Thoughts on leaving your partner when you go out for a new job? Is it your duty to try and bring them with you? What’s your personal partner code of ethics?

Yesterday my boss scheduled a meeting with me for something he needed help with. He was 15min late & took a phone call from his boss during…10min. This has become a habit. At one point I even stoped scheduling our 1:1’s because he misses them so often but he realized a couple months later & told me to start scheduling them again. I told him they aren’t necessary but he insisted. What do I do? It makes me feel less important/unappreciated. I rather not even schedule to meet. Advice?

Need advice & perspectives: I got a verbal review from my manager saying he couldn’t see me as senior cuz I didn’t follow the design doc format he mandates from all designers. While I have been the only designer who does almost everything from design, UI asset creation, wiring up UI in Unity (I am in mobile gaming).
Also the product I’m on has been in MVP stage, things move extremely fast and design decisions changed constantly. He’s not on my team.
Am I crazy for thinking him a bad manager?

I just went to Costco and got a ton of washable crappy work clothes for the price it would have been to dry clean all my nice stuff.

One of the most frustrating things is having the partner “de-prioritize” your deal. They stop responding to questions, take forever to review things you’ve sent them and act annoyed when you try to follow-up. Does anyone else experience this?

Do you broach pronouns with your team? How do you approach that conversation?

What are the best ways of dealign with an aggressive boss?

Is it really that hard to say please and thank you instead of barking orders at me like a dog?

I know we are busy, I know this is my job, but dang, it is a lot more pleasant to work for the midlevels and seniors who say please and thank you and show a tiny amount of respect and appreciation.

I actively avoid working for midlevels and seniors who just bark at me, never ask, and never say thank you because it just shows they don’t care about being a half decent human.

Do you judge a coworker if you find out he is in an open relationship? Trying to decide if it is something I should try to hide or not 🤨

Tips for dealing with clients whose expectations are unrealistic?

I recently got diagnosed with ADHD as a second year. I’ve honestly had really poor performance for the past 4 months (mistakes left and right) and I want to bring it up to my partners without making it sound like I’m unloading responsibility onto my condition. Is this even a good idea and if so, any suggestions?

Literally just had a performance discussion with a jr staff person yesterday. Today I get a deliverable that is shit and oh he needs to fly out early today. #fml

Does anyone not show work in credentials meetings? My agency doesn't do it and I've never seen another agency do it that way.

At work do you ever describe who you’re dating without using gender specific pronouns just to avoid finding out if a co-worker is going to act weird about it? Lol

I have a direct report who is smart, passionate about her job and can be really innovative. However she carries this enormous weight of responsibility, for needing to do everything, do it right, make sure it's perfect, not trusting colleagues to help. It creates dread and panic and overwhelming workload and a terrible attitude for her and I am speaking with her this week to start to shift her mindset. Any tips in navigating how to let go of this heavy idea of "responsibility"?

Feeling really isolated since lateraling. I’m just asked to generate work product, I’m not getting to know my colleagues better and I don’t feel like I’m working on a team, which is one of the few things I liked about being a lawyer. Any tips?

Just got out of the Army and transitioned to the business world. I have no clue how to dress. I’ve worn a uniform almost everyday for 7 years. Anyone have any advice for how to dress in the workplace?

What do you do when a store manager let's a cashier.walk all over the assistant manager? Dm isn't any help. I'm at my wits end! Store manager sticks up for cashier every single time. I've offered to give that cashier my keys . I'm so done with trying to do right, only to have manager make up excuses.

Hi Expert fishes ,
Need some like for message enable so that I can ask for referrals .
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Anyone know what the average wage for working in a bar/ restaurant in Dubai is I’m thinking of taking an offer to work there but I’m not sure what I should be looking for salary wise

Thoughts on buying a house now? Lease is up in January. Can finally afford to buy. But would it be better to wait until next year in case of recession -> foreclosure market -> better deals? WDYT

Upcoming MBB interview, wondering if I should be finding new casebooks? What casebooks did you use? Thanks!

Prospecting Ae’s (or bdrs) are you getting a lower open rate/filtered by spam filters due to attaching a link, screenshot or pdf? If yes, I’m curious if it’s the same drop off rate for all or if it’s different

Once I apply for resignation at Accenture, can I avail my paid leaves?

