So I guess SPG and Marriott are really merging.

Friend’s company wants to fly them out for 2 weeks for a project without paying for their flight home during the weekend in between. This is ridiculous, right? I feel like this is absurdly unreasonable, esp given the additional hotel stays would add up to a similar cost of another round trip flight anyway

I am about 100 nights away from reaching the lifetime grandfathered premier access, not sure if I can make it by year end. No longer on travel projects. Any tips? Any new updates from Marriott?

I recently accepted an offer and have onboarding coming up. Any idea how busy I’ll be in the evenings for those couple of days? The calendar invite only goes until 4pm but I wasn’t sure if there’s any additional events that go on. My fiancé wants to travel with me so we can spend some time in the city where I’m onboarding, but not sure if I’ll be busy the entire time or not.

Anyone ever stayed at Westin Tokyo? Is the concierge lounge any good?

Staying at the Ritz and STR in the Maldives so expecting good service and reading mixed things about tipping. I usually don’t tip much at hotels (never really thought about it) but what do people do? Is there an expectation and would the amount be based on like room rate or just a flat daily per day?

Just found out we have a death in the family and will need to travel cross country for the funeral. I’m on day 4 of clomid for IUI and worried we’re going to have to miss our window for the month. Is it just what it is, or has anyone dealt with travel issues during IUI?

If hospitals can pay $10,000 a week for travel
nurses in COVID- they can afford to buy enough PPE for their current staff!

I have been searching for a travel card for months. I am a young guy who is looking to take advantage of credit and earn points at the same time. Cap One just released an interesting new premium travel card with a lot of seemingly good perks (Venture X). I also looked at the CSP and the Southwest Priority card. My girlfriends family has Southwest and swear by it, with companion pass being the differentiator. I am in the DMV area and have mostly flown Jet Blue or Southwest. Any thoughts on this?

Best Marriott/SPG property for a couple’s stay in Amsterdam? End of December - want to be reasonably close to city center but not break the points bank (<~50k a night ideally )

Planning to fly to the Caribbean’s for about 12 days.. want to focus my stay in 2 cities and use Marriott points. I like the sound of curaçao for 1, what would you recommend for a 2nd and what hotel?

What are your top Excel ninja tricks? Ones that few people know...

The longer I do this job, the more I want to accept a tech job... no travel, same / better pay, no annoying clients...

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.

I have an offer and want to negotiate

1. London base salary but I have to absorb all the expenses (train + stay)
I am thinking to negotiate to

2. home base salary and have my expenses paid for

I know that's depends on the amount I have to travel (and potentially stay) but at the moment this is unknown. Past 8 months was just twice a month + 2 nights stay.

The only thing I know is it won't be every week, the return trian ticket is about £80-100, depends I could plan ahead.

Have an amount of Marriott points I would would like to use to buy United miles.

Any advice on carrying out this transaction?

What are the best agencies ( travel) for RN with one year of CVICU experience? Thank you

Just began studying for the CFE exam. I have access to past editions of the ACFE Fraud Examiners Manual. Does anyone have recommendations on where to get good practice questions? I’d like to avoid spending a fortune on the ACFE kit.

Can I put paper and search job.I am not getting any calls as I have notice period of 3 months(My perception). I don’t know what do as all experienced people are serving notice their period and gonna leave in a month. I am getting lot of pressure as I am the only one left in the team.

Just went under contract on a place and need renovations. What steps can I take to accelerate the renovation prior to closing?

Booking a last mintue trip to India over Christmas New Years. Anyone have any tips on best places to book business class? From JFK.

Anyone with Dynamic 365 experience? There is opportunity in Dubai! Please ping me seperately.

Question - my 18month clock stops Oct end. I have one exam left. If I test this month end for my last exam, but the results come in Nov (and hopefully I pass) will that still expire the credit for my first exam? Or I should be good?

Recommendations for where to do LASIK in Boston ?

How long should it typically take for a company/agency to send over an offer after they’ve asked you for your compensation details? I can’t tell if I’m being ghosted or they’re just getting their ducks in rows. 😅

Hi does hsbc gives joining bonus how much salary band we can expect for gcb 5 ? This is my 3rd post on fishbowl but not a single reply I am getting ..

Want to warn stakeholders that their hostile, posturing emails with our main client CC'd is only going to backfire (main client ❤️ us). emails will no joke prob get some of them fired. #restructuring

I’m a PE ops VP at a larger fund. Currently making $350k cash comp with about $1M carry at work per fund. Realistically, what would I be looking at in terms of cash/carry comp increase if I were to be promoted up one level (one below partner).

The thought of Attorneys talking down on Paralegals is sickening.

How short do you cut your nails?

Hi Fishes
What does designation lead rep quant analysis means.

Would you strongly advise against going in-house right after a state court clerkship? (No law firm experience in law school either). I don’t know if I want to become an in-house forever. Would it be difficult to get a law firm job at a later time?

Is Barclay's a good bank to work for? I'm looking for all feedback - the good, the bad, and the ugly

How much notice period does your firm require and has anyone quit without giving the full notice period?

Friend’s company wants to fly them out for 2 weeks for a project without paying for their flight home during the weekend in between. This is ridiculous, right? I feel like this is absurdly unreasonable, esp given the additional hotel stays would add up to a similar cost of another round trip flight anyway

Hello Fishes,
I am looking for position in Product Ownerships /Business Analysis /Product Management role.
I can join immediately.

Hey! I am french language expert. I am looking for a job. Plz refer.

Thoughts on reducing 401k % during this bear market slash recession?

🐠 Fam - What’s a good whiteboard solution for my home office? What do you use and from where do I get it? Thanks!

You know it's a slow week when the highlight is when your comment to a fishbowl post gets more upvotes than the initial post

Is it any easier getting the MBB/B4 internship vs interviewing for the full time position in year 2 of MBA?

Are the interview expectations slightly lower?

This just in: Uncle Ernie telling us how shitty of a year we had and that they're stripping our firm-wide holidays so that we can be utilized more and reach our vision 2020 goals!

For McKinsey PEI (power round), should my stories be around 5-6 minutes containing a good level of detail, or really generic (~2 minutes) and just let the interviewers ask me questions on what they feel are most important to them? I’m really eager to present the details because I think these are elements that can show my fit with the company well, but am hearing some people say that >2 mins people get lost. But some details are important to provide background (industry specific)…

Investment gurus - Appreciate pointers for resources (books, blogs, videos etc.) to read up on investment strategies. Just getting started and could use all the help. 🙏

HHS government contractors to return to office come January. 👎 Not me though, I’ll be with another client before that happens

Does anyone become more jaded towards their company / being in consulting by being on this app / seeing what is posted in their company bowl? I feel like this is the place to talk about things we typically wouldn’t talk about in the larger workplace setting (which is great, don’t get me wrong), but can’t help but feel that this app definitely helps me see the ugly side (more so than the nice side) of consulting.

I’m so bored during this pandemic, I’m starting to consider having kids at some point.

What’s the difference in responsibilities between Technical Product manager and Technical Project manager?

To those starting the year on the beach: office or home office ...or actual beach?

Told a friend of mine in tech I was considering moving to BCG. He asked me if I would have to move to Boston.

I followed up by asking what he thought the top consulting firms were. "I'd guess PwC and then McKinsey are the best. I've also heard of KPMG, Deloitte, and Bain, but I don't know much about them."

Just a reminder that outside our bubble no-one really cares about firm prestige etc.

Assuming this causes a recession like in 2008, and many people get laid off, how long to take to find another similar paying job? I’m currently a strat manager in FS. Scared for job.

Hey everyone,
I have a BSc degree from a semi-target university in the United Kingdom, and I currently have around 2 years of strategy consultancy experience at a Big 4 in one of Africa's most competitive economies. I'm looking to step into consulting in Dubai/ Abu Dhabi (MBB, Tier 2, boutiques, etc.).
Any referrals?
Thanks

Travel reimbursement…what’s the rule of thumb for when a client is considered out of town? Mileage, distance etc?

And, what’s required to be covered? Been out of the traditional consulting model for a few years now…