Safe/affordable hotels to stay it in or around London? Thanks!

For those who use via fairly often: do you tip your via drivers?

Looking to buy 40,000 Marriott points. Happy to pay $200!. Let me know your offers!

All the places you’ve gone when traveling for work. ✈️🚁🛳

Anyone who commutes in from Jersey City - do you take the PATH or NJ transit? Which is better/worse?

Anyone have any car rental hacks to get something other than a compact to show as a compact on the receipt? Traveling on federally reimbursable funds, so need to show a compact car. But hoping to get something nicer but not get flagged by the Bean Counters. Thanks!

Does Centurion Lounge access justify the Amex Platinum fee? 80% of foreseeable travel will be through IAH, DFW, and LAS.

Guys please suggest any good hotel(no need hifi, just for night stay) to stay in kharadi, Pune or near by.
I have 2 days working office in a week. Need for 2-3 days only.
If you have any idea please suggest.

Is anyone able to give me the Marriott Family or/and friends discount paper? 🤗

I’m trying to decide on a hotel in the Maldives - currently choosing between the W Maldives and the Park Hyatt Maldives.

Does anyone have a perspective based on experience?

Thinking of heading to Maui (for the first time) for thanksgiving and seeking recommendations for a hotel (considering Ritz but open to others) and things to do. TIA!!

Is there a United status challenge?

Traveling to DC for 4 days. Looking for Marriott with parking and maybe concierge lounge functioning. Anyone use a Marriott recently they can recommend?
Open to other suggestions too. Thanks

I just tried to change my flight home from Madrid a few hours earlier and delta really said that will be 2.5K 🫢😵‍💫🥹

I’m getting a crazy good deal on the Ritz (~250 per night) in Miami - but it uses a Corp code for a company I don’t work for. Worth the risk?

I’m hiring a global internal auditor. Will pay relo. 15% international trip will be included. Please message me if you are interested in it.

leaving the firm and want to transfer my AmEx points to a new personal AmEx, because I don’t feel like I’ll be doing much travel soon. I already have the Chase Sapphire Preferred - what AmEx should I get? Blue? Gold?

Charlotte Consultants!
Started this bowl to discuss some new opportunities in consulting, ongoing projects and cross firm networking in the rising Charlotte area!

Hello Folks,
Good Morning.

Can anyone help me as to how can I start having experience in SAP. All my professional years I haven't got a chance to have a hands on experience but want to get an understanding of SAP.
Can anyone please help me with the same ?

Trying to go to Mexico on June, looking for beach and good places to party safely 😬

PwC people, does vacation negatively impact utilization the same way hitting G&A does?

Would you mind helping an art director who also lectures in art direction schools please: what has been the most exciting or memorable or useful lecture in your Art Direction school/course as students? I want to give real value they can spend professionally and not blah blah, so I am interested in what you people have considered a valuable input.
Please no suggestions like "Change your studies until it's too late" (because I have already done that lesson haha --and they are still there)

I’m scheduled for my PMP test in November. Is signing up for the PMI Study Hall prep plan recommended? What other study methods do you recommend to help with passing the test?

Anyone in IB/PE in Toronto? Would like to connect to learn more about the industry

Got offer and accepted but other firm that I applied ask for additional interview. Please advisd how to tell them "no" nicely ?

Hi Fishes

What would be the in hand monthly salary of 12lpa?
Thanks in advance.

Why this group is so silent?

What is EY’s reputation like in Charlotte and the Carolinas region? I hear they had layoffs around a year ago. Is all of this sorted out?

Does Fujitsu Consulting India provide any Diwali bonus or any kind of gifts?

Dam Funk has a new show on Apple radio called GlydeZone radio as an FYI

can we change office within the same city? in my offer letter it is mentioned rga but i want the nearest office.

Have you, or anyone you know, gotten covid twice within weeks or months? I’m being told that you can catch omicron 2 weeks after recovering…

I'm in the market for monitors for my home office. Does anyone have any advice?

When life isn’t even hard and you’re still struggling 😔

Do you ever wish you get fired?

🍁November Job Thread

Do you know of any opening or opportunity? Share it in the comments below!

Help another Fish. 🤝

Anyone experienced cognitive symptoms or brain fog associated with Covid?

Female 🐠: basically all of my pores are visibly clogged and enlarged. I get breakouts from this regularly. What do I need to do? I assume I need to go to a spa or derm. Should I be seeking an extraction facial?

How many days are you in the office?

I’m celebrating my birthday and considering to ask for donations instead of gifts. Good or bad idea?

Since summer started, working from home has been a blessing. I’m tanner than ever since I’m not stuck in the office until the sound goes down. And there’s something awesome about taking a conference call sitting out by the pool. It makes me feel way more important than I am.

Is it weird that I hate attending work happy hours because all people do is talk about work?

My superiors are asking me to contact CEOs of debtors to chase payments. We’re in B2B and payments are usually 30 days or more. As soon as we get someone over that and they don’t provide a payment date, I’m being asked to contact their CEOs somehow and demand payment. I think it’s dumb, will hurt the relationship and I also don’t want to ruin my reputation. Thoughts?

I truly will never get people who turn the AC on full blast but will be fully wrapped up in blankets and complain that they’re cold.

How do you make connections at weddings when you barely know anyone? I feel like it’s always awkward smalltalk and at some point you’re just drunk and wanna go home.

Anyone else feel like you come up with these amazing ideas, only to brush it off... Then fast forward a few years and see that it's now an $XXX million dollar company, getting another round of funding by a bunch of VCs and ramping up hiring of their 500+ employee base?

This is literally the 10th time this is happening to me. WTF am I doing with my life?!? Why am I stuck a slave, instead of following these persuits?

Just was notified that all work from home privileges are being removed. The reasoning? Because executive office wants to.

Got so comfortable with being on my own that I really think I will die alone.

Anyone who is ex-consulting and moved to industry miss the events? I don't miss the lack of WLB, but I miss getting tickets to conferences, team events and DU.
Pandemic has been good and bad, since I guess no one is going anywhere, but also because industry office is closed so no in-house events either. Miss getting varied experiences across different clients and industries that consulting offered.
Anyone else feel like their world shrunk a ton when they left consulting for industry?

2 years out of undergrad and have a 758 credit score. Never missed a payment and was never late on one. How do I increase my available credit balance? It’s $10k on my card right now, I don’t need funds for anything, just would like to see it rise in case I ever do down the road.

Deloitte UK - does anyone know the salary band for Manager role in Technology and a Senior Manager in Technology Risk Management? A rough idea please?

Hi! I know there are a few Consultants in this bowl and had a question for them. This guy working in the Healthcare arm of Deloitte said he’s getting the Covid 19 vaccine on 28th Dec. Think that’s real? He’s young and healthy... but prone to the Pinocchio nose. All answers appreciated

Living in my parents house, which NEEDS a makeover. What do you guys do to make your house look cozier? My parents house is tiny, low ceiling, and no seperate on between kitchen and the living room. It literally looks like a grandma house.

Should I just use catalogs? Or should I hire an interior designer? Do you have any tips? My biggest issue is that it looks disorganized no matter what because there’s no distinction between when the kitchen ends and when the living room starts

Most exotic name you’ve heard: drop below!

So absolutely over these "looking for advice!" Fishbowl posts where people just want to hear their own opinions repeated back and nothing else.