The safety video says to make sure aisle armrests are lowered before takeoff. I've never figured out how to get it raised up in the first place. 🤔

Any book recommendations for the summer vacation season? What's your favorite book over the last year?

Going to Key West in a few weeks - any recommendations? Have a reservation at Latitudes already and day trip to Dry Tortugas planned

Best areas to live in if have to commute to DTLA two days a week and partner has to travel to Riverside next year? Ideally we don't want to move twice. Hoping to not have longer than 1 hr commute with traffic in either direction. Please be kind I know LA traffic is horrible- I don't need a lecture about how bad it is lol

Anyone find a reasonable flight around Thanksgiving? I’m looking for somewhere to go over the holiday for 5 nights or so.

Did EWR pull out of priority pass? Seems like there are no more lounges listed at the airport. Kinda disappointed with the sapphire reserve lounge access…

Traveling to Montreal tomorrow, any recs for food / sights / etc.? 🙏

Any star alliance status match delta platinum?

Serious question: Sheraton cancelled my reservation and I was stranded for a night last night. Called CS and my useless ambassador and they cant help and “sorry”. How do I escalate this?

Visiting Toronto in September, I've been there many times and have had a good time, though I've never fallen in love with the City. What are some of your suggestions for visitors beyond St. Lawrence market, CN tower and distillery district?

Also any recommendations for Prince Edward County? Favourite restaurants, wineries, towns and view points?

Would love to fall in love with Ontario this trip :)

Thanks!

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.

Best SPG property to stay in London?

Desi brothers and sisters, looking for good resort recommendations to take my mom and dad to over the holidays , based out of bangalore and will be traveling to india with just my daughter

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?

I screwed up. I’m a newb and didn’t know how mileages work and my gold status w AA is about to expire. I travel weekly and idk whether I should fly w/o status or pay $400 to extend it. Thoughts? 😭

Hiii!!! Our start up is looking to do a company fun retreat / party. 4 days / 3 nights either in the US or all inclusive resort. For about 50 to 60 people - any ideas? Or companies that assist with booking / planning?

Any good recommendations on cheap places to park cars at monthly rates? Do people keep them in the city or over in Jersey or LI?

For those of you on medication, how do you manage delayed flights causing you to miss appointments? Often, cancellation policies are strict, expensive, and require several days notice.

I’m desperate to get out of town. Can’t really do Road trips bc I can’t drive for long periods due to injury. Where can I fly to that’s relatively safe and I’m not putting anyone at risk?

Has anyone used perennial van lines for interstate move? Appreciate any reviews.

Hello! Will be receiving a $400 stipend from my new org for office setup. I currently have a 15” 2015 Pro, my husband has a Lenovo, I’ll be provided with a work laptop, we have a used office desk.

Any recommendations on what I should use the stipend for? Hubby was suggesting a printer because we don’t currently have one, but I feel like I don’t really print that much anymore and I’ll be working remotely.

What salary should I expect being full stack Sr .net developer with 5YOE current CTC Is 14Lpa kindly share ur personal experience

With so much uncertainty in the economy and waves of layoffs that have hit tech especially hard... do we think there's really such a thing as a recession-proof job anymore if you're not an "essential worker"?

Hi Fishes,

Need help/advise on my career growth.
I am a finance professional with 13 years of exp.
CTC -19L
CMA - US IMA distance
PGDBA - Symbiosis distance learning
Degree - DU Economics Hons. regular

Should I go for MBA regular from Tier 1 B schools or do any course?

But her emails

Hi everyone I have one doubt While filling Gratuity form in tcs what we need to do in the witness column.

What’s the salaries for network architect these days ?

Hi all,
I onboarded to capgemini yesterday and today I completed email setup. However, I'm not able to access talent page from mobile/personal laptop. Can anyone help me?

Hello,
Hope all you lovely people are doing well.
I would really appreciate if I someone would be willing to refer me to the MBBs in India

Thanks a lot!

I've been almost 3 years in my previous company and never have I ever tasted any raise from them. I got transferred to different accounts and LOB it was so exhausting and finally when I decided to leave and send my resignation my Supervisor be like "you know you should be thankful of your job" To be honest the job was very stressful and supervisor at some point is somehow toxic but thankful I get to take my leave.

Need a quick help
While structuring the HRA if we give max limit for eg., 20k and I have rent agreement of 7500. Will this be a problem or will I just get an exempt of 7500?

What are some mid-level commercial edit shops with a good reputation? Ones that do good work but not necessarily big budget/super high end? Hopefully NY based? Tyia

Hi All, I have an urgent query regarding TCS BGC process. My issue is that I have worked in X, Y and Z companies.
In X company I worked for 26months but my pf account is there for last 13months, before that my salary was very low so sometimes I got salary in hand or in pay cheque. I do have salary account statement for most of the months except 3-4 months in between my tenure. Will I face any issue for this?
Note: I do have good relationship with X company.
Please give your valuable suggestions.

Any advice for your LAST day in office?

Hello Fishes!
Any idea how long it takes to get a German visa appointment for an EU blue card and dependents? I am based in Chennai and have been trying for 4 weeks, with no luck. I added myself to the waiting list on the 5th of July and have not received any updates since.
Do slots really open up at certain times?
Am supposed to join work by Aug 30th. Please help!

Here's a question I wish I never had to ask. Is it better to use the code for bereavement leave or just burn pto I'm going to lose anyway? Does it make a difference from a utilization standpoint?

Anybody at the Westin Michigan Ave this week? Drinks?

EY folk - when are bonus amounts announced? Thanks!

Thoughts on hook and Albert travel bags

Going to get at airport in 20 minutes, boarding starts 10 minutes later AHHHHHHHHHHH

Bain fish, does anyone know how utilization in North America is trending for this year?

What are the BCG ring fences and how is each one? Can you join any of them or are you required to do the one closest to your home office

I don’t get why people get so mad when planes are delayed due to weather. It’s not like the gate agent will clear up the skies

Any book recommendations for the summer vacation season? What's your favorite book over the last year?

It takes a special kind of a-hole to put gum on the metal seat belt connector so it doesn’t fit inside the buckle end 😒 #happytravelday 😂

My RL didn’t have a formal mid year pre CRT review with me. He just pinged me and said: I’ll represent you. Utilization = 75% and average snapshots. Am I at risk?

Serious question: Sheraton cancelled my reservation and I was stranded for a night last night. Called CS and my useless ambassador and they cant help and “sorry”. How do I escalate this?

Anyone made a move from US to Canada? What’s your experience in Canada been like? Do you think it was a good move considering a significant pay cut in most cases?

What is IMS consulting like? Is it exciting work and is the pay good? How about the work culture?

Just saw a dude walk into the bathroom and do his business all whilst holding on to his carry on.

Hired as SA1. if my utilization is low for round table but I’ve gotten good Snapshots will I go up to SA2 or SA1B, which I don’t want of course.

Are MBB and Boutiques doing this massive hiring blitz with double referral bonus etc like the big 4 are? Or did they not fire all their people last fall?

Book recommendations for a vacation?

How many close friends would you say you have in your city? (People you’d hang out with every week or two weeks) Name the city too!

Does anyone want to go on an anti-internet explorer crusade with me? Worst. Fucking. Browser. Ever.