My mother (60 years old) needs to travel to SFO from NY. Wanted to get some thoughts from folks who have travelled recently in terms of which is the best airline from social distancing and cleanliness standpoint. Delta has blocked middle seat but flies from JFK (internal traffic concern) vs United which flies from smaller EWR but no social distancing.

Wondering if I should look into anxiety meds (or if I’m just a baby and need to get used to this life).

Have you tried any? Did it help? Affect your productivity? Which ones? tya!

Ikon or epic pass for NE skiing?

Did anyone new join here from the other thread that was planning group alt travel.

Does anyone here in a health system have insurance that covers fertility assistance or get paid parental leave? Really like my position at my hospital but as we start to plan a family - I'm nervous about the cost. Just looking around regionally - it looks like most health systems don't cover this.

Can anyone describe the overall competitive landscape of strategy consulting firms in SEA region?

I have 4 YOE in a 3PL company as a Senior Sales Executive in the warehousing and local transportation business verticals, achieving a humble S$1.5 million ARR in outbound sales, contract retainer up to 5 years. Just trying my luck here to see if there’s anyone who’s able to refer me to a reputable logistics firm. I am willing to explore other business verticals such as air/sea freight as well. Any insights about TC are welcomed

I’m loyal to delta, but I’m moving to a city where American is the main hub and Delta has practically no non-stop flights to/from there. It’s time for me to open a new credit card, so I was considering the Citi/American one. Any thoughts?

This has probably been asked many times in this bowl - what’s the best hotel rewards program? I have the Chase Sapphire Preferred card and I’m a Southwest RR member. I travel maybe 25-30% of the time

Really remarkable how consistently bad air canada is

Taking parents to Bali for 7-10 days in June. Should I follow one of the thousand itineraries online or does anyone have must do/ could avoid recommendations? Thanks

Wanting a new computer for games and stuff. Mostly so I can play the new flight simulator when it comes out. Don’t want to spend a fortune- any good value recommendations? :)

Going on a parental leave in a month. Anyone know of any remote, freelance/part time I can do to still make money on the side? Out side of Uber/Lyft etc

Headed to Rome, italy in mid September for a wedding and planning on spending 2 weeks in italy. I would like to do Sicily and Positano but i have no itinerary yet so any recommendations are very welcome! Thank you!

What’s it like being a pregnant freelancer? Is it hard to get jobs when you are far along?

What’s your travel time to your job? And what city are you in

Honest question: Why do people do Consulting when Big Tech offers higher TC, zero travel and often times more meaningful work?

Companies in the area with the best maternity leave?

Where should I travel for Christmas? Looking for adventure and going to travel with other couples. Hoping to use points (delta/ spg)

Does it matter when you check in online for a hotel in terms of getting an upgrade? I'm a titanium elite Marriott bonvoy member looking for upgrades at Westin and Ritz in a couple of days. Any tips on getting an upgrade?

I never do this but I need some objective advice. My wife is 5mo pregnant and my sister is getting married. Wedding was adjusted because of COVID but she set the date knowing I might not be able to attend as I’d have to fly there. Now I’m conflicted because if I attend, I’d have to quarantine for 2 weeks away from my wife and miss a couple DR appts. I’m her only support where we live. Would be stressful for her but I’m getting immense pressure from my parents to attend the wedding. Advice?

Hi ,

if you dont join any company due to multiple offers does that company blacklist you or future or you can apply for it in future something like that?

Anyone hiring for entry level risk compliance roles?

Hello fishes, Wipro hr is not responding to my calls and mails as i have received LOI march 27 and gave joining date on april 27 till now they didnt sent me offer letter. So, when can i expect the offer letter from them.

Note: didnt tried to contact them from 1week as some people said you would receive it soon

So can i expect the offer letter this week?

Is it worth it to take a small paycut to get the title of AE? I have the opportunity to move into an AE role at 2 new startups but both would be about a 20% pay cut from what I expect to make this year. Is it worth it to take the jump and get the job title?

Best spas for a long weekend in the US?

Can anyone give me an idea of how much max compensation Commonwealth offers for a 7.6 yrs exp data engineer.??This will help me to negotiate.

This has probably been asked many times in this bowl - what’s the best hotel rewards program? I have the Chase Sapphire Preferred card and I’m a Southwest RR member. I travel maybe 25-30% of the time

Has anyone refinanced their student loans on h1b visa? Is common bond the only option?

