Life of a business traveler! 😄 Had to wait an entire year before I was eligible for a product change to the Chase Ritz-Carlton Card. Finally, did it today!

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all are doing well. I'm shifting to Pune next month. My office location is in Platinum Tech Park, Panchshil, Ganeshkind Rd. Pune 411005.

I just wanted to enquire about how is the are aroud that place? Is the area happening or it's in outskirts? Any 1 bhk available nearby that location.

Any constructive suggestion/discussion is appreciated 😊

Has tcs never fired any employee before? Everyone saying tcs is like government job with job security...what is your opinion?

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?

Does buyer have to share appraisal with seller? Can seller request it?

Any commercial account managers in Canada willing to share their compensation & years of experience?

Does MS provide any reimbursement for WFH setup ?
If someone does not have a personal laptop/desktop, does MS provide a laptop for WFH ?

Hi guys what does the rating of 2.7 in pms portal mean? Is it good or bad?

Can anyone advise - if I did not file taxes for 2019 and 2020 is there a way I can file without receiving a penalty? I just didn’t file them no great reason. Nothing complicated and I probably owe a few hundred each year in fed taxes. Nothing crazy.

Hello all,

Can we switch internally within Accenture India?
Currently I'm working with Accenture operations and I wish to move to Accenture Strategy and Consulting. Please let me know the procedure if anyone is aware of it.

Thanks!

There's a ton of self help and leadership books out there to help people in their careers. If there was one that was written front the lense of a public accounting, would you read it?

Any book recommendations on advanced procurement/sourcing concepts?

Most popular books I find such as 'Procurement and Supply Manager's Desk Reference' are not detailed/deep enough.

What is a good neighborhood with a good night life? Looking to move out of my house ideally 2-4 years after college (looking to buy a condo/coop). Looking into Long Beach, RVC, NHP. That’s about all I know.

Anyone else been impacted by the teacher strikes?

Hi Fishes, I got an offer of 6400 PLN gross from a bank in Warsaw, Poland. So should I accept it or not. I am a single person so will i be able to survive and save some money with this salary or not???

Best practices to avoid burning out in FDD?

Hi Fishes,

I have applied to one of the roles about 10 days back and I didn't recieve any calls regarding my screening or interview.

Can someone tell me how many days does it take for the initial screening to happen after applying.

Also, how much time will it take for all the process to happen ( screening + interview + final discussion).

Thanks in advance

How do I check my actual utilization (not the effective one). Mybusiness only tells me the effective utilization

I currently work as an APM at a FAANG company but recently received an offer to join an MBB. I’m very excited about the role but didn’t realize I’d need to take a pay cut when I applied (~100k base + ~20k bonus + ~60k equity vs. 90k base + 10-20k bonus). Considering that I currently work 40-60 hours/week, I’ll be making significantly less per hour at the MBB. I’m very interested in the opportunity but also don’t want to make a poor financial decision early in my career. Thank you for your time!

Hot take: you don’t need to give feedback every two days. And if you do, you should ask for feedback too.

Does anyone use an under-desk treadmill and have a specific recommendation? I’ve been so frustrated with how little I walk when I have long hours and figure it might be worth the investment…

How bad is the firing cycle at PwC? Do new associates with albeit low utilization have anything to worry about?

Recent exp hire in consulting and would love some input. Pre hire was promised by leadership that the firm was doing lots of interesting strategy work in a niche, cutting edge but rapidly growing field. However, after a bunch of internal networking this does not appear to be the case and I'm getting creeping doubts about whether anyone here even understands the space.
Am I being paranoid? Is this common?

What are the best Sales books y’all read?

Good nonfiction book recommendations? What are you all reading?

Book recommendations? All genre welcome but I usually read nonfiction

Has anybody here applied to / served in the Navy Reserves (specifically for Intelligence)? Am very interested in serving the country, especially on issues related to US-China (and other "Great Power") relations and am not averse to deploying, but the process is incredibly opaque and would be curious to hear more about the "day-to-day" and the amount of strain that would be put on my civilian career (and how folks have handled it).
TIA!

Does anyone use a 2 in 1 laptop (not a Surface) in tablet mode? Thinking about getting one but seems kind of clunky and then also annoying to have fingerprints

Best consulting firms with best WLB? Do they exist? Young professional starting to think about where I'd like to work hard to end up in the next 5-10 years.

Do any of the top consulting firms hire into the Engagement Manager level after an M7 (if they had manager experience elsewhere)? I know MBB probably doesn’t but what about other tier 2 firms after that - and asking for US or Canada

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 many slides does your master deck have? How do you group them?
By master deck I mean collection of good slides that you reuse in slide building

Anyone have any recommendations for home office ergonomic desk chairs?

KPMG 🐟, how is your hierarchy (titles) and how much time does each level takes?

Insights into the best consulting firms for public service/ nonprofit work?