We’re all consultants - but surely someone’s spouse/family member is a vet and can help me😂 my grandmother’s tiny dachshund dog ate 5 nature valley granola bars (no chocolate / raisins) and my mother is refusing to call a vet. Am I overreacting or is she being dumb? Gotta love being home for the holidays...🙄

For moms that did NIPT, did you also end up doing CVS, and/or amniocentesis? Were all of the results consistent? For context, we just had our 8 week ultrasound and I thought hearing the heartbeat would help me finally stop freaking out about baby being okay, but turns out I have just graduated to a whole new host of worries about what else could be wrong.

I am currently on maternity leave and feel the struggle to take care of a baby. Really cannot imagine what will happen after going back to work. Especially with COVID I am not planning to send my baby to day care unless vaccination has pretty good coverage. How do parents in big4 even survive? Need some advise to take care of both baby and work.

I changed roles within the firm about a month ago, which had been in discussion for nearly 6 months. I’m 14 weeks pregnant and so nervous to tell my new boss. My previous pregnancies, I didn’t share until I was at least 5 months pregnant for personal reasons. However, this time I feel like I owe them more notice since I’m new to the role. How would you approach it?

Anyone have a successful baby after first IUI or first IVF?

Experience working for Eagle Hill? Heard they have 18 days PTO vs our 25, and 4 weeks maternity leave vs our 4 months, but I need a change of pace. Anyone had luck negotiating higher pay or more PTO

My brother and his wife are alcoholics and so is my father. I'm not talking about functioning alcoholics, my teenage years were more like a scene of Shameless. Seeing my brother destroying his life..

Walked my baby to work today in a baby carrier (daycare is next to office). After skipping a morning nap he fell asleep 20 min before I had to be in the office for an internal leads meeting...(cont.)

Two days in a row we got a phone call from daycare saying our 15 month old son bit another kid. We are currently going through some life changes (moving homes, switching daycare) and he has (cont...)

So I have a full time nanny. What is the deal with pre-school? Is that something I should send my kid to (not as childcare but for the learning). At how old?

About to have a kid this fall and thinking about saving for college. How do you all save for your kids college? If 529, what’s the best state plan? Are there other vehicles that are advantageous?

I want to take time off for my new baby, but my job doesn't offer maternal leave. Should I just quit and rely on my spouse for now?

Hi ! I’d like to take the infant CPR class in prep for baby arrival, but the classes are in person in the hospital and the times don’t work for my work schedule. Have you done it online by looking up videos on YouTube etc? Or is in person the only effective way to learn? Any suggestions? Thanks!

Do you invest in tax free 529 plan for kids - yes/no? What’s your monthly amount and which state’s plan did you choose? I am assuming a target of 50% should be good in principal with rest coming from the interest/gains?

I am curious how many high school and middle school teachers of both low and high incidence disabilities, feel like they are knowledgeable enough about transition services. Additionally, how did you become knowledgeable - continuing education, mentors, self-educated, parent educated? I am currently working on my masters and researching the obvious gap between high school teachers and community service providers that inevitably results in frustration and delayed services for students.

I just got my positive pregnancy test yesterday and I'm freaking out. First pregnancy (I'm 32), my husband and I just started trying last month and I didn't expect it would happen so soon! I feel like every time I look something up it's something I can't do (caffeine, exercise, food, etc). How do you ladies manage it all with our careers? I'm just so nervous to be able to make everything work with a baby. Would appreciate any advice!

Any good parenting book recommendations for a kid entering 1st grade? Read lots of the positive discipline series and found it helpful through the toddler stage but now looking for some practical parenting advise for grade school. Thanks!

I am expecting a child coming up soon. Besides all the excitement, I am also worried. How can I possibly find childcare so that I can work that is affordable? And that starts before 7am when I would need to be on my way to work?

Will take any trying to get pregnant advice. Already been trying for a few months and no luck yet. I know it can take over a year (took my sister 3 years), but feeling down about it.

Hello fellow moms!
What are some ways to teach your kid how to study and do homework? My son is 15 and struggling with the thought of the ACT. Any suggestions?

Need advice:
I had final interview today with one of the elementary schools in GTA, ON Canada. I got the offer with $50,000 starting salary but the IT has a solo person who’s called IT Director in team and I’ll be 2nd person. About 6 weeks vacation including Christmas, Jewish holidays and 2 weeks personal vacation. I interviewed for another big company GHD on Tuesday (waiting to hear back). And today I got two more interviews from Mid-sized companies- one of them pays ~$54,000. What should I do?

Can someone help me understand the math here:

Looking at $SBUX Dec 11 call option strike price $100. The last ask was $1.38. $SBUX is currently trading at $103.95. Doesn't this represent a sureshot profit of $2.57 per share😕

Looking to buy a fixer upper duplex to house hack soon... If I put new floors in, would you go with laminate hardwood or laminate vinyl?

I obviously want durability at a cheap price, but while I'm living there, I don't want the floors to be super cheap... Any advice?

Is rent downtown generally cheaper than Deep Ellum?
Looking at either renewing my lease downtown or moving to Deep Ellum. I’m wondering if I can negotiate Deep Ellum rent down by citing that my downtown apartment (similar amenities, