💆 Self-Care Squad 💆
Between hectic work days and the holiday season, we're all feeling a little stressed these days. Let's use this thread to drop your favorite tips and tricks and practices for finding balance between work and life, and nurturing your mind, body, and soul!

Negotiating for a Director role at Visa. What is the avg base and what can i negotiate for outside of base?

Extra stock options? RSU? Sign on bonus? Extra PTO lol?

What can I use as a writing sample if I’m applying to jobs after taking some time off and don’t have access to old work product? (Litigation) Do I need to draft a memo analyzing a hypothetical case or something?

PTO Dilemma: I have over 100 hours of PTO remaining from hours carried over from last year that must be used before 12/31. I scheduled out days to use the hours. However, when I put my scheduled PTO in the Utilization Tracker, and include the Thanksgiving holiday and the Collective Disconnect days, I end up below my utilization target. How is that possible? Is it me or is there really something wrong with how utilization is calculated?-

What is the current entry level salary for a designer in NYC at a smaller but creative shop and what is the standard benefit package that comes with that? 2 weeks vacation, 5 sick days, insurance?

Just got a promotion to go to 105k + 10% bonus unlimited PTO (trust me when I say I really use my PTO.. 😂) for embedded software engineer in Melbourne Fl. Should I start looking for a new job?

Hi! Anyone know how many vacation days Managers at Sia get?

Taking some time off over the next few weeks and decided to start potty training my two year old. Any tips/tricks that have worked for any moms on here? TIA! :)

Going to Asia for vacation for a few weeks on Monday. I'm terrified for my inbox when I come back.

When someone goes unlike in a 60 person hands on meeting and we hear him discussing holiday plans. 😂😂😂 and the whole rooms starts snickering #rookiemove

Let's support local businesses this holiday season! I'm starting a thread where we can share our favorite small/local businesses we want others to know about!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

For those that got COVID, how much time off did you take from work to fully recover? I still have it and took 5 days but not sure if I take more than that is pushing it. I can WFH and do work but I’m scared if I go back to the grind of stressful work and long hours it’ll delay my recovery.

Who has MLK off as a firm holiday?

Got called three times by an Engagement Manager today. Is it wrong that I didn't answer because I'm enjoying my holiday. Should I call her back?

I know there’s a good number of rental property owners here, both vacation/weekly rentals and long term apartments/condos/houses. Let’s post up some links/details, discuss our properties, and make some connections!

How many days of PTO do you get

Looking for a path. Came over from operations in hospitality and now serving as a lead consultant implementing trust accounting/pms software within the vacation rental industry at a promising start up. Where can I take my career to earn and learn?

Just got my offer, looked at the fine print and saw they tried to sneak in only 10 vaca a yr and when I start I will be entitled to 7. What's the average vacation time? Feel like I'm getting lowballed

I'm a staff 1, soon to be staff 2. I missed a whole entire internal event meeting today, it just totally skipped my mind as I was on vacation. I feel like crap

Is anyone at EY actually happy with the PTO change? (Especially since they will not be paying out accrued PTO prior to the change. Historically other transitioning firms at least had the decency to do this).

Where can one make shit lots of money after getting an MBA...Trading? IB? Consulting pays low af these days

Have a serious question. My relative just started 2 months ago in tax in a very small firm and earning 50k in a higher MCOL area as an undergrad hire which is stupid low. What should the next steps be in order to get out of this and get a bump? Is 2 months to start looking for a new job discouraged? The probation period hasnt ended yet either

I have 4 years of experience in banking domain. Working as a java developer. Current ctc is 8.2 lakhs. How much I can expect for an offer from Infosys.

Have any of you gone to Afrotech paid for by your company? If you have, did you have to come up with a reason on why your company should send you?

Hey Can we claim telephone bill for whole year? Also Can LTA be claimed for whole year or monthly?

Hi May I ask what is the salary for senior consultant in Deloitte for 8 YOE

In light of all the discussions on minimum wage, does anyone actually know any individual making less than $8/hr? Where do they work and what is their position?

How much Google Operation Center,India is paying for Engineer for GCP support ?

YOE : 6

Poll: Those with nannies—part time full time whatever—who pays cash direct vs. doing all the nanny taxes (SS, Medicare, unemployment, IT withholdings, etc)?

Promo code for city pass Seattle ? Please 😢

Anyone here live in Lincoln Square? How do you like it?

Are there actually Case Manager positions that are available to other healthcare workers who aren’t RN’s? If so, could anyone please suggest such employers… (thx in advance!)

What level manager is a senior consultant when in industry?

Hello Amazonians ,

How is the Team at Amazon for Whole Foods Market Services ( Based in Bangalore location ) ?.

I saw some Job postings online and wanted to know if anyone has some info about tech stack and work pressure in the team .

Any review would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

How often does your company do performance reviews? Do you use a tool for it? Is it useful?

Partners & Sr. consulting leaders - if you were 31 and a Sr. Manager at a company like Accn/Deloitte/IBM and had a shot at going to McK, Bain or BCG as an Associate, would you take it? Pros & cons?

Partners, how do you take the guess work out of YoY sales + revenue growth to the firm? How do you drive a book of business consistently? What keeps you sharp? How do you elevate yourself to C-Suite?

Partners - could you provide some insight how much big 4 partners make? Whether you're in big 4 or not - pretty sure you'd have an idea. Maybe give some kind of a range of what new partners earn ? Just want to know if it's worth it getting to the top.

Also would love to hear your opinion if years of slogging it upward is actually worth it. Do you feel partnership is everything you thought it would be ? (Prestige, money, status, etc)?

Thanks in advance !

Does being a parent make you a better SM/PPMD to manage staff/seniors effectively?

If you are a partner 3 years in, how complicated is it to resolve the equity and move to another firm?

Is being located in a tier 2 city (tiny buyer pool) always going to feel like a handicap? Keen to hear from partners who have been successful in a similar situation and guiding principles that helped👍

I’ve recently left the world of consulting and joined a tech startup and my role is to build partnerships with consulting companies and SIs. My working hypothesis is that referral bonuses won’t be enough of an incentive in formalizing a partnership with the likes of Deloitte Digital. You all make your money on implementation but our product is pretty simple right now and easy to implement. How else can startups create relationships with you? We want referrals & for you tell clients about us.

Just have to say Partner Bowl, I love the Buggs Bunny picture for the bowl. It perfectly encapsulates partnership from a plebes point of view. 😂

Do you regret following the partner path vs. stepping out of consulting world to join a startup or something?

I recently joined a niche function in an industry role, and think it could translate to consulting well. What are the things you (partners or equivalent) would want to know before pushing to build a new (sub-)practice area?

Is there a Partners only bowl?

Are there any specific character traits, natural or honed, that help partners make it for the 20+ years of being a partner?

Anyone who made PPMD on the H1B visa willing to share their experience? Any immigration related issues?

How does being a director (one level below partner) differ from being a partner? Meaning, how did your work life change once you were promoted?

What would you do if you are in my spot? I have an offer for the consulting firm I wanted to go 3 years ago and pay is 15% higher vs staying where I’m at but I like the culture + I am doing very well

Hey Partners! How has your Work life balance changed when you transitioned to PPMD from SM? Was it considerably better? More time with family? Which position would you equate with more hours/stress?

Analyst at Deloitte, Been on the bench for a while. Can someone please help me get involved with M&A. Need some guidance networking and successfully finding opportunities.

Which one is the worst time (from economy and job security perspective )?
9/11 or 2008-10 recession or COVID-19 ?

Job sharing in professional services is becoming more common. Would it make sense to offer job sharing at the partner level? Benefits a) employee retention (including women 30+ that often choose family over Partner track), b) more available Partner spots which increases retention, c) work life balance, d) 2 vs 1 partner tapping into their network to sell, e) 50% comp but ideally 6 months off. Why wouldn’t it work? Trying to hear different perspectives for and against partner job sharing?