Uber driver: you don’t get to sit in the back seat
Me: why
Uber driver: backseat is for Uber select. If you pay Uber x you don’t get to be chauffeured

🙄🤯

Planning a one-week summer vacation to Yellowstone Park area. Family unit of 6, so need to rent a single, large SUV. Just looked at prices and the cheapest car available for 6 people with unlimited mileage is $3,500+. Makes the vacation almost not worth it. Anyone have any recommendations on how to get a better deal? Any discount codes? Thank you in advance!!

I just got a new credit card. It came with a Priority Pass membership. I always travel economy, I hardly ever get lounge access. I got excited, until I remembered I can’t travel and lounges are closed anyways. :(

Can anyone recommend a traditional travel agent for booking Italy? Going solo for a wedding, so I don’t need the luxury itinerary planning of a “travel advisor” (& don’t want to pay the fee), but the wedding’s in a small town so handling finding best flight, which airport to fly into, transportation from airport to said small town, etc. plus someone to call during trip if there’s a snaffu. (Would be flying from Philly or Newark if that matters)

Places to stay in Iceland that aren’t hella expensive? Also, any suggestions on ways to save money when there?

Any solo traveller in San Francisco in the second week of September?

Hi all, could you please which one is a better option Finestra Pune or JPMC Bangalore
and how expensive Pune to Bangalore any idea

kindly suggest thanks in advance!!

Thoughts on the Sheraton Kauai? I’m considering the offer they sent. Is Kauai a nice island?

Dec end is my birthday and first anniversary. planning on a week long trip in the us. suggestions?

Going to Thailand in November for two weeks.

Chiang Mai → Phuket → Bangkok

Any musts for food/activities?

Will be in CM for lantern festival.
Traveling with my 15-year-old sister.
Planning on booking Airbnb’s instead of hotels.

Planning a weekend excursion to upstate New York, preferably somewhere on a lake within 3 hours of Morristown, NJ. Recommendations for a location close to nice dining/winery/brewery spots? Ideally don’t want to spend more than $500 for the weekend including lodging.

American or delta?

Best way to sleep comfortably on planes? What strategies have you used? Any unique ideas?

Anyone stayed at the Round Hill in Jamaica? If so, thoughts?

Traveling to Portugal - the embassy's website says that NAAT tests are accepted - does that mean even rapid NAAT tests are accepted?

Anyone trying to travel to India and using united, looking for upgrade, please DM me.

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.

Has anyone gone to the Canadian/Montreal F1 Grand Prix? if so recommendations on places to stay and where/when to get tickets

Need single room / good pg near Deloitte USI Bengaluru. Any leads?

Also if anyone does cab pool from Marathahalli to Divyashree Technopolis, ping me.

I have a layover arriving and departing from terminal five in London Heathrow. It's a 3.5 hour layover. Can I visit the Centurion lounge in terminal 3 and will I have time?

Has anyone been to Costa Rica (Tamarindo) recently? Are things open with COVID? Did you feel safe? Thanks!

Anyone from Amazon's finance division. Require an employee referral for a role.

Dear Fishes, How’s retention policy of synechron? And Do they offer on-site once you resign?

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In the past, lawyer wellness and lawyer discipline/character fitness for bar applicants have existed in silos. I’d like to finally form a bridge between lawyer disciple and lawyer wellness and focus on prevention. When we think of lawyer discipline, we automatically think of outrageous behavior like stealing money. Those are extreme. The common cases are too stressed out and forgetting deadlines or death of a loved one and not having time to call clients back. Cont’d

What car pool or cab pool benefit in Thoughtworks?

Hi i lost majority of my money in the stock market. I married and promised my family that I will not make the mistake I made 7 years ago. Gambling. Is this an addiction I have. I keep selling stocks and taking loses buying other stock hoping it will recover but never did and sell again taking loses and buy again. It now sink in to me. I borrow personal loan hoping that the market will do k and I pay it back but I even lost that. I can't stop crying that I hurt the one I love the most my family.

The most important lesson from the Snyder-verse JUSTICE LEAGUE is the value of good editing.

Any openings for performance testing?
YoE - 3years
Location - bangalore

In my notice period in TCS decided to hunt for interview in other company after one month, within 3 months i should able to get any offer letter from companies.m I doing the right thing,any openings please let me know guys.

Hi all,
I have one query. I joined natwest this month only. This vdi thing is very slow. How to work on this smoothly. Please guide.

Where should I invest money ?
Apart from shares and mutual funds.

Note: max amt - 20 lakhs
Need good return
Blocking period can be of 5-7 years..

Do you believe in ghosts or supernatural power? Have you ever had experiences with anything trying to connect with you in a subtle way?

Which PR is easier to get Canada or uk? Yoe- 5 domain - ux design education from India only.
Any companies sponsoring work visa in design domain?

Hi fishes,

Cleared all rounds in L&T when I went for HR discussion hr is telling dat they don't have openings for 3years experienced persons.dont know what to do now.worst hiring process 😑😑

Does anyone know the average salary for an Ultrasound Technologist in Connecticut? Also any specific companies that may pay more than others? I recently moved from NY to CT and bought a house. 2 years of experience. Is it possible to make close to $50/hr? If so how long will this take?

Yoe-11.5
Current CTC -17.8
I have got an offer of 24.5 and designation AVP. I got what I asked.

Did I asked less?? Can I re-negotiate the offer? I don't have any other offer right now.

Which groups within TAS do the most interesting work ?

Woke up to bug bite at a Sheraton on my Birthday.. #GreatStart🙄😪

Looking for book recommendations; any favorites? Interested in both fiction and educational/self-improvement (for example, investment / finance books, time management, etc). I feel my vocab is...

What do you do with Sr Managers who literally talk useless for 20 mins? The inefficiency makes me want to stab my eyeball out. She just completely rambles and obviously hasn’t checked slides

A friend of mine from a top tier consulting firm was counseled out. Do you consider it ethical that his career counselor is intentially spreading the information to his colleagues and to other consultants from other companies in the project? What can he do about it? Specially that he considers the potential layoff is purely based on the current situation (chargeability was low) and not on his performance (they said that his contribution to BD during his bench time was low)?

Should your resignation letter address your manager or HR?

When is the shortest time to stay at a job without burning bridges

Have some big purchases coming up, which credit card should I get to take advantage of points/miles etc.?? Already have CSR.

In UK do Deloitte/other big 4 give employees a phone?

So this might be a better place to post this and ask this question: Uncle D has announced explicitly that most people won’t get a pay raise & bonus this year except for those promoted and high performers. Amid this crisis, are companies including other big 3, MBB, FAANG, boutique consulting firms still giving high raises and issue stocks? Can you share the impact from your firm?

Need help, how to renegotiate an offer you’ve already accepted. No judgement please, details in post.

Offer secured! Thanks to everyone in this bowl for keeping me focused on what matters. Peace out consulting ✌️

On McKinsey's dashboard, does the status change from "Submitted" if you are rejected? Or if it's still at "Submitted" does that mean I got ghosted?

My old leadership team is tearing it up in Vegas at the annual mtg. Pour one out for me - I left and am with a new team who I need to feel out before going full ham.

Guys- what's a good gift from your SO under $500? Just replied to the thread for women and need some help of my own.

Any good business/consulting books on amazon kindle that y’all have read that has helped you in your job?

Any really impactful books that have helped you career-wise? Not necessarily consulting focused. In need of guidance and a new book so figured I'd kill two birds with one stone or whatever.

[India] Can anyone currently in big Tech. please refer me for any strategy role in their firms? (Am from a top tier consulting firm, if that is useful, ~ 2 YOE)