Given the situation, have any of you specifically started redeeming points for Amazon gift cards or other items rather than travel? Thinking it might be a good way to save cash..

1. If I have a flight with a connection, does that count as 2 PQF or 1 PFQ? 2. How can I know the PQP of a flight in advance? Thank you in advance!

Bag delayed for 5 days on a 6 day trip. Southwest airlines. Bag policy states they *might* reimburse for essentials. How many points should we ask for?

Delta upgrades are non-existent these days. They bring the cost down and down to sell all the first class and comfort seats. I understand from revenue perspective, but the loyalty program is useless.

Welcome to all my fellow travelers. Travel is a great way to open your eyes to the world we live in. To experience new cultures & customs & embrace diversity in our world which makes being human so special. Due to Covid travel has been definitely not a priority for most people. As travel changes in our society due to borders opening and technology let's discuss and share on the experience so we can adjust to our new world and prepare for a safer experience which could be inspiring-

For delta, Alaska and American domestic US flights - all allow a carry on and laptop bag correct?

Anyone recently switch to T-Mobile over ATT? How's the service coverage when you travel? Tall buildings? Anyone know the EY or KPMG discount offhand?

Travel Q: I typically leave my apt at 5:15 for a 7AM flight out of O’Hare. For the next 3 weeks I’m taking a 10AM flight. Any thoughts on traffic/when I should leave? I live on the near north side.

Just hit diamond on delta but my current status is still platinum while my 2020 status is diamond. Will I not be able to use diamond perks (i.e. lounge access) this calendar year?

I have a 2k united voucher I am not terribly interested in using. Anyway to sell/transfer to get some value out of it?

How many points for every $ we spend at Hyatt? Thinking abt switching there from Marriott. I have explorist status with Hyatt currently

MS degree, 4YOE, currently working at a boutique life science consulting in NYC, ~132k TC, managing 10 people across 3 clients.
Client offered TC ~220k (170k base) with travel comp for a SM job, top 40 biotech by market cap.

Pros - 0 transition (same work/team), wlb, TC, no relocation, have an advocate
Cons - wanted AD but offered SM, less exposure to different work, more personal effort to keep up w industry knowledge and new tools

Worth the jump? Any thoughts/comments are appreciated!

After much consideration I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s time to move on to something else for two main reasons, 1) I don’t want the unpredictable travel anymore and 2) I don’t want to be...

Anyone know what it’s like to work as in-house counsel for a global company on investigations and compliance? Is there a lot of travel, or are internal investigations all being conducted remotely now? Is the work more or less the same as it is for outside counsel?

My H1B is approved and will begin from 1st October. I wanted to travel internationally on my student visa valid till 2024.

If I return to the US before October 1st would I risk losing my H1B visa ?

Does anyone have any insight into Alvarez and Marsal's healthcare industry group? What is compensation (base + bonus at the analyst and/or associate level), WLB, culture, and travel like in this group?

If I book a night on the Marriott explore rate will they ask me for ID?

How do you maintain hotel and airline status while in B school?

Looking for advice on negotiating business travel instead of relocation for a L5 role in Google.

I would like to teach at a school that has the most normal parents. Could anyone give me a tip on the area?

Any examples of a major company investing in master brand that benefited the greater portfolio of brands? Ideally with data to prove it worked

The famous examples I keep finding are Coca Cola's shift to investing in master brand circa 2016 but the soda category has gotten crushed ever since so it doesn't tell a great story. The other is Apple's master brand driving the success of headphones and watches but it's also easy to point to their ecosystem of lock-in as the bigger driver

What books would you guys recommend for upcoming 5th/6th graders?

Had a recruiter from Accenture reach out about essentially the exact same role but there instead of Deloitte. Pros and cons?

So someone I know asked HR about a boot policy. When he found out that there wasn’t one, but his boss said there was (who gave the guys $ for boots and the claimed it on his expense reimbursements as something else) the boss got mad at him for askingHR (and in trouble for the expense reimbursements) and then 2 days later laid off my friend. There appears to be no notice of bad performance and this person always was the first person on the job site ready to work. Thoughts?

