Underpaid? 5 years managing 250+ households, working toward my CFP (advisor’s request), conduct meetings in FAs absence, travel to meet clients out of state, cultivated many relationships on my own, work with wholesalers to customize structured notes and trade them biweekly (tedious with the volume we do), manage 40+ SBLOCs (fun when volatile), provide all financial planning services to clients, office management, marketing, did I mention I’m his only staff member? $1M producer - me $65k/year

Anyone taking advantage of the 15% Marriott gift card discount? I missed out on the 20% back in May and am tempted

No matter what else is going on in my dreams, I am always traveling. In a hotel, on a plane, boat, you name it. WTF! I like travel and all, but ...

Back in Jan I booked two Marriott rooms for one night with points - 17.5K each and 35K in total. Now that they told me for one of the room the 40K free night award was used. How’s that even possible!?

Hi all - does anyone know the opportunity for travel between EY firms internationally? Currently at Deloitte by looking to move somewhere where it’s easier to do time abroad and have heard EY is better for this. Thanks in advance.

Planning for a family (of 4) trip to either Greece or Portugal in late fall this year. Flight costs are almost same. Any pointers as to which one would provide biggest bang for the buck? We're mostly laid back, don't care for top end luxury, not great hikers. Just looking a relaxing vacation.

Staying in Vietnam and Bali, a week in each in destination. Best use of SPG Points? Will have ~60/70k points soon.

Best first credit card? I am 21 and only have store credit cards. I love to travel so looking for one that has good rewards.

Le Germain Mercer or Hyatt Regency? Looking for a nice hotel near Princess of Wales Theatre for NYE

Anyone from Houston? Just want to meet some Tamil folks. Been here for around 2 years with no friends coz of travel. Wife and I are 29 looking to making friends

Does anyone have experience working for Preferred Hotel Group? Would love to hear about company culture and leadership. Thank you in advance.

Morning all! Are Marriott doing any platinum challenges currently? Is there an email to send a request to? FYI, Current gold member

I’d be a lifetime platinum / diamond member of every hotel chain globally if the number of same / similar SPG/Marriott posts here were linked to my name....

How's Worker Kluwer in comparison with FISglobal

Work culture
Work Life
Perks
Travel
Stability

Any clues

Did anyone’s Marriott lifetime status update for last year? I was expecting to be one year closer to Lifetime platinum but don’t think it moved ?

Is New Orleans a good place for female solo travel?

What are the most important benefits for you as a Nurse Practitioner? I crave travel CME!

Body hair is the bane of my life :(

As an audit senior familiar with SQL TABLEAU and Power Bi, I am interested in combining audit and D&A. 1. What other skills should I be developing 2.a What jobs should I be looking for, not sure I would like the predictive D&A like what Financial Analyst implies. 2b
What would salary look like in Toronto region. Also looking to connect with people , moving to GTA from NYC in January

What is the future of SPM and Automation Industry??

Serious question. As equity, does it concern you employing individuals that live paycheck to paycheck? People that would do anything to keep their job first and foremost where improving returns to equity is a very distant priority. I’d view it as a liability, but can’t really ask people to divulge his or her financial status.

House 2.5x’d in price. Thinking of cash out refinance, using the money for down payment on a fourplex to generate cash flow. Current mortgage will be at 30% of net income after refinance. Thoughts?

Associates, what was your last year’s (pre-Covid) bonus, expressed as a percentage of your base salary? For the sake of context please also mention your firm size, practice area, and geographic market.

So there's this really great brief that comes around every year for the past 3 years and again my partner and I have been asked to help...but only on the Spanish translation. Why do I feel offended?

What is the tech market like for cloud lead/architect roles in the states ? Esp New York ?

Hi, does anyone know what is the CTC of senior 1 in tax (transfer pricing)?

Any things to know before living in a luxury building? I’ve only ever lived in brownstone walk-ups with small landlords! Excited to move next week and get set up, but want to make sure there’s nothing I’m missing.

I had an interview where I asked what the salary range is, and the person refused to answer the question. They said they would have the recruiter reach out to me. Is that common? I feel as if I’ve lost the advantage if the recruiter emails and asks what my expectations are.

Soooo lykeee...when do we stop talking about ourselves and start some sort of informal NYC professionals hangout?

Anyone know where the teachers get paid the most ? I’m in Miami, FL and the amount we get paid vs. the cost of living is the worst in the country. Would like to see different options and see where would be a good place to move possibly based on Salary and cost of living
(Salary is approximately $48k down here)

What’s the salary for manager in pwc Bangalore for assurance?

Does anyone play mortal kombat x for iOS?

Just set up my home office to really get going on this side gig... fingers crossed I get to leave this travel life soon!

Anyone develop pdf forms that stakeholders can input directly into - can a standard form be crafted in adobe or is there any additional software needed. Any insight appreciated. Thanks!

Being a real fatty this weekend. Back to real life tomorrow. ☺️🍫🍕🥓🌮

Does McKinsey & Company have a technology building business (Data engineering)? I’ve been in consulting for 5 years now and most of that time has been in delivering MVPs for our clients in teams of around 5/6 people. This is mainly cloud migrations, data warehouse modernizations, etc.

Why does Demand tell me that I'm being considered for other projects but no tell me what the projects are? 👿👿

Anyone previously had Marriott confirm office location/reason for visit? Previously worked for ACN so my account has both ACN and Deloitte rates. ACN was way cheaper so I booked 2 rooms. Now getting a verification email from Marriott 🙄🙄

Any women out there find heels that don’t set off the metal detector? If so please share!

Thoughts on Arhaus vs Restoration sofas?

Any book recommendations for beginners who are interested in BI and analytics?

I don't want to be a consultant anymore. I want to be Wonder Woman!!

Is it worth it to switch to associate at McKinsey from Deloitte as SC? Strong performer, getting promoted to manager in half a year with 4.5 YOE currently.

My MBB people, at what age did you join your firm? What position did you start in, and if you've been promoted, how long did it take till your first promotion? Thanks in advance!

What do you do when you finish the bottle of four roses - single batch? Do I have a problem? Looking for drinking friends in the Queen City

Switched from Uber to Lyft for the points, but I’m tempted to switch back. Is Lyft’s algorithm worse? It always takes my driver 2-3x the time shown to arrive. I’m often dropped off in the wrong place

Losing all of my motivation to improve. An entire engagement at this place can go well but the one time you mess up that's all anyone pays attention to. 😒

Does anyone else feel like they are falling behind on slower weeks? I know it’s irrational, but I always feel like I need to be doing something from 8-5 on weekdays.

What defines a toxic boss?

When you get sick on Wednesday and fly straight home at night 🙏🏻

Nothing gets me juiced like passing some schmuck on the utilization report.