I’m loyal to delta, but I’m moving to a city where American is the main hub and Delta has practically no non-stop flights to/from there. It’s time for me to open a new credit card, so I was considering the Citi/American one. Any thoughts?

Has anyone worked with Wethos? Or, have you, as an independent strategist, worked on more “meaningful” social good projects? I am looking to mix things up, team up, and have an impact.

does wipro pays for notice period recovery , I preponed my release date from current org and I see that as recovery amount in my provisional f&f , I have sent a couple of emails, talked to wipro HR a couple of times asking if they shall pay for recovery but their response has been non committal so far , what should I do so I could get the notice period recovery done , the DU am going to, hiring manager from that told that it could be claimed but HR has not given anything in written so far?

Hi,

Am looking for network security opportunities total experience in cyber security 6yrs (3yrs in endpoint security and 3yrs in network security)
Currently pursuing CEH

Kindly refer

What should be the expected salary of 7.6 yrs experienced Java, Spring boot and Cloud(Gcp/AWS) resource in current market scenario?
Current salary : 13 LPA Fixed

What is the avg hike %-age for IBM every year? is the salary hike confirmed every year?

Why is education deemed more valuable on a pay scale than experience? Employers will pay someone with a degree and no experience a greater salary, than someone who has exhibited the experience. Understanding that the degreed person committed to school and finished, yet that doesn't diminish what the not degreed has committed to and accomplished in their careers. This has to stop!

Hey all, new to this bowl. Currently a Tech Recruiter and eventually want to make the transition into a HRBP or HR Generalist role. Would love to hear from anyone who started in recruiting then transitioned into another area of HR. Have been thinking of either working on PHR certification or MBA with focus in HR mgt. Thanks!

On H1-B with approved I-140, currently looking out for State & Local Tax Senior/New Manager opportunity. Kindly share the leads, thank you.

How long does it take to get an offer letter once the mail offer is discussed and thru..I have been waiting for more than 10 days but there is no approx. TAT indication

How much severance should you expect after getting booted after 1 year. I got 3 months salary

Deloitte superday (type of thing) tomorrow. Wish me luck!

How long did it take for you to realize a career in consulting was not for you ?

Any companies that do AML or fraud work?

I'm back in the industry. One of my hired consultants (mid level) talked bad about me. What can I do to make his life miserable?

How much do partners at big 4 make on average? How bout MBB?

On the bright side, if Trump was president, we would be invading Ukraine now. The US and Ukraine are already winning.

3 types of food to describe your firm?

Is the chase freedom flex a better deal now than CSR? Worth downgrading? I already redeemed all my points through pay yourself back

Deloitte reached out on LinkedIn for an advisory principle/md opportunity in Jan/feb. spoke with the recruiter and was ghosted - figured it was dead and didn’t follow up as I’m pretty happy in my role. Now a new internal Deloitte exec recruiter contacted me to follow up…6 months after being ghosted. Any thoughts on partner/principle recruitment process at Deloitte? Is Deloitte wasting my time? Any insight from current partners at Deloitte would be appreciated.

Where is the excel with the best Hilton discount corporate codes

What proportion of your projects at MBB are real strategy vs primary research/readout/recommendation type?

Covid hire - will begin traveling to client sites for the first time this week. I’m typically anxious to travel/fly. Any tips from seasoned vets?

Would love to get your input on this but how do you guys feel about consulting, especially with a STEM background? I have worked on studies where we make recommendations that anybody with a basic scientific/engineering knowledge will say “yea, no f-ing sh*t. We want to do that too. But it’s impossible to achieve from technical perspective with the money we have. You don’t think we already thought of that?”

Is it ok to reach out to the people who interviewed you on comp negotiations after receiving a verbal from HR?

A friend of mine from a top tier consulting firm was counseled out. Do you consider it ethical that his career counselor is intentially spreading the information to his colleagues and to other consultants from other companies in the project? What can he do about it? Specially that he considers the potential layoff is purely based on the current situation (chargeability was low) and not on his performance (they said that his contribution to BD during his bench time was low)?

I've found ChatGPT mildly interesting... until a manager shared an experiment he did last week. He asked a few bench analysts to spend an hour researching basic questions a client might ask (e.g. "which Fortune 500 companies have the most questionable ESG strategies and why?") and to answer via 2-3 short paragraphs. He posed the same questions to ChatGPT. He shuffled all the responses and asked a number of us to spot the AI answer. NOBODY picked correctly.