What exactly is Squire Patton Boggs? Law firm? Consulting firm? The swamp?

Antifa is now a terrorist organization. That’s a good first step toward regaining control of the situation.

Currently own doge. But also want to buy more. Should I do it?

Looking around in Glassdoor I see ads for freight brokers making 400k+. Is this real and is it a particularly hard industry to break into?

What metrics besides the holy trinity of revenue, profit, and cost changes are on your resume?

Hi all! I just got to seattle and would really appreciate some of restaurant recs! Thanks a million!

What's with Humans of Bomay? Complete mess 🤦🏼‍♂️

1. If I have a flight with a connection, does that count as 2 PQF or 1 PFQ? 2. How can I know the PQP of a flight in advance? Thank you in advance!

Does anyone know of the HR market in the UK? And what reasonable compensation expectations are?

Currently on $180k total ($145k base and $35k bonus) and want to understand realities of negotiating compensation there. What would that equivalent look to be?

Ranges I'm seeing look low, so trying to see if those roles aren't what I'm looking for, or if that's really the market there.

Does shell giving 80k now for work from home set up ?

Are there any SPG and Accenture challenges going on to attain status faster?

I was complaining about my project to my mentors/staffed and planting the seed that I wanted to get off it as soon as a better project came up (clients are a mess, I’m silo’d from my team, no skills/career development opportunity), but now.. 2 weeks later.. it’s amazing. I don’t do much. Set my own hours. Report to no one. Do I backtrack and stay on this project as long as possible or still roll off for better dev opportunities? (4 YOE)

Had a recruiter from Accenture reach out about essentially the exact same role but there instead of Deloitte. Pros and cons?

Superfoods selection in Westin is impressive...

Stop talking about how busy and frantic you are with work on a holiday week. It’s not a badge of honor, and I’m not impressed. There are only two reasons why you’re busy:
1. You suck at planning.
2. You don’t know how to set boundaries.
3. You don’t care enough about your direct reports to set boundaries so that they can relax this week.

For those interested in PE recruiting, I wrote an article designed to shed some light on which recruiting firms to contact, how to contact them, etc. Link in comments, I hope it helps!

Would you leave kpmg advisory for Goldman Sachs consumer wealth division - Marcus?

Associate on the team keeps asking to share note taking responsibility for no reason, just sharing half and half on one meeting. How do I tell him that’s more of his responsibility than mine? Like I’m happy to cover if he’s busy but just sounds like he’s trying to do less...

Today, a recruiter asked me what my TC requirements were. I flipped it and asked what the range for the position was. We’re in allergy season in Texas. I literally choked as I went to say that my requirements were within the range they gave. Really feeling like I nailed responding in a believable way there. 👍

How to lose your job like a pro:

1. Set my LinkedIn profile to “Open to Work”. (To get contacted by recruiters)

2. LinkedIn automatically generated a public post for me to inform everybody (without my knowledge)

3. my manager just liked the post.

4. Now I have an awkward meeting to attend Monday morning

AMA 🤦‍♂️

What standard issue notebook your company gives you?

How the hell can I not e file my tax return if I worked outside of my residential state majority of the year? I have two W-2's and one of them is blank...

After 2 years my boyfriend still has no idea what my job is. He introduced me to his grandparents as a financial advisor 🤦🏼‍♀️ close enough I guess

How do you handle nudity in movies or shows you watch on the plane? Was watching Altered Carbon and oh my...was a bit embarrassed to be honest and not expecting all that t&a (and d)

Best place for takeout in Chelsea (NYC)?

The Australian firm replaced a female CEO with a man earlier this year, and now the US firm too. It was something that made me proud to work here, but now it feels like we're taking a step back...

Current role not more than 20 hr/wk. I do additional things to automate my work and help others, but got told to ‘work less and enjoy downtime’. Been like this for 4-5 months. What should I do?

Let’s start posting feel good news stories. Share them with everyone if you find any news during the day that is uplifting to you.

The future of this nation depends on only one person - John Roberts. 4 libs and 4 conservatives on SC will not change positions. He is the only one who can minimize the collateral damage. Thoughts?