s already slipping, and people are starting to question why they follow your lead at all.

Curious: are there more lowball offers during the pandemic season or is compensation levels relatively stable?

What types of questions do you like to ask candidates during your first initial conversation with them?

Hello! I am reaching out for any insight on best employee engagement ideas to spruce up morning meetings in the office. Open to any ideas - Thank you!

I’m looking for a position in Valuation. I tried transferring internally but no luck. Please let me know if your firm is hiring. Thank you!!

Anyone hear of positive things from the Siegfried Group? Their recruiters have been relentless and want me to join. The pay is good, but I’ve heard some bad things about working there.

CSM or PSM 1?

Hi Fishes,
I am looking to switch, what would be a realistic compensation expectation before going job hunting?

Tech stack: AEM fullstack + AZ-900 certified
YOE: 2.3yrs

Looking for advice. These are the highest priority offers I am holding and around 15 days NP left now. I am planning to finalise the company from these offers. Help me with the selection based on Job Security, WLB, Designation Offered, Growth(both learning and financial), Brand Value etc. TIA.
YoE : 4.7
Package is almost same in all the orgs.

1. Koch Industries
2. IDFC first
3. Infostretch
4. CTS

Has anyone heard of "to the new" company in noida.
Hows the company as brand wise. Will switching from a well known company to a less known company be a downgrade from career growth perspective(less number of calls in next switch) ?

Looking for a position for IAM information Security within Healthcare. Provision, set up access, templates.
SaaS , Sailpoint, Azure . Any ideas ?
Thank you

To the class of 2020 🐠, how’re you spending the coming months before school??

Which m7s are known for consulting and/or tech as exit opps?

what schools do pre-mba LEK associates typically get into? targeting wharton, sloan, hbs

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.

Hi All

I am preparing for Devops, to enter in the world of Devops,for this I am studying shell scripting.
Can anyone suggest me what kind of scripts are Devops Engineer are working on there day to day job.
It will help to practice and develop.
If there is anything else where I can practice this please let me know.

Thanks in advance

Do you pay your credit cards in full every month?

I ask because I’ve let my credit spending get a bit lax since moving and adopting a puppy recently, so I haven’t been paying them off in full every month like I used to (though still well above the minimum payment, and keeping utilization at 30% or under). It got me thinking about how many people adhere to this advice.

Anyone from big4 has experience in having its H1b transfer filed within a week after accepting the offer?

Has your firm restored your pay? Is it worth considering jumping to another firm that is going to pay you what you’re worth? Don’t know about the rest of you, by my student loan interest rates aren’t getting any lower.

Is Slidequest worth it? Please help!!!!

Curious how other people’s brains work.
When you get an activation brief, what’s your process for coming up with a solid idea?

Look for cultural moments that you can adapt? Look through award show books? Scroll YouTube videos until 3am?

I know that every brief and every idea is different, but I’m more interested in the process and what you’re creative routine is to get the wheels turning.

Thanks.

What’s the biggest difference between junior and mid creatives?

Daniel Brian Advertising makes employers donate a $1 every time they wear shorts to the office...but apparently it’s only enforced on female employees.

DBC - what do you have to say for yourselves???

I think I’m potentially about to be fired this week in retaliation from my boss...what should I do?

I’m looking to make the move to London — what are good smaller shops there? Any recommendations for how to take the plunge into shifting from the states to there? How to get an in into networking etc

Food/bar recos in CHS?

Anyone have a recommendation for books or resources on upping my sales game? Open to in person class, online class, books, etc!

Who has more earning potential: Creatives or Producers? Talking about two aspects: mid-career salary and lifetime earning potential? I feel like producers peak earlier but creatives have higher max?

I guess it’s common now to not bring a laptop to show your work at an interview? We’ve had 10 art director candidates come through and maybe 7 of them did not come with any way of showing their work.

Why are Product Design portfolios so boring? Has anyone seen a good one lately?

Sarah Thompson’s name is not on the list 🤔. Thoughts?

Can someone explain how billable hours work? At a new agency and although I had to fill timesheets at my previous agencies, they were mainly used to ensure we weren’t over servicing a client/for setting the appropriate retainer for contract renewals. I asked ppl at my agency but haven’t gotten a proper explanation. I get the impression that billing to the agency admin code isn’t recommended, and my manager said he bills everything to client codes, but that doesn’t make sense to me .

Thank you all for existing on Fishbowl and for being such a supportive community. It’s been a difficult year, but at the end of the day, I’m glad to have people to commiserate/celebrate with ❤️🙂❤️

Just got promoted to ACD. Will be taking on more leadership roles. Any books, workshops, resources that helped you learn leadership skills?

Any advice on nailing the perfect headline?

I totally understand the hustle of emailing people you don’t know to create opportunities. I just don’t understand why obscure vendors email creatives rather than production 🤦🏻‍♂️

Has anyone tried LinkedIn Premium while on a job search? Is it worth it, would you recommend, and why?

How long did you stay at your first job?
And what made you change places?