On PTO! 6 hr layover in ATL what to do? 🤔

Had an offer for 30% more , a promotion to manager, extra week of vacation to switch firms. I love where I am at with my clients and there is a lot of potential there. Should I stay the course?

I put in a booking request for a vacation and it got rejected and says “DC Approval Required: Chargeable” what does this mean? Did I do something wrong?

This is our first holiday season in the Nashville area, any suggestions on family activities/light displays we should check out? Our kids our 8, 5, and 3.

If you take vacation, is the onus on you to make up that billable time? If so, how do you enjoy long vacations?

How long do you stay on holiday leave for the holiday season?

Starting at Accenture strategy this week ( manager level). Start date was delayed 4 weeks due to the onboarding team being busy. I have a vacation from 8/10-8/18 which was booked months ago. How do I best handle this to avoid starting off on the wrong foot with my new group?

She doesn't know the real reason why I'm lukewarm about kids: I don't think she's matured enough. I'm trying to plan for retirement and a house, but all she wants is her next overseas vacation

Cisco

Pros:

- fairly decent place to work (from someone who worked with the Vancouver and San Jose offices). never met a blue badger (permanent employee) who had awful things to say.

- Ashley Goodall (their SVP, Methods & Intelligence) co-authored a brilliant book on leadership and people management called “Nine Lies About Work” that makes me believe they can be an awesome place to work

Cons:

- red badgers had low morale since they’re contract workers and can be terminated at any time

Planning a honeymoon in Greece for September. Any recommendations on islands? It’s a 2 week vacation. Some time will be spent on Mykonos for the sake of a specific resort but other than that I have nothing else planned.

We flew back from Ireland today on Delta. Our connecting flight from JFK at 6:10 was cancelled while we were flying over the Atlantic Ocean, and we were rebooked on a 3:40 instead (2.5 hours earlier) but not notified. I received no email, text or app notification of the flight cancellation or the new flight we were placed on, so we missed it. They now cannot get us home tonight and won’t even guarantee they can get us home tomorrow, impacting my work, (cont)…

Oh boy, they just paged “Mary and Joseph” in LGA C....

Hello and happy Thanksgiving! What are the pros and cons of living in San Diego vs San Francisco? I’m from NY and looking to move to one of those locations. I’m hoping to get more info on rent, dating, entertainment, taxes, and job stability.

Senior dev working alone in an office, everybody is remote. Thinking of moving to PHX to be fully remote myself, currently in LA. Lower COL. Change to buy house. I like heat. Thoughts? Why? Why not?

So I had 3 deals scheduled to either close end of May or mid June which were all pushed to end of June/beginning of July. Which is when I have my first vacation planned for over a year (I take 0 time off). My whole family is flying up and we’re renting a cabin near me. What do I do? I’m running one of the deals, semi running the other one and not doing much leading on the other one. Note: I was supposed to not be running any of these. Do I find a back up first or tell the partners first?

San Francisco, Bay area- first week of august ?

Might have to relocate to San Diego for spouse’s role. Anyone know about shops there? Or any firms that have a presence in SD?

We're seeing a lot of hiring freezes happening in the tech space, with the exception of some high growth startups. Is this affecting anyone else?

For those of you without a home office: Where do you usually work? My desk is in my bedroom and I’m considering sacrificing aesthetic to move my set up elsewhere

After being underpaid and undervalued at a previous employer, I’ve now doubled my comp in less than a year. Taking my talents to FAANG gang! Don’t give up! TC: $250K

First time H1 stamping. Looks like there are no visa interview dates in any of the consulates. Has anyone got their H1 stamped in Iceland /Maldives or any other country?

I have my first case review I am kind of nervous about it, wish me luck. I am not scared, I am just nervous about it.

SPHR exam- has anyone ever been “randomly selected” for an application audit? This just happened to me and the sheer amount of effort that is going to go into collecting all the documents almost makes me not want to follow through. Since I didn’t finish undergrad, they’re asking for a copy of my high school diploma or transcript and that itself is going to be an absolute nightmare to get hold of. Guess I’m not really looking for a solution here, just venting.

COO’s & previous SR. account executives…

I made it to regional manager for a franchise by age 22. Ran a successful financial practice & sold by the age of 33. Took 2 years off and built a health & wellness coaching platform for my wife (medical provider). Then, the last 2.5 yrs, have been a top producer in Saas sales as a senior account executive. I’ve been told I would make a great COO someday and I’m ready to take the next step into leadership. Who/what should I be targeting next?

Reaching out to the forum to check the compensation for Solution Owner role in Seattle area

For 15.5 YOE, on Cloud platforms, what band and salary should be offered by tech mahindra..CCTC is 17 lacs.Offfer I already have for 34 lacs.

Is it possible to transition from Sales Manager to consulting. Currently making around 100k per year and would like to make a move and potentially make 20-30% more. For context, I have been at my current organization for 4 years and have grown my teams annual revenue from 1,000,000 to over 4,000,000 primarily through improving the culture, processes, and quality

Hi team ,
I resigned and my last working day was last day of month .
The company KPMG was suppose to deduct my joining bonus and other things in final settlement. Last working day was last day of month , which means i got full salary.
What they will do in final settlement? Will they ask me to pay separately? I have resigned and joined another organisation. Any one knows what will happen ?

What are future prospects of experience in SAP EWM? Can one switches to product company later in career?

What is the back of an envelope kind of estimation of a drug’s market share considering there’s one in market already?

Oliver mentioned in the NA Update that we should hear about raises some time next week

Anyone has joining on 10th october?

Fleishman Hilliard Detroit— 👍🏽 or 👎🏽

Does Accenture still sponsor visas? For an entry level position. College student was asking me and I have no idea how to find that out

Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn about becoming an author on the side. Has anyone heard about such a thing?!? The person said she’s worked with 800 consultants writing their books and marketing it for them.

How to write a resignation email? Can it be short or does it have to be long?

Should you tip in Canada like you do in the US? 20% pre tax amount is my go to at home, but I’ve always heard tipping is more American so curious about what to do here

Best consulting firms to work for that will allow 100% remote work indefinitely regardless of what clients do?

what realistic entry level salary would you be happy about if living in NYC right after college? For me it’s 90k

What do you think it takes for a PPD to get a utilization bearing WBS for proposal work? I know it is rare...

What kinds of books, podcasts, TED talks, etc would you recommend for a recent college grad who has low self esteem, is professionally immature and for whom the prospect of entering the world of work is daunting and stressful?

Trying to find ideas/frameworks that will change mindset, tips, tools and heuristics for self organization, management, soft skills in a professional setting etc

How to pivot to Financial Infrastructure Technology Services (FITS) consulting and who are the market leaders (MBB/Big4/Tier2). Have 12+ years of Capital markets IT experience in trading platform consulting (Murex) and currently pursuing Exec MBA from LBS.

Fish fam - quite new to all this and would appreciate your support. if I am based in a high income tax state but work on site in a lower income tax state. Can I claim the paid taxes back from my home state or do I always pay income tax based on where my home office location is?
Thanks

For Deloitte Senior Manager in cloud… what’s the expected compensation $$??

When conference goers come into the Sheraton lounge and are *blown away*

Happy weekend, everyone

Is it worth getting PMP, Scrum, CSCP?

Are there any free tools other than iTunes to move a massive amount of photos (11k) from iPhone to PC to free up space? Often times my PC doesn't detect phone or fails in middle of transfer.

What is the chance that my MBB contract gets rescinded before I start working? I got the job and I start in 2 months as a associate consultant, but with all of these recession and hiring freeze talks I am beginning to worry they might change their mind

A lot of people say peaceful life with a farm would be their dream lives, but why at the same time they're not choosing that life, but keep climbing the corporate ladder?

Debating which offer is better: Deloitte Strategy & Analytics Consulting or PwC Delivering Deal Value (which is under management consulting)? Appreciate any insights from those in the field

Any Man Utd fans? I'm so sorry....