Has anyone used Calendly to help track the dozens of interactions and calls with recruiters and agencies? I am either spending hours on the phone scheduling or being ghosted even if I reply within the day I receive the job description and invitation to talk.

My skills are under the umbrella of risk management, business analyst, business systems analyst or risk analyst… there seems to be high demand and I’m looking to stay organized and set myself apart by making it easy to schedule time.

Hello Fishes !!

I am about to receive an offer from EY GDS for a role of a Business Analyst_Banking finance (Principal Consultant) with a CTC of 27 LPA (inclusive of 10% variable).

I am having 10.5 YOE. Is this grade relevant which they have offered, taking my YoE into account? How much i can negotiate upto in CTC front? I mean the highest slab of Principal consultant?

TIA

Is anyone hiring PMs with about 2 year of experience, I have a candidate who interviewed well. We just aren’t budgeted to hire a PM after all. Would love to share his details and assist him land a role.

Hi Fishes,

What would be the perfect salary for Associate Director for Gartner-India? How much should I ask irrespective to my current salary?

Not currently in BigLaw but looking to lateral to a remote securities/cap markets position (live in a secondary market) from a boutique. Non-traditional older associate, billed 2000 hours last year and received a 2.5% raise and $1,000 bonus (other associates received $20k). Performance was not terrible, but less supervision so definitely made mistakes. Now finding out I am undervalued after getting interest from firms in the range of 50-60% more than my current salary. Anyone hiring?

Pro tip: if you hold down the fast forward 15 seconds button while you’re watching a video on an iPhone it will play at 2x. It works great while watching videos from a certain Hub website. You’re welcome.

Whats up with LTC? 🚀

Does GDS provide paid leave if found covid +ve? If yes, then for how many days?

Can someone please hire me 😐 looking for either an Art Direction internship or Jr Art Director job. I am nearly finished with my FIT graphic design certificate and have completed an Art Director’s portfolio course at SVA. I graduated from Baruch College with a Bachelors in Advertising and Marketing Communications as well. I’ve worked for two huge agencies thus far, it’s just that it hasn’t been in creative, and that’s what I want. Anything will help ☺️ thank you so much!

LA agencies/creatives open this week?

What do you do/read to ensure your ideas are culturally relevant?

Been lmao at the recent Target Thanksgiving SNL ad. I’ve been trying to think of ways to make my spec book stand out. How would same anti ads fair to make my book more attractive and unique?

Got an offer from company A, more interested in another company, but last chat about 6weeks ago with CCO of company B said they weren’t hiring right away but they wanted to reach out to people so when hiring freeze ended they could hiring immediately. Is it okay to email them about offer from company A, and see if I can get a timeline on their hiring and gauge their interest? Do I contact the CCO or their recruiter? Best practices to go about this

Does anyone have the contact info of the recruiter at VMLY&R Chicago? Thanks!

Is a book that doesn't work on mobile but looks awesome on a computer a big downer?

I’m suppose to give a pretty open ended presentation about myself but having trouble connecting the threads between the stories I’d want to share...has anyone prepped a similar thing? Tips?

Are there any agencies hiring for junior copywriters? I have a lot of experience, but it seems like no one is hiring right now.

What’s a healthy salary to be making in NYC as a junior creative?

Thoughts on Chicago Portfolio School?

I heard they don’t do a good job of setting you up with a career after the program.

Does anyone have a good template or reference for a freelance copywriter work agreement / contract? I’m just getting started and would love to see an example. Thank you.

What’s the current mid-level salary range in big cities (LA, NY, CHI) ?

Looking for a mid level CW based in Singapore. PM me your books! (And yes I get a referral in case you ask)

When looking at potential candidates portfolios, do you just skim through the images or do you actually read the descriptions before making your judgment.

Do bigger agencies want cover letters with applications?

PS: Ignore the planner title. Small agency = many hats.

I put the clients that I worked on in my resume but most of them aren’t necessarily concept-centric (banners, retail design, etc) and therefore I don’t put them in my portfolio. Been interviewing recently and have been asked to show the work I did for those brands. What do I do?