One of my senior managers is a boomerang and told me she was laid off when she was 7 months pregnant about 10 years ago. I think she was a senior or manager. She was in a specific group and everybody was laid off. It wasn’t performance based.

Would you work at your company again if you were laid off?

Hi AUS fishes,
Can you please help with some suggestions for a friend who is currently in Australia. She is a mother of a 2 year old and ready rejoin the workforce.
She holds a Masters in software engineering from an Australian college and looking for opportunities in Canberra or WFH. Any role that can pay bills should be fine.

With a recession around the corner - two questions:
1) will there be layoffs at Deloitte? My concern is we hired so much ppl this year.
2) will there be more work in org design? Just saw the Robinhood 9% workforce layoff announcement.

Companies in the area with the best maternity leave?

Have people gotten their bonus’ prorated in a year they were on parental leave? Any hunches to tell if it was more less than a straight prorate?

What if Elon Musk replaces Rajesh Gopinathan as the CEO of TCS?
All the useless managers will be fired?

PPEDs: Just found out that a Partner, who was promoted in 2017, was fired. IDK the circumstances. What can they expect to walk away with besides 401k & normal pension plan?

I am embarking on egg freezing soon and I got some unpleasant news today after a scan. I had a scan 2 months ago and my follicle count was slightly low then. As I was on birth control at the time, I had to go off it and repeat the scan two months later. In the 2nd scan we found that I only had 6 follicles and that we would only be able to get 4-6 eggs per cycle. I am 36 and I decided to start this process now more just as backup. I have never dreamt of being a mother and yet this news has (cont)

EY leave department hasn’t been the most helpful with the exact details around maternity leave - so just wondering for any EY mamas - how do we initiate getting the two weeks before due date off? Just a doctors note or ??? Thank you!!

Fishes need ur help...my friend s been laid off without notice...any quality analyst jobs please let me know....would be really grateful 2 u all...

How has P&T been affected by recessions in the past ? Are internal app teams more safe ? Also how is the severance package calculated.

Anybody who got laid off in the current wave and looking for a referral in Zalando in Germany, feel free to DM me. Happy to help.

What are some reasons you’ve seen people get fired for? And how long did the warning process take, if any?

My partner has largely been an at-home parent for the past 5 years. She started as a HS English teacher this past September but is already looking to pivot (overworked, unpaid, safety issues, etc). She would ideally like something remote to go along with her background in writing and editing. Any tips or potential leads?

Hello fishes
Work a CTC of 30LPA, JL6, is it worth to go onsite like Canada or uk or Australia asking with a wife and kid?
What works be the onsite salary for JL6? Few posts i read days 42k, few other posts mention 110k..
Any one has clarity on this this?

My husband and I are in 2nd month of trying to get pregnant. Been on BC on and off for the last 15 years. Taking prenatal vitamins, watching ovulation, watching diet, any other suggestions?

Hello Fishes,

Which company is better in terms of work life balance and wfh options as working mother:
LTI
Capgemini
Infosys

Thanks for your responses.

Anyone have advice for advancing in your current role? My co-worker was hired in at manager level but somehow “proved” he was actually doing director level work and got a title promotion and salary increase in less than a year. I also went above and beyond my job as well (covering for him for a month while he was away on paternity leave) while taking on other projects outside of my job title and got zip—no raise or recognition. Any advice would be appreciated!

Are there any parent fish in this bowl? What sites have you used to setup nanny or babysitting services?

I don’t get paid to write advertising. I get paid to sit through meetings like these. Kill me.

looking for any resources about creating messaging matrices for brands. links are appreciated!

I'm not hung up on PE/buy side exits, not closed off but nbd. Would be just as happy to stay and make MD (or exit into corp dev if I want an easier life when I'm older)

My dilemma:

I'm at a LMM investment bank. Can get crazy sometimes, but otherwise chill. Typically done around 7-9 pm, had maybe three 1 am nights. Haven't worked a weekend in over a month. Fridays almost always done at 5 pm.

Have an offer at a reputable MM bank but probably pretty sweaty. Worth the move?

