Please tell me someone else was on DL 4128 last night (MSP>IAH) and also saw the altercation between passengers 2C and 2D on descent.

Any recommendations for Portland, OR? Staying downtown and there for just a weekend.

Any recommendations on seaside towns that would be fun for a 5-6 day stay within an 8 hour drive of Boston? Going next week, so not a place that's a ghost town in October.

Anyone know a way to get a cheap flight this coming festive period?

Hello Fishes,

I have got my L2 Dependent Visa stamped for the US through the Wife's organization and she has booked the tickets for the both of us in the next weekend. I am currently unallocated in TCS and seeking projects in the same US location as my Wife. Can I travel to the US just like that and then continue my search within TCS from there or do I need any approvals to even fly in the first place?

I am worried because of the time crunch and will be glad to hear some points on this.

Can someone confirm if Marriott does not give complimentary breakfast with a points booking? Booked with 25k points and was told no complimentary breakfast..

Best Marriott or SPG property in Phuket? Ritz isn’t available but most else are. Looking for relaxing beach trip for 3 or 4 nights. Platinum elite but want to go off property for meals too. Thanks!

Currently SPG/Marriott Plat, does anyone other than Hilton offers status match

Hi Fellow Producers. Thinking of going freelance and making myself available in LA, PDX and NYC. Does anyone know a fair and good daily rate for a Freelance Senior Content Producer in each city?

My consulting firm is hiring for Mechanical / Electrical Engineers for our Boston / San Fran offices. Good WLB and hybrid work. DM to discuss a referral 🚀

Planning a trip to Bali with my bf. He’s never been on a long flight like that but we are probably planning a 2week vacation. What areas should we stay at?? we’re beach bums but I also love the forest/Hiking and a big foodie!

What’s an average S2 salary in FDD for high COL’s like NYC, SF, LAX and Chicago?

Need 6 Marriott nights to titanium (spend doesn’t matter). 1 - would any hotel manager cut you a deal? (Ie if 6 nights is 60k; let me pay 30k and get the nights and I won’t use the room?); 2 - where are cheapest Marriott hotels? I found 10k per night in burbs of Chicago? 3 - would any cheap Marriott let me run this scam remotely? (Ie call Abilene Texas, check me in without my showing up)

Best neighborhoods to live for a young adult in San Diego budget of 3k ish for a 2 bedroom

Looking to book two Iberia tickets using avios NYC to MAD business class in March but can't seem to find availability - can anyone help?

Help! I recently purchased a wanna get away ticket through Southwest for a business trip that was about $850. I was asked to cancel the trip due to other work issues in my local area. As luck would have it, there's a strong possibility that I landed a great new job and they need me to start right away. The credit is under my personal rapid rewards account. Ideas to help me avoid writing a big check to my company??

Interested in relocating to DEN and looking for a senior client services role. Lots of big brand/agency experience (traditional, digital, and experiential). Leads or suggestions would be amazing!

So how does the Uber PIN thing work at LGA? Whenever I request an UBER there, it just connects me with a driver. I don’t get a PIN for the cars queuing up.

ATL airport a chaos this morning... Regular check point an hour long to clear..

Anyone in DFW want to do something this weekend? Just moved here and I have no friends here 😢

Mindtree is asking me to upload my offer letter to their portal. Is it ok to upload offer letter?

Looking for a good Feedback 360 service or similar to goal and reward my growing team. Anyone know of a good platform?

So I don’t get it. I checked stats at a fertility clinic and they look decent on fertility iq. I looked at the art stats and it appears that the stats are low -like 20 percent success rate?!

Amazon recruiter reached out and wants to know my general compensation expectations before first interview. Very little info available on role but seeing $150k-$250k total compensation reported. Is this too wide of a range to give them?

Looking for a referral to MBB firms - thanks! 🤝

I think BCC is the next coin coming to Coinbase

How is BigID ( data privacy) profile in Morgan Stanley? Is it worth to change profile from capital market to data privacy? Morgan Stanley Capco BigID

How often does anyone feel burned out? At what point does anyone say enough of this shit after feeling ignored by your company? Keep in mind that this is work at home.

Anyone flown Copa Airlines Economy? Considering booking some personal travel on it using miles and wanted to see if it’s any good

Any advice for a first time manager ?
Context: after ~10y in technical then marketing role, taking over a team of analysts, first management position.
Tips, readings, stories, … are welcome 😁

What should a commercial claims account manager be making as a salary ? Handles asbestos claims only. Works for a TPA handling claims for 4 carriers. Law degree with many years trial experience as in house ID but for personal lines. This is first job handling commercial claims

Hi fishes,

module lead, Band C3 in mind tree with 8.3 years of experience as a front end developer is it good to join, they offered me 40% hike.

Deloitte recruiter just reached out to me and said they may need to do further “compensation analysis” and that they may reach out to me with a better offer after rejecting my counter offer last week. Anyone know what this is about?

I feel like my boss is sexist and unfair. I've worked here for three years and he's never once given me a raise. He told me once that women aren't good at sales. What do I do?

Which is better between IBM and Naggaro.
Both are offered same 25lpa. Yoe-7 JAVA.
In term of WLB and Job Security.

Anyone afraid to take vacation in FY18, for fear of missing utilization? 🙋🏼🙋🏼‍♂️

Will have $100k by the end of this year and want to start investing in stocks. I am willing to take medium to high risk. What stocks/etfs to buy?

Any Freemasons lurking around here!? Thinking about making a Bowl for my Traveling Brothers. Maybe to talk about how we view this unique Labor (consulting) in a Masonic context, post some inspirational messages, recommend good books, idk stuff like that...

Do we still need suits?

Gained that covid weight - now trying to figure out if thats still a thing and I may need to get a new one. I mean it is kind of weird sitting in a home office/spare bedroom on zoom or w.e. in a full suit and tie to me.. What do yall 🐟 think?

How much do you pay for rent in your city. I’ll start, DC $3,000 1-bed

Consulting firms, how does your company use utilization as a performance metric? And what are your targets (e.g, Junior practitioners vs senior)

New consulting buzzword - stractical! A combination of strategic and tactical. Go dazzle your clients with your buzzword brilliance now.

Isn’t wild how Amazon readily published the dissident recently with no fear of retribution from the Saudis but Netflix pulled the patriot act episode about the kingdom barely a week after it was released? Bezos is a badass

Ratings on three projects - 3,2,2. Utilization - 90%... Proposal hours - 15... Firm activities - 43 hrs... I then get a YE rating of 4 😕 ... How worried I should be regarding the layoffs???

Days of the week ranked, best to worst:

Friday
Saturday
Thursday
Sunday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday

Thoughts? Could see flipping Mon/Tu and Th/Sun

What book have you read that was helpful for your career and/or that you would recommend? Could be a technical book, management, etc. For me, it’s a book I read a few years ago: The Phoenix Project. I never thought I would read and like a novel about DevOps but I recommend it to all my managers.

MBB folks: out of the big4, is there anyone in particular you have historically hired more from compared to the remaining 3?

Fellow fasting fish, how do you maintain energy when we can’t have coffee or water? I’ve been cracking windows, showering first thing, and using certain essential oils 😅 trying not to yawn on these morning video calls!

Do you mention offers/where you are in the interview process with other companies when talking to an HR recruiter?

On the bench for a week or so before start of new project. Do I take PTO or just bill GAA. Any advice on managing utilization?

Placement time:
Avatar bending nations (earth, air, water, fire) x The Big4🚨🚨🚨

Best ergonomic chairs for neck and back pain that aren't $1000+?

Anyone interview with Insight Partners?

Received an AMEX Gold card around a month ago and have been making consistent purchases and payments on the card. However, my points still show as 0, does anyone know why this might be?