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What are the biggest challenges you consistently face in your role?

What roadblocks should leaders at your company focus on eliminating to help you reach your full potential?

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Helping women who happen to have kids reach their ambitions.

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Just having an on-site daycare would be a godsend. They could even charge a little for it and I would be more than happy.

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As a designer, I want to be an art director. IMO there should be a path I can take to become a creative (AD/CW) at work. Coaching. Work shops. Expectations. A certain amount of spec work.

I take initiative, ask advice, ask questions, ask when, work my ass off, ask for more. But I’m pidgeonholed.

Being an art director is not magic, it’s a muscle I’m willing to put the work into, but I’m silo’d.

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@ SrAD 2: Upward mobility is typically considered a normal job perk. No mobility guarantees the person will eventually quit.

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Need to achieve pay equality & have/grow/keep diverse leaders & teams.

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Favoritism.

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Another vote for diversity here. Start with the recruiters and HR. They are arguably the least diverse roles in the whole agency. Once you have diversity within the ranks of people who screen candidates, things will fall into place much easier.

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Strangely, women recruiters sometimes discriminate against women candidates.

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Trust. Manager not allowing the team to work horizontally across the company. Feels like I'm stuck in a box that she can't see me grow out of.

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Communication. The teams, in any dept, can not thrive if there is no transparency. People become frustrated when they hit roadblocks with great ideas, or solutions to agency challenges etc but don’t understand why.
Share more and knock down barriers to challenge and inspire your people.

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Lack of structure and clear paths for upward mobility / development. The only people that ever seem to move up are people that hop agencies to do so.

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Pay me like you do my male coworkers.

Be open to new technology and change the process when needed.

Eliminate bad managers or train your managers!

Be better at staffing plans and job scopes. I have no time to do any actual work b/c I am in meetings all day, so i have to work nights and weekends to get it done.

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In Capgemini, having position for Team Lead, Team Manager, Operation Manager, Engagement Manager, Senior Engagement Manager.
If anyone wants to refer please drop your email id in comment.

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I'm looking to make the jump into tech but I've got an Advertising background. Is it possible? Looking for a referral.

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Was offered 90k for a CD position in Brussels. Is this a good offer? I mean, I wanna do it because I want to live in Brussels but I know taxes are brutal there. Almost 50% of my income is going away

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What’s the best way to turn down a 2nd interview? During the 1st interview, I learned that the compensation for the role is not within the range that I am looking for and requires 400 more billable hours a year than what I bill now. I’d basically be laterally for my current salary just to bill 400 more hours. I also wasn’t aware that the local office was strictly ID. Firm website advertises lots of practice areas. Any advice? TIA!

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Hi fishes ,

I received an offer for senior manager position in PWC .

Can you please let me know about the health insurance coverage as it is not mentioned in offer letter.

Please also inform if parents can be included in health insurance provided by PWC.

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Hi fishes,

Can anyone refer me for a role in the bank of america chennai location. Job id: 22093697
YOE: 2

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Anyone’s company still going through the hiring process up to Christmas? Was in the running for a role at a consultancy and had an interview scheduled for weeks. Suddenly got it cancelled with no explanation, when I reached out 2 days later the recruitment team gave little to no explanation besides ‘recruitment stopping for the year. Has left a v sour taste. I have other interviews lined up but this one was a favourite.

Never had this happened before, so just curious to know if this is normal?

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Hey fishes please let me know if Any opening for IOS Dev with 2.5 years of experience in Pune location or WFH

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In case anyone is looking to get into product management, I came across this image which shows some books you could read to get into the role.

P.S: I saw this on Linkedin posted by Dr Milan Milanovic. So all credits to him!

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What is the salary range of employees working in Salesforce and having 8 years of experience ?
Got interviewed for MTS position

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Anyone know any biotechs/Pharma (ideally oncology-focused) that are looking for a VP (or even SD for the right TC) of BD/CorpDev and allowing for remote/travel models (if not Boston-based) or at least a Boston-based hybrid model? I know someone with good biotech/Pharma BD&L experience that is looking for a new role given the current biotech layoff scene. Feel free to share any company names with open roles or DM, if preferred.

Hello fishes,

I'm a Senior system engineer completing 2 YOE but working on UI/UX designer role. My salary is equal to service ticket support role and not relevant to ux designer role. Please suggest what should I do.

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Hi 👋🏻 Would love some support here - looking to build out a bonus structure for a Sales Engagement Mgr role - it isn't a typical sales role - this person will be closing deals but not necessarily securing leads. If they will be scoring leads, it will be organic via conferences, partnerships. Of course, we want to encourage and incentivize this person. Potentially giving then an extra 20-50k bonus potential. How do I build this out? Any suggestions or examples would be super helpful. Thank you!!

Currently in MBA program - top 40 school. Hoping to apply the mba intern position at google. What are my chances? Wanting to break into data analytics or PM roles. Accounting background with beginner SQl, tableau, python experience ( pls be critical)

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Can anyone speak to the difference between a TAM and a strategic cloud advisor at Google cloud? I'm currently interviewing for a TAM role but the strategic cloud advisor looks like it may be a good fit for me. Can I apply for the strategic advisor role or is it too late?

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BCG 🐠, How much salary I should ask for a consultant role? I am an experienced hire from big 4 with 6+ yrs exp.

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Starting to look at exit opportunities, anybody aware of DC based opportunities with international travel? Background is analytics.

I'm looking to find a job like the Forward Deployed Engineer role Palantir Technologies in the UK.

I have become hooked on finding a job that involves solving the kinds of problems they presented during their interviews. Although I got to the final round my performance anxiety got the better of me (I think I wanted the job a bit too much...). I will reapply after working in a similar company.

