Thanks for starting this bowl and looking forward to sharing it with others and bringing in resources as needed for topics and discussions that are so very needed in our industry.

My wife often calls me by 5:45/6 to ask where I am if I’m not headed home yet. Sometimes she’s stressed with kids/dogs/dinner and really wants me home. This really throws off my concentration because it makes me feel rushed. Like many practices sometimes I’m out at 5:30, other times it’s much later. Just depends and is unpredictable. Any advice on how to approach this?

Need Help.

So, I recently joined a new company. They have put me to a project which I have no knowledge, no skill there.

I'm new, project is new, no one to give KT.

What I'm a supposed to do?

When looking at offices to work in, what do you value the most? As a realtor, to me what matters the most is flexibility in my hours.

Who’s getting a bivalent?

Everyone keeps saying that the real estate market is going to bounce back soon. At this point I'm more likely to believe that unicorns will take over the world

Does anyone here suffer from bipolar disorder? How do you manage it and working in law? I see a therapist, and a psychiatrist, and am on medication, but I still have days where I wake up and I’m so depressed I can’t move. I’m working on remedying this with my doctors, but how does one approach mental health issues with their employer? I never felt the need to until I realized how much being bipolar can affect my ability to work.

Hows the industry doing in MENA right now? Any worries about a potential crash? Are firms still hiring? Based in the US and everything is tense here with the recent tech layoffs

Can someone recommend some marketing and design blogs? I am working on a project and my creative juices just aren't flowing.

Moving to San Antonio from Austin. Will be In Office 3 days a week near Sea World. Married with a 1 year old and active dog. We love good food and being active... Where should we live? Any other suggestions. As a reference we lived in the 04/Soco area for 6 years.

Does anyone actually get any value from LinkedIn posts? Other than things regarding openings or positions, does anyone actually care or look forward to the content there? I feel like a LinkedIn creator is akin to a pet rock or NFT

Hi fishers, Has anyone bought a new vehicle and registered it under BH series of RTO? If yes, then what all documents do we need from our HR/Company?

Is it misleading to just look at Total Compensation from a $ dollar value/ Total Compensation seems to be much more subjective than base salary in terms of its value. Some factors might be:

RSUs granted on dollar value or by # of shares & stock price trends
Vesting schedule
strike price on ISOs & delta between strike price and real market value

For instance, most of value in Amazon's comp seems to be granted in years 3 & 4, but it's well known that most people last only 2 years max there.

What are the mortgage rates you guys are getting? Best I’ve heard is 2.5% (30year fixed) curious if anyone has heard better?

How long did it take you (YOE) to reach a 6 figures base salary?

What are MBA offers now in consulting starting next year ?

Gay man who works in a large org that is big on diversity and inclusion efforts. I’d say about 50-60% of people (at all levels, across all age groups and races) list their gender pronouns in email signature. I list mine because I see it as a way to show support for colleagues who may not be cisgender. If anyone else works in the same type of environment, do you infer anything about colleagues who choose not to list their gender pronouns? (such as they are homo/trans phobic?)

Humane hours would be nice. Also some parameters for weekend work. It either doesn’t happen or we are paid handsomely for it?

One of the major challenges I've encountered in starting a union in my workplace is that people who are woke enough to know we need one are also the ones smart enough to jump ship.

Anyone else still at work? Because I am.

And some people wonder why I started this bowl.

My partner and dog are sitting at home waiting for me.

Sigh.

Uber just unionized. If they can, why can’t we?!

The first things you need to organize your workplace are a full staff list and an org chart (title hierarchy). If those don't already exist, you can make them.

Work on yours this week!

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