Those of you working 55+ hour weekly: do you feel you have healthy social lives? What about a social life where you can activelu build relationships with lots of friends?
Trying to figure out how...

This is a story of my friend i met a month back. He is in mid 30’s. According to him, Marriage is becoming so difficult these days. He had multiple meetings via matrimonial sites. Salary, big home, job profile, joint vs nuclear family, homely vs career oriented, no cooking like ever, NRI demand, god knows how many more reasons of mismatch he faced.
He said he had a relationship earlier which didn’t worked out. He was literally emotional and so misses her now. She got married couple of years back

I need advice : My Manager wants to Propose to me a new work schedule for shifts where I only work in a fixed day shift , because I argued that Night Shifts gives me health complications as I don’t get enough sleep almost none at all during those weeks with Night shifts. Even though his proposal is attractive in a way I don’t want to throw away the amount of extra income I get from the shift rotation., which I highly need. How do I refuse this offer politely and smartly?

EY versus AWS. Better culture , work life balance , benefits , long term potential ? I’m not talking about pay (AWS is about $80k more) just trying to gage the other factors.

Which Big Law firms in San Francisco/Bay Area have good L&E groups? Good as in legitimate group and not some group that claims to do the work but really just writes blog posts and answers some advice and counsel questions. Amongst those, any intel on culture, WLB, etc.?

Hello fishes ,

My lwd is just one week away and I have offers from,

1. Amadeus
2. Microfocus
3. Sapiens

Offers are almost same around 28L and YOE is 7.10. Could you please suggest which one is better based on WLB and job security?

Thank you

Can someone from consulting background with ~4years of post masters work experience land tech jobs in US? More importantly, is it a good career move in terms of future compensation, work life balance, career advancement, etc.?

I need an opinion, which field is better in terms of compensation and work/ life balance , a sales producer or adjuster ??

Are there such things as "homemade watch making kits"? I ave a buddy who is meticulous and showing him and telling him about my very limited knowledge of watches, he was intrigued.

I am in a long distance relationship with someone who is currently in B school. He spends pretty much all his breaks and holidays traveling with his classmates. Most of the time I am fine. But for some important holidays and my birthday, I told him we should spend time together. He just said it’s more important for him to bond with his classmates and ignore my ask. It’s really disappointing and I don’t know what else to tell him. Is that a reasonable ask or am I being dramatic?

How is the working environment in GSK GCC and how is WLB..

35F divorced with a kid. I think I will never get remarried or in a serious relationship again. Lots of men don't like dating women with children. At my age either the guys are past their prime, divorced/ing and have to provide half their income to their first wife. Many with kids live on the same street as their ex wives so they can be close to their child. I'm not comfortable dating guys like that. On the flip side there are the ones that were never married, which by this age cont

KPMG TRM folks - how is the job you do different than IT audit? How is the work life balance in TRM? Would you recommend a co-worker to move to TRM from external audit?

I’ve been in a relationship now for two years. We are living together. We talk about the future etc. I could easily see myself marrying her. However, I have an issue… cont

Anyone working for SAP Ariba here? Can someone please help about the culture/wlb in SAP Ariba and how it differs from SAP Labs.@SAP

Hi Fishes,

How is WLB in RBS account in Mphasis, can qnine share some input.

So much baggage brought into the relationship. 2 years in and just discovered a whole lot more. Its been mentally extremely difficult and it’s changed me as a person. Just venting but feel hopeless and I know my SO is suffering. Wish there was a solution but I’m losing hope

Anyone else extreme ? Love the fit life and sometimes will do 2 a days and be ok with eating one meal, but other times will spend the day barely moving and eating on my sofa. Can’t escape fatty life

Would you work 11-8 shift?

Anyone got H1B interview appointment? I am still waiting for the HR to confirm that I can go ahead and take an appointment. What is the process , why to still keep on waiting when I can see the appointments are available now.

I accepted an offer from Cognizant for a consultant position a little less than a month ago. My joining date is 5th September and I would need visa sponsorship. I have completed my pre joining formalities and background verification. The thing is I haven’t heard from HR in a while and no update as yet on visa sponsorship process. Should I be worried?