Is it "deep tech" / "data science" or "smart enterprise" that they're doing? Any advice welcome.

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My query on Facebook (Meta) I have received an invite to schedule a call with recruiter. Any guidance for what to except and how to prepare for this call. My application is for HR Compensation role.

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Hi Fishes,

Looking for a Business Analyst (Presales Consulting) role with 3.5 years of experience. Please let me know if you are aware of any such opportunities.

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To those in leadership, no PBB is what it is, but to blame it on COVID-19 is just a slap in the face...2-3 weeks of working from home doesn’t kill the fiscal year when we’re 9 months in....

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I have been in my current job for 1 year now as a booking coordinator for a logistics company. When I started I had no idea of what my workload would be, now I noticed that my coworkers took the opportunity to pass most of their job to me. I’m burned out, can barely take break and end my days totally drained and exhausted, also the same people is harassing me with questions like: “why are you working that slow?” Or the “quality of your job is questionable because…..” continue in comments

I have seen that Some people are seriously demeaning Publicis Sapient looks like they have a personal grudge. I would suggest to connect with your HR and manager in PS or look for right people on LinkedIn.

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USI Insurance brokerage and consulting - thoughts? A recruiter reached out to me via linked in and I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on this company. They seem to have decent reviews on Glassdoor but I was hoping to get more insight into workload and comp. Thanks in advance! USI

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Honest advice please - do you enjoy this work, and why?

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Serious question: what was biglaw like back in the 90s? Did ya'll have big cellphones and catered lunches? How is it different for associates back then versus now?

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Best deal sourcing database? Is pitchbook the best? Other comparables? Private companies but could also include public. Range of industries preferred, but definitely inclusive of tech services companies, solutions/products, too.

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How do you manage your own expectations while staying motivated to hit the gym? As a smaller guy, I’m struggling to reconcile the things I can and can’t change about my body and not get discouraged.

Anyone had any luck getting leftover vaccines? Have you waited in line at a site or called ahead?

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Brand new baby lawyer dumb question - I am tasked with drafting response to request to produce. How long should this take? And follow up… how do I bill this?

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Docket + R - I have an container running a rocker image and I’m trying to launch a bash terminal and the RStudio server (/init) at the same time. Is this possible? I tried adding CMD [“/init”] too.

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Looking for referrals for PwC Australia ..

Will we get salary credited tomorrow? 30th and 31st and weekends

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Hi fishes,

I got a offer of 26lpa(23.5 fixed and 2.5 variable) from genpact and 21 lpa (20 fixed , 1 joining) from epam, not sure which one should I join. Please if someone can advice me which i should join keeping ressession in mind. Thanks in advance@

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I’m pretty passive when I’m disrespected by creative but I think it sets a bad example for my team. If any of my reports were spoken to the way I was I’d raise hell...how set example?

Girlfriend of 3 years cheated on me right before we were supposed to leave the state and move in together. We broke up about 4 months ago. I couldn’t demonize her, so I’m still struggling with processing it and idk what to do. I’ve been looking into therapy, but I can only do online which leaves me hesitant. Any advice would be appreciated.

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I have 2.5 years of experience in Managed Services Operations. I am currently pursuing MBA - Distance Degree. I want to switch to Management Domain. I am really looking for referrals. Please suggest

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Hi everyone I have one doubt While filling Gratuity form in tcs what we need to do in the witness column.

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Calling all San Francisco Bay Area folks! We are looking for software engineers. Can be full stack, front end, back end. Need to have a minimum of 6 years experience. This is for Unify Consulting. We work with many Fortune 500 companies: Activision Blizzard, Meta, Google, Twitter, Salesforce & much more. Let’s connect!

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Best resources to learn marketing strategy? I have a liberal arts background and need to fill the gap in my understand of the business fundamentals behind comms

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Men 🐟: Is the unwritten rule of urban spacing dead?! Too many guys ponying up nice and close lately. Ladies, do you have any similar unwritten rules of the bathroom?

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Advice/suggestions please:
Let’s say you were interviewing for a global client lead role - at the holding co level - for one of WPP, Omnicom or IPG.

What questions would you ask in the interview phase?
What concerns would you have?
If you had your pick of essentially the same role at all three of those holding companies which would you pick? Or not pick?

If you have any insight/two cents you up for sharing to help me out, thank you!

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We should make a shareable version of those templated AICP Awards Judge Portraits, but for people in furlough.

It will be an exciting series of job seeking announcements.

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Has anyone been able to negotiate anything extra or terms when being laid off?

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Books on human psychology that have affected you. I'll start: influence, sales Bible, on killing.

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Drinking Soylent for multiple meals a day so I don't have to waste time getting/making/eating food. Let's see how this goes...

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Do you work on a single brand only or multiple (how many)?

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Does anyone know what You & Mr. Jones does? Do they have traditional roles at all? What kind of work they make (if any)?

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

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TBWA NY layoffs today.

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Can you tell / sense that you’ll get the job after an interview?

I’m like 50/50

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Anyone else wake up today fantasizing this is the day you quit your job?

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Hi all, I was curious about companies that have their own in-house advertising. I’m in digital media, specifically, SEM and potentially looking to leave the agency side. Primarily due to low pay, and management issues. Given this, any company recs that have a solid foundation with digital media? Any advice from people who’ve been on both the agency and branded side?

Worst email accidentally sent to the wrong person? Yours or anecdotal...

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My #1 peeve about agencies is the old school habit of emailing everything. The most efficient offices leverage task/mgmt platforms to manage workflows/bandwidth. Crowded inboxes of nonsense = WASTE.

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