Piggybacking on my previous post about beginner plants. What about succulents? Are they low maintenance?

Anyone else experiencing a long delay getting their DC tax refund deposited?

Thoughts on Publicis? — Specifically their UX department.

How long would you say it takes to adjust to a new job?

Thoughts on leaving PA primarily due to the metrics based culture (utilization, dtc, use of X digital tool, revenue, margin, etc). I find this aspect of PA stressful and exhausting but not sure if this is something you just get used to. Currently a manager and seems like the metrics just change over time / don’t get easier.

What are ways to deal with high latency mricroservice in a given region. Given that it's Cpu utilization is not exhausted.. So no vertical scaling ???

Does anyone know what purple tables mean in Excel?

I know about green and orange, but never saw purple before and trying to figure it out.

Does anyone else constantly put off putting their time in as they go and then hate their life at the end of the month? Then once you get caught up, you don’t want to enter more time, and so you fall behind again. It’s a vicious cycle.

I am first year and I got my written reviews today. A partner wrote that I need to be more detail oriented and cited a time I screwed something up for a production. I did screw something up but I owned up to it right away and did everything to fix the issue. It was also in my first few months of practice and I had never made a production before and I was the only associate on the case. How should I handle this during my annual review?

has anyone had any luck leveraging an offer from another Big 4 to have your current firm match/transfer the new offer? specifically switching service lines

Had 2 hours of billable work today 💀

I was wondering why I didn’t see many farewell mails after April 18. Well, it looks like we don’t have anyone to quit. We now have more PMMDs than experienced seniors. Is this your situation as well? It looks like no amount of money will keep the staff from quitting.

If you were the only associate on your team, how would you feel about senior mgmt adding another associate to do similar work? Personally I see little upside! Appreciate your thoughts

Is Deloitte USI specifically in Oracle Cloud Technology, Is it doing layoffs? Level Senior Consultant

Current place I'm at wants to extend me. Thing is I had already (verbally) agreed to another place. But other place is less $, less time, though more "prestige". Stay or go?

What is the advantage of having a checking bank acct? I only have savings accts. Am I missing something?

Hi All received retain offer from tcs same as PwC India any suggestions what I should do.CTC offered 6.5.TCS HR saying will share breakdown of salary post resignation withdrawal

Room not ready (needs 5-10 minutes for housekeeping to finish it?) at 9:40 pm for a category 7 property

Anybody buy soil in bulk for delivery? Just bought a house and the shrub bed had personally wronged me.

What house plants are NOT toxic to cats? I swear every time I go to buy a new plant and look it up it says “toxic to pets”. I have a dumb cane which I know is toxic but didn’t realize when I bought it so now I just keep it in the laundry room away from my cat when I’m at work but that means no daytime sunlight. Would like suggestions on which plants I can buy that are safe to leave alone with my cat 😸

I have lovely deep kitchen window sills that get blasted by the sun. Ideas/inspiration for your favorite full sun houseplants?

Anyone have anything to share with petals?? Craving some happy colors 🌺🌸🌼🌹💐

Have a spider mite infestation on a lemon tree I brought indoors for the winter. Anyone have any ideas for how to kill them? I looked online and have tried neem oil, but it doesn’t seem to be working too well. Help!

I NEED MORE PLANT PICS ON HERE!

Any recommendations for grow lights that can be moved around?

Hi plant parents :) anyone in the dc/ northern va area that has a pothos growing well? I really just want a wee bit of cutting so I can propagate. I’d come pick it up from you, no contact! Help!