I am working as business analyst having total experience of 5 years 8 months and as a business analyst 4 years and 4 months. I have got offer of 11 ctc with 10% variable on current CTC of 5.75 , Can you guys please tell me what should be the expected CTC for this experience?

Hey everyone! Any permanent residents travelled to the UK recently? I’m confused as to what I need to go there, and then what I need to come back here. Any help will be appreciated :)

Hi Everyone, Started my career in government 5 years ago working in an operational role, then focussed on HR for 3 years working my way up to a middle manager role in HR as a business partner and completed my Level 7 CIPD. I don’t think HR or government is for me anymore and looking to find something new, now 24 feel I have a lot of transferable skills and knowledge but worried about private companies in other professions taking me seriously. Grateful for any advice - thanks in advance!

Recommendations on slim fit denim shirts. Not for the office of course but I feel like it’s a staple I need in my wardrobe.

Which certifications are considered high value right now?

I am in need of some advice I have a bachelors in healthcare administration. My long term goal would be a CEO of a hospital. I am looking at masters programs and need some advice as what to get my masters in. I could get my masters in healthcare administration but would like to look at something a little different maybe healthcare leadership or something. Anyone have some advice?

In my application to McKinsey, do I include past unpaid internships as Work Experience?

Is Wipro firing employees? Came across a few posts in LinkedIn

What “self help” books are you guys reading? I just read Untamed by Glennon Doyle and wow, I want to start from the beginning again, but feel like I should read something else. Would love any suggestions.

If someone is getting promoted in @cognizant. They are sending a token of appreciation via delivery to home address. So what are we receiving in it. Just curiosity...

My monthly salary after employees pf deduction and professional tax of 200 is 96,500.
How much income tax will be deducted on this amount without any investments and all.

Holding an offer of 20.5LPA. Now selected for C1 band at Capegemini. How much should I ask?
YoE 6.10, Tech Stack AWS DevOps, CCTC 10.5 LPA
Capgemini

Is 69K for staff 1 in Chicago at a mid-tier firm plus a 6k bonus for passing the cpa a good salary?

Having run a retail business outside of this, it's funny to me how much the firm talks about 'understanding our cross line of service offerings' while never actually talking about or teaching sales.

You ever get so sick of prepping for a walk through you just say fuck it and wing it? I mean really, the pressure should be on the client to talk about the process, not on us 🙀

With this longest running bull market, what's your outlook on job security in the next few years? Everyone keeps saying we are due for another recession soon.

Everyone making a big deal about Trumps taxes and couldn't give two fucks about Hillary's paid speeches to Wall Street. I want to know what she said to these banks. #releasethetranscripts

Ladies, are gifts important to you?

Some of these recruiting salary offers are offensive.

Thoughts of transfer pricing?

Went into PA for job stability & good money. Now I realize my job'll eventually be automated & I could have made so much more starting as an engineer without working these long hours. Life's a bitch.

PPEDs: Just found out that a Partner, who was promoted in 2017, was fired. IDK the circumstances. What can they expect to walk away with besides 401k & normal pension plan?

On a scale of 1-10, how “mature” would you consider the people in your offices/teams? In terms of acting their age, respectful, etc.

I told my manager that nothing we do matters and therefore everything is immaterial. And that is why we should scope out this entire engagement. He was not amused. April fools?

Do accountants usually do Black Friday shopping, or we just be up buying what we want, whenever we want...

What personal financial knowledge do you wish you had learned in college?

Apple Watch or Fitbit? Does anyone have both? If you have both, do you use the Apple Watch as a regular watch and the Fitbit for working out? Just curious to see what people think. Thanks!

Just joined the inclusion council in my office. Any good ideas for a fun office event??

Top 3 reasons to move to NYC? And top 3 reasons not to?

Do you think it is quite possible to get fired by asking too many questions as an experienced senior 1? If so, i might get fired after this busy season.

sometimes I feel like the reward of being productive is more work lol

Seriously! A coworker is talking about her degree in history and she wrote her senior thesis on June Cleaver. How does she work at a B4? Of course, her Dad was the Partner's son's HS football coach.