What would be the take home salary for the below structure

Components of Total Cost to Company

Rs. (Per Annum)

Basic (@40% of Total Fixed Pay)

                   771,240.00

HRA (@70% of Basic Pay)

                   539,868.00

Bonus/Statutory Bonus

                      48,000.00

Employer's contribution to Provident Fund (@12% of Basic Pay)

                      92,549.00

Flexible Components of TFP ^

                   476,444.00

Total Fixed Pay (Per Annum)

                1,928,10

Looking for a potential referral to a position at Crowe. DM if able!

I’m a pharmacist and currently doing an MBA. I have only 2 YOE as a pharmacist and I’m trying to find a career path that will suit me. I completely regret choosing pharmacy and I want to reorient myself. Any advices as where to start applying? ( FYI I particularly enjoyed finance during the master)

Welcome to the bowl. Lets keep the topic of discussion around Bristlecone and have respect for everyone

Dear All Fisbowls,

I have a query. Request all of yours suggestion and if you have done something similar to this please share.

You have resigned and have offer in hand suppose 15 fixed.
Meanwhile you get another offer but they will give around 17 fixed.
I am thinking to quote my in hand offer as 17 fixed with changes in it and share it with them.
So that they can give me around 20 fixed.
Request to share honest detail here.

What monitors would you recommend for home office? I am about to buy one myself. I work in FDD. Do you guys recommend the ultra wide? Curve screen? freesync?And what definition is good enough ? I really do love Apple Retina display but the price.

Maybe this is the socialist in me but shouldn’t Moderna and Pfizer waive their patent exclusivity for their Covid vaccines? Don’t we have a moral obligation for the world to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible?

It blows my mind that many countries won’t be able to vaccinate most of their people until 2023. There should be access to vaccine generics

How long does it take Google to get back to you after your first technical phone interview ?

Anyone has idea about WebCreek company or has someone worked before?

What is a good salary for a physicist with PhD and 5 years of post PhD work experience in Europe? Semiconductor industry, R&D roles, KLA, Applied materials.... Etc.

Anyone working in Vietnam?

Anybody here visit Gunnison, either once or regularly? Curious how much of the professional NYC crowd is present there.

It turns out Russia figured out what they can do with all the energy resources nobody can buy due to sanctions: Bitcoin mining

Books to learn more about how to drive sales in consulting? Any recommendations?

Does anyone feel they are not challenged by conversations you have with friends ? I’ll always love my friends, but looking for more stimulating conversations like I have with people at work

I’ve seen increased interest in virtual assistants (VA) in the past few weeks - have you used a VA and if so, for what tasks? Any recommendations on tasks that are good to outsource?

Good consulting books? Not talking case prep but a fun read about the industry and what it takes to succeed, etc. Thank you!

Does anyone know where to get some of top consulting books used or low cost (physical copies)? Stuff like the 4S method, pyramid principle and McKinsey way comes to mind, but would like to get copies at a lower cost if possible.

smaller desk- 21 or 24 inch monitor?

I'm onsite at a client office walking into a stairwell. This guy shows up behind me and yells, "That's okay, just slam the door in my face."

What do you do next?

Thoughts on freezing panes in excel? Do it or no?

Top rows are months and 1st column is row description. I want to freeze top row and column. Professional?

Guys n gals- best give delta another week before any sort of normal operation

Can someone tell me what happened at Olive? Interested in the company, but I see many people on LinkedIn who worked there and then left after a short time. Were there layoffs?

How is utilization calculated? What happens if we are on the bench?

Trying to decide between an offer at Deloitte and a counter-offer at Booz. Deloitte has the name recognition and better benefits but I have a really supportive team at Booz and good work-life balance. Any insight is appreciated! I would be starting at Deloitte as a Consultant in GPS. Currently a Senior Consultant at Booz.

What are the best consulting companies in the US focused on Sustainability, either Strategy or Ops?

Which has a better brand and exit opps: Deloitte or Booz Allen Hamilton?

I’m so depressed, have been for years, and don’t see it getting better. I’ve tried everything from therapy, exercise, psychiatry, journaling, self help books, healthy diet, etc. what else is there?

When is bonus payout for everyone at MBB, other Big 4 and T2?
S&/PwC is 9/30

What are the top consulting firms in the retail/CPG space?

Best consulting firms without the massive ego?

I want a dog so much that it is the very first reason that I want to leave consulting.

Any hidden perks or benefits of working at Amazon?