"Unfortunately my flight has been delayed and I'll be getting in at 11am" - and now it's Monday!

What to read or watch before first flight lesson to maximize what I get from it? Got one as a gift. 1hr desk, 1hr cesna

Does anybody know what the typical salary range is and total comp for someone starting out as an internal or external wholesaler? If you are one of these, can you share about your experience in terms of whether you liked it or not, work life balance, travel, etc?

Hello Fishes,

Did anyone attend interview from Delta Airlines recently?

Anyone successfully book a flight with sky miles to the Maldives from the US? Based in ATL and every time I switch to the sky miles option I get no results. Thinking it’s due to airline partners

Has anyone here every taken a community tour from Almaty out to the lakes or mountains nearby?

Any 35+ male 🐠 want to chat and see where things go? 33F in a smaller East Coast US city but very willing to travel to meet in person if we actually hit it off.

Travel industry sales reps check in here! What's your base? Mine is 60k which seems low.

What are fun water based things to do in DC? All boats seem to be booked up for Memorial Day.

Best hotel to stay at in Vegas? Especially folks that may have recently visited?

Random question for anyone who has ever exchanged/gotten a replacement away travel suitcase. Is there any flexibility to get a different color? My interior zipper broke and I stopped in a store to ask if they do repairs and they said to bring it in and they’ll just replace it. I wouldn’t hate switching the color but feel weird asking for some reason

Does Deloitte and PWC has a dedicated app sec pen-test team? What percent of the time do you travel? Do you guys work from home or need relocation to any place in US?

Hello sharks,

In INDIA getting salary as below, VLSI industry 5.9yrs of experience

Annual gross salary - 30lacs
10% bonus

Having offer from UK product based company as below,
Gross - 58000£
Joining Bonus - 10000£
Reloaction and Travel - 8000£
Yearly hike will 3-5%

Should I stay in INDIA Or should change? I'm confused!! Please suggest..
TIA

How bad is Frontier?

Staying at a Hilton in NC and discovered a massive blood stain on one of the pillows after one night. The stain was clearly there before I arrived, but I did not notice until the next day. How many points?

Is cheaper to book flights at the airport, online, or over the phone? Looking to book a flight was a 3-weeks out date

Any Hyatt or Marriott recs in LA? Nothing expensive though pls

What's your experience working with United Way?

Unpopular opinion: CSR is worth more this year with the reduced fee and travel credit if you plan on traveling domestic (dirt cheap flights) and ordering groceries with DoorDash (3x points, partnership)

Manyata folks,

How about hanging out today at some nearby Biriyani restaurant?

Agenda: Just to socialize

Opening for Senior QA at Oracle.
Location: Bangalore, Trivandrum
Dm for referral

Anyone getting blown up on LinkedIn by franchisee opportunities? I have never indicated interest but get a new message from someone trying to pitch me almost every day…

Does anyone have experience with a CMS migration? I inherited a migration plan with very little context. Any recommendations or best practices on how to move forward? Who should be included as stakeholders?

Hi Fisher, Can you help me choose right company in terms of learning and exposure to new things? PWC AC Kolkata - IT SOC profile
Allstate - Internal SOX profile
YOE- 2.2 , currently working on GITC SOC.

How’s everyone doing?

Im not sure whats going wrong. I got a call from Microsoft recruiter , she told me budget is for 14lakhs , im shocked after hearing this as i already have 8.2 YOE into data analytics. I thought big branded companies offer huge hikes

What time do you leave at night and what service line/level? Trying to gauge if it ever gets better...

Has anyone ever actually seen/had to cover up something sketchy on an audit?

Who was around in 2008/2009 at big 4? Specifically in advisory? How were those practices affected during the layoffs? Any insight to ease some of the worry/unknown would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone think Stellar is good buy?

I feel we have finally bottomed. It's been 6 months and $6000 support have been pretty strong . We dipped below briefly then bouned back

Suggestions for things to do in/around Anchorage in July? Seward day cruise and Denali activities already planned, still have 2 more open days. With spouse and kids (5 and 2). Appreciate any tips.

Hi Fishbowl Community,
I graduated in May 2022 with a Computer Science Degree and a Data Science Minor. I am still in the job market searching for engineering roles in tech. My interests are Software Engineering, Data Science, or Design focus engineering roles. I was hoping to learn some tips and tricks to help me with my search.

What companies offer the best vacation policy and sabbatical packages?

Book recommendations on leadership, career development, etc?

Looking for some material for a crash course in IT strategy consulting - books article etc. any recommendations would be appreciated

Has a firm ever just let someone go when an employee presented a job offer to them that they were trying to leverage for more pay?

Can someone give me insight on how a M2 or M3 in consulting translates to an industry role (e.g. Senior Manager, Director, etc.)

Is there a hard limit on how frequent you can apply in a year at FAANG? (For instance: Amazon, Google)

Also, how many positions are we allowed to apply?
There are just many positions at different teams right.

Thoughts on Wealth Management as an industry? Offered a role to work under a senior FA and eventually take over the book (~$800M AUM and growing). It sounds great, but I am worried about the disruption this industry is facing with Robo advisors and other low cost, DIY options. I’d want to make sure the clients stay through the transition, and I don’t want to join a dying industry. Thoughts and advice?

Any recommendations for a mattress? Cheaper the better (although I’d love the Sheraton, I can’t afford $$$$)

Strategies for work/life balance? Especially while traveling? Thanks!

have a call with a capgemini recruiter tomorrow. what should I be prepared to talk about?

What do you think it takes for a PPD to get a utilization bearing WBS for proposal work? I know it is rare...

Why does US want to defend Taiwan, but not Ukraine? Is it purely for economic impact reasons?

"To the windowwwwws! To the walls!" Don't let the suit hood you on my rap game. "Aaa skeet skeet..." 👊🙌👊

Can someone please help me calculate my Utilization? The Client Service Hours on ToD seems to be confusing. When does the utilisation for the year start? April or June?

What are some good books that helped you with consulting? Looking for some good reads.

Fellow EY 🐟. I left EY recently after two happy years there. How can I get the pension money back? I had around $1500 there and they are not able to help in EY-HELP3.
Can I at least do a rollover to an IRA?

Wooohoo just landed a data project! Woohoo data! Data runs the world! Hello super high utilization! Hello cushy bonus! 🙌🏽

I just connected some dots and got a colleague off the bench and on some billable work. What a great feeling! 🤓

What are expected utilisation rates for entry level consultants? Been here 9 months and only done billable work for about 3 months of that. Bored out of my mind for the majority of my time here.