Watching House of Lies at the end of my consulting career hits differently than the first time I watched it, 10 years ago at the start of my consulting career. It's like watching Disney movies as a kid, then rewatching them as an adult and picking up on the grown up-oriented jokes the writers slide in there.

Watching it with my spouse who works in Big Tech and rails against the corporate capitalist overloads adds another dimension, too.

Do you fly out to family for the holidays or do they come to you? We're hosting Christmas for the first time and having the entire family come to town for it. What are some can't miss holiday events in the city? Ideally accessible because my father is in a wheelchair.

Dads with older children: while raising your children, did your children prefer their moms over you? I know some will prefer dads over moms, but I assume majority of children out there will prefer their moms over dads… I have one child and it kinda hurts to see my child always preferring the mom over me. I know I shouldn’t feel this way, but I just do. How did you cope with such issue raising your children?

Is 65k good salary for a couple with a 3yo kid in Stuttgart, Germany?

Has anyone gone into 5th month of pregnancy with the baby growing under the belly button? Looks more like a fatty pouch than a baby. Everyone else already has bumps starting from right under the boobs.

Anyone else dread baby showers? I don’t want to go to my friends baby shower just because of the social aspect of it. Dreading the side conversations that I may have. I know it’s to focus in on my friends upcoming baby but I’d rather just do a 1:1 to catch up. What’s the best way to change your RSVP without lying and looking disrespectful?

Just venting. My husband is so much into watching his tv show that he is not at all interested in planning the baby shower or even in making the registry. It just feels that I am doing everything right now and his priorities are just around watching his TV show. I get that he needs his me time but our baby shower is few weeks away and we have not sent out the invite yet, do not have the registry finalized (I cannot do it as he wants to be involved or will make changes over my selection). Contd…

Is the EY 16 week maternity pay 100% of the salary ? I was reading the FAQs and could not find anything that said 100 % of pag provided in the 16 weeks of eligible time off.

My firm is evaluating CM programs/models to adopt as standard, getting some folks trained and certified and creating an ongoing internal training model. I’ve always perceived that Prosci is the gold standard. What other options should we be considering? Our focus is on the healthcare provider space. Thank you!

Anyone have experience dealing with a kidney stone while pregnant? It is a nightmare. I've been given narcotics for pain, but of course am very hesitant to take any

Got the absolute worst freaking cold at 38 weeks. Had the flu and covid vaccines and am testing negative for covid but omg I cannot shift this after a week and I swear it's getting worse. Any advice for what I can take?! So decongested combined with baby pressing on my lungs makes me feel I'm constantly short on oxygen so just not sleeping at all :(

Please give me some hope. Are there any agencies where PMs are partnered with and respected and not treated like creative assistants/baby sitters?

Tips for helping kids stay on task during zoom? Our little class (9 kids) has been doing zoom circle times twice a week but I noticed they are really distracted. Also every meeting a kid leave...

Teaching has taken over so much. I’m a wife and mother and still have a home life, but there is nothing outside of work and home. I have no friends, no other activities, no escape. Covid restrictions do not help. I know it’s not healthy to only focus on everyone else, but I’m not sure what to do about it. I have only sporadic time opportunities and I don’t even know what I enjoy doing anymore. When trying to do other stuff I can’t turn off mom or teacher brain.

We have 5 attorneys (3 partners; 2 associates). Senior associate (who is being promoted to non-equity partner) is pregnant. We don’t have any sort of maternity policy but she will have 3 weeks of PTO to cash in. How do other firms handle cost of insurance premiums while ee is out? We currently cover ee portion and she pays for 100% of dependent cost. Is it reasonable to ask her to write check back to firm for her portion of dependent premiums? Assume she is taking full 4 mos off.

My kid has started having nightmares about diseases. Never before this

Hi, contemplating a bcg expert track PL role after 5 years of ops consulting. Any perspectives on the career trajectory on the expert track vs generalist track? Are the expert track folks really given a 'step child' treatment? Any thoughts on potential exit opportunities?

Anyone work in NY state most specifically Jefferson County? I have a Q re: divorce case, but not sure if I can even private message on this thing.

Has anyone given NatWest screening test for big data pyspark?? What kind of questions are there?

Is there a tax practice that involves lots of tax research and doesn’t require a lot of compliance? I love the technical side of tax and don’t mind spending all night researching a tax issue (that’s what got me into a master of tax) but I just hate hate compliance side of tax

I am interviewing at Apple for Worldwide Readiness Program Manager position. I am looking for base 200K and TC 230-250K. Would this position offer me that? Glassdoor, levels and transparent don’t seem to have any info on this role

Is there anyone who could suggest me some certifications that I can do to grow myself technically? I am a functional business analyst with an experience of 6 years but want to groom myself into techno-functional role.
I am interested to learn cloud but not sure how it would help me as a BA.

Who needs a data engineer? 10 yoe azure data Factory, power bi and many more data tools.

Any recommendations for underrated non touristy places/things to do in NYC? I've done/seen all the major tourist areas and am going back in a week.

Grant Thornton Indus opens their office in Kolkata, first office after Bangalore.

Hi all! Moving in from Dallas. I was wondering if I could get by in Seattle without owning a car?

What is a reasonable salary for a third year associate at a midsize firm in Seattle doing plaintiffs PI?

Best bars to drink alone at in Seattle? Still trying to make friends here, but in the meantime what’s a friendly place to pull up a stool when you’re alone?

Any ideas on the best hikes within an hour or so? Looking for something that has good views but is not too difficult. Just want to get outside when I'm visiting family in the city. I'll have a rental so not afraid of a drive.

I’m currently working with a senior level HR candidate. This individual has a doctorate in business with a focus in HR, her SPHR, Federal, and private sector experience at the singer level, and has a fabulous personality. I’m curious is anyone else having difficulties play some candidates like this? At this point I’m starting to think it’s racial or her sex based of the lack of interest in this candidate. Any thoughts?

What benefits do we get when moving to the UK from India?

I am getting the below.
1. Dependent visa for my family
2. 1 month accommodation
3. Relocation expenses.

Is there anything else I can ask for? Please share if you have any experience on the same.

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

Anyone else on the delta flight from RDU to ATL just now with captain George? So much talking.

Anyone at Deloitte human capital worked with a former director with the initials FL? Please DM me

Bcg fam, guess no extra 1 week of bonus pay or $300 dinner reward this time around post WWOM ehh?

Best consulting companies with exposure to the blockchain / digital assets space?

Anyone still use a pager? I feel like I get weird looks sometimes for carrying mine around but I came from industry and this was more common, not in the consulting environment from what I've seen 🤔

Any book recommendations for philosophy, psychology, and business? Or any book you read last year changed your values? Going to fly international, gonna read it on flight. 😍

My favorite part of the morning is when ACN randomly locks me out of email and laptop. And then I'm on hold for 30 min because the online password reset is down. 😾

Best SPG property in central Boston? Not looking for anything fancy, romantic etc., just a good location that I can walk to stuff from for one night.

All I want to do is curl up in bed with hot tea and a good book. Recommendations for if I ever achieve said dream?

Told a friend of mine in tech I was considering moving to BCG. He asked me if I would have to move to Boston.

I followed up by asking what he thought the top consulting firms were. "I'd guess PwC and then McKinsey are the best. I've also heard of KPMG, Deloitte, and Bain, but I don't know much about them."

Just a reminder that outside our bubble no-one really cares about firm prestige etc.

If you have a standing desk- is it worth it to spend ~$1000 on an Uplift type desk if you can afford it? Are they a lot better than $150 desks you can get on Amazon?

Recruiter cancelled phone call with me at the last second yesterday and said she would be in touch to reschedule. Didn't hear back today. Should I write this interview off?

I’m close to get an offer at Merrill Lynch as a VP, I told the recruiter I wanted 180k base 220k total comp for fullstack web dev and he said it was ok, the market is good, can I ask 4 more?

Anyone have a test bank for the Azure 900 cert or have any recommendations on how to pass it asap. Also looking into AWS cloud practitioner

Opinions, please. Best among the B4 + ACN in Cybersecurity? Both by reputation/competence and with pay. Thanks!

What are the best consulting firms in Europe to do AI strategy work in public sector? I have Canadian experience and I’m looking to move geographies.

Do other consulting firms require everyone to have firm initiatives (e.g. recruiting or white papers)? These initiatives are such a time suck and distract from client work.