My wife and I are expecting a baby in the next few months. My firm offers 7 weeks of leave which I plan to take all of. Recently coworkers/directors have been asking if I expect to take less than the full amount. I have been clear I am taking the full time and it seems I am being pressured to come back early. Could this negatively affect me if I take the full 7 weeks? Not sure why you wouldn’t take the full time they offer.

Came here to say that I wish I could fully express to my non-parent colleagues how much their support has meant to me. I can cover for them when they have stuff so they can unplug, but I feel like they will never truly understand the gratitude when they offer to do a task for me when my kid is sick, etc. Any ideas on how to pay it forward?

Is it expected/normal to get pregnant spouse Mother’s Day gift?

For those women with children or who are currently pregnant, when did you tell the partner you work with/HR that you were pregnant?

What is a good website to use to create a whole custom baby site?

I have a friend who spent the last 4 yrs as a stay-at-home dad caring for his special needs child. He’s ready to get back in the workforce and make a career change to IT. How does he get started?

Hi, I’m pregnant and interested in lateraling in LA after my maternity leave. Would anyone know if any of these firms are supportive of new mothers and/or have a substantial representation of female partners? I’m in a specialty group in corporate. Latham, Gibson Dunn, White & Case, Mayer Brown, Troutman Pepper, and MoFo

Sandor Clegane is such a man-child. Throwing stones for no reason and almost getting everyone killed.

Can I live comfortably in Dubai on 25k a month? With wife and kid too?

Random question but do you let your kids hang out in your bedroom and use your master bath if applicable? My kids always seem to want to use our bathroom instead of theirs and my spouse doesn't care but I grew up with my parent's room basically being off limits and think I'd prefer it that way.

Getting back to the travel is like going for a new job. Can't believe I left my child behind again.

SM on my project stepped away on paternity leave. SM was the one who led partner discussions and most of the client meetings. We're a week from a client deadline.

As a manager, I'm stepping but incredibly stress with the amount of moving parts. I don't have a strong rapport with the partner (Neither did the SM) to be open and transparent on how stressful I'm feeling without downgrading myself.

I'm sick to the stomach and very anxious, stressed at the suddenness of the thrust.

Help!

Hi everyone, realizing my career may be incompatible with my needs at home (I have a school age child with special needs). Any moms/dads find any companies or jobs in the UX field that are part time? I am wondering if it’s possible to stay in this field or if I need to take a step back and figure out something new. What has worked for any of the working moms/dads out there. I need to be free from 2pm onwards.

NOK to the moon baby 🚀

Which Big4 is better in terms of benefits ?
Considering the mobility, leaves, insurance and WLB. Who has the longest paternity leave ?

Denver culture (and suburb areas): interested to know how easy is it to make friends here. Both husband and I are late-30s, early 40s with a kid going into middle school. I’ve got a great friend group where we live now, but looking for simpler and cheaper way of life but dreading not being able to make friends.

Hi All,

Is $75kpa enough for two in USA, Georgia, Duluth?

I think post tax deductions I should get around 4.5k per month.

Please advice.

Current CTC is 14.2lpa.
However I have a 9 yoe and current stack is GCP, Python,Airflow etc for data engineer.
If i switch chances are I can get a 20lpa+.

My wife is not working and we plan to have a baby next year.

Please advice.

Had a baby recently with some health issues which has prompted me to reevaluate my big firm associate life and consider in house. The issue is, I’m thinking of leaving right after/during maternity leave and feel very guilty. Do you think I should explain myself or just say I found another opportunity? I don’t want to burn bridges but also don’t think they are entitled to know everything about me.

Hello Folks,

I am really depressed, am the elder child of my family serving notice period and looking forward for financial growth and personal growth as well.
I am really passionate about my career and looking for Accounts receivable profile. I have 3.5 years of experience and having end to end knowledge of #O2C domain can join from 9th of June.

Kindly consider my profile.
It would be grateful,If anybody can refer.

Thanks in advance.

I told my husband that I wished I was more in shape before getting pregnant and his response was “well you could still get fit” 🙃🙃

Does anyone stress about student loans? I have $176k in loans and as January gets closer, the panic attacks have gotten worser. I am in-house at a Real Estate company (making $90k), which is terrible bc they are going under due to the market. I am working to transition to big law for pay, job security and more technical skills. I am a 2019 grad and it just seems so hard to break into big law.

I just need advice on what to do. My mind is scattered and stressed! Thank you in advance!

Why is it better to work in a product based company than a service based company like Capgemini, TCS etc?

It’s such an unsettling feeling to want to hear from someone and not want to at the same time. I’m shocked I haven’t thrown my phone against a wall. My mind wants a Rage Room but my body is exhausted and just wants sleep.

Associates, do you want to be copied on emails to service providers/vendors (like CSC, CT, etc)? My thought is you get a billion emails everyday and don’t need more, but maybe I’m wrong?

What’s the salary range for an EVP in Chicago?

Trying to narrow down my quarter life crisis. Currently I’m looking at a UX Design bootcamp, do people actually hire from these bootcamps?

To all my data engineering friends out there, do you all feel like trash sometimes? Like people dont understand shit about what you do, and clients just want to see some bs ml model/pretty but useless dashboards?

Hello Fishes,

I have received an offer as Associate Data Engineer L2 at Publicis Sapient Gurgaon. I have 1 yr and 8 months of experience. The CTC provided is 16. On other Hand got the same CTC from Neudesic an IBM Company and its WFH ( Remote Completely ). The Third Offer is from PubMatic where CTC is 22.70 ( Including stocks, and variables ) for the Gurgaon location. Please help me out with what basis I should choose among these. If anyone is aware of Pubmatic, is it good to join it.? Thanks

What’s a fair salary increase after a year of inflation?

Hi Team,

What's the salary we can expect for Java, microservices profile.
YOE-8.7 yrs
CCTC -18 Fixed

Capgemini project - .Net Core, Microservices, Angular

FIS Project - .Net MVC

IBM Project - don't know

Capgemini - 18.5 fixed + 2L variable
FIS - 17.10 fixed + 1.90L variable
IBM - 17.14 fixed

Looking for highly job security with better project

Hi Fishes I've recently started working at Accenture and company has offered me (9.1 LPA including fixed and variable) but I've got one more offer after joining Accenture from Capgemini (in Malasiya - KL) of 7000 Ringgit/ Month. Shall I leave Accenture and join Malasiya or should I stay in Accenture only? Please help me.

How many hours would you work when you have your 2 weeks in? Would you work weekends?

how much harder is banking then valuation?

Does anyone have any experience or know of someone who went from FDD to PE operations (think Cerberus COAC). Would be great to hear any insights or thoughts on the jump and transition.

Deloitte FDD vs PwC FDD? NYC

Any M&A tax practices out there that will allow remote/mostly remote work in the future? Where?

What is sneakily the most time consuming process that doesn’t seem like it should be time consuming? Feel like it’s sending request list/follow up emails

M&A tax manager 1 salary in NYC ?

For anyone who was able to make the move from FDD to IB, outside of Compensation, what have you enjoyed more about IB?

What kind of work do people in restructuring consulting do? What’s a typical day like?

Anyone know what hours are like in A&M’s GTA (deal analytics) group is like? Is it as bad as FDD?

Is it not even worth to applying for a position if you do not meet the minimum experience listed?

How hard is it to exit to the buy side from FDD?

Typical exit ops for M&A operational due diligence?

Any significant differences in comp between the Big 4 FDD groups (specifically at senior level)? I’m hearing PWC pays the highest bonuses but not sure if there is any truth to that.

What are some of the best M&A conferences attended?

Best books for U.S. Corporate Tax similar to Logic of Subchapter K for partnerships? I’ve historically worked extensively with partnerships and starting to branch out into more “Core” corporate M&A Tax and looking for a helpful resource to get up to speed.

What’s your utilization right now?

What would be an exit opportunity like for someone with both FDD and CDD experience?

Which opportunity is better in terms of exit ops and M7 MBA acceptance? Undecided on exits, looking at corp dev, in-house M&A or strategy into tech

Deloitte M&A SDV vs A&M PEPI MAS