Now that I got offered by the peer group firm that I really love to get in, I am so reluctant to do my current tasks and made a lot of mistakes these days looking forward to spending my gardening leave for traveling overseas.
Do I have to work hard now?

Anyone else here new or a native to the LA County/Orange County area that’s on a 5 day weekend break that wants to get together later today or tomorrow for a bite to eat or a drink?

Anyone else feeling like they are past their prime and just don’t matter anymore? Like I could vanish and it may take weeks before anyone realized I was missing (and yes, I realize hormones are making this happen),

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Any one have success with taking premama for her? If so did you stop taking everytime you ovulate?

Anybody think the new KIA logo looks like a KN?

Hack! Book business trips via Ebates and enter your coporate discount code and get cash back via Ebates :)

Can anyone recommend a therapist in NYC to help with work related stress and anxiety. Preferably a POC.

PwC 🐠: Whats covered under gym/health fees on travel days? Classpass?

How do you deal with the office pettiness when people find out you’re leaving? I resigned from my agency last week. Not bc I was unhappy or anything, an opportunity literally fell in my lap and it was too good to pass up. Ppl are starting to learn that I am leaving and already being weird and stand-off ish. I’m here thru the beginning of September…. 🙄

What group does IT audit at KPMG, EY, DT, and pwc? I’m talking like specific group name

Good Evening Everyone! I have just recently been honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps and I am returning to finish my Bachelors Degree at Morehouse College here in Atlanta. I am in dire need of a new entry level corporate position to help offset living and educational costs. If anyone can fellowship or assist in any way it would be greatly appreciated!

Hi folks, has anyone changed their career paths from a cyber implementation specialist to sales? I have currently in the interview process for a cloud sales specialist at Palo Alto. They are going to train me technically and teach me sales for 18 months. Not so sure if this is a good idea…but as I thought about it aren’t we all selling in consulting too? Instead of a product we are selling our services. Not so sure on how to approach this

I’m in my third year as a construction law associate. Is there any way possible to switch to labor and employment, or am I stuck in this field forever?

I selected a Lenovo laptop but was sent a Dell. What's the chances I'll be able to request a replacement with a Lenovo after onboarding? I want a Lenovo because I'm love my TrackPoint nub!

Let's start the Oscars of Finance. I'll start: the award for "associate most likely to throw you under the bus" goes to John!

Hi everyone! Quick plug for everyone to have a great week/take care of mental health going into holidays/new year. Anyway starting a new gig at a finance firm (redacted) for company analysis (general) in the new year. Excited to be starting fresh and would love your perspectives on how to knock it out of the park during the first week thru first 90 days. What are the key actions you all use to ensure that you’re off to a great start? Any tips are appreciated ❤️

How do you deal with unwanted advances at work? (Getting hit on) A situation I can easily handle outside the office- seems to become more awkward considering your professional relationship, rank etc.

Any other ladies have an end goal of becoming an entrepreneur? I'm looking for some inspiration whether it be in the form of books, events, whatever!

Middle market bankers: what % of sell side engagements does your bank have a sell-side QoE completed pre-market?

Hillary bringing up being energy independent pisses me off so much. We're the largest oil producer in the world. We're ruining OPEC

Has anyone here gone to or considered therapy? A combo of being unhappy/overwhelmed at work and feeling stalled on development areas. Any thoughts (except judgy ones) much appreciated!

How do boa/baml bands compare to other banks? Band 4 = ed?

Best memes of 2018?

How do I break into a Financial analyst role? I have a pretty diverse background. Resume: (13 months) audit associate small regional accounting firm not top 10 (10-20 partners) (25 months) Corp Tax Associate Big 4. (No CPA got PIPd) (6 months) Revenue Accountant Audit Senior not top 10 small regional accounting firm (roughly 10 partners) 2 busy seasons- (24 months), Internal Audit Healthcare (17 months- last May 2021) Left after burntout/bored by IA and health issues also made decent $in crypto

What helps you sleep?

To the Fish who voted for Trump - how do you feel like he's doing so far?

What funds do you choose in 401K? I selected only the Vanguard Target Retirement and dont know if the portfolio is diversified enough. Thanks Fish Fam!

Have an interview for an Industrials/ infrastructure equity research associate role this week. Any tips or suggestions that would help me be prepared?

Currently in ALM treasury at a bank (I do all our debt/preferred issuance, and our traders trade repo/fed funds/etc.). Pretty well versed in liquidity management and funding of a bank now

Trying to lateral to FIG groups or DCM / syndicate but not getting any bites, and having nearly a 0% response rate to networking emails (vs 50-60% when I was an undergrad). Anyone take a similar path and have any advice?

I need some good career-development or finance-related book recommendations

How much trouble is Elon Musk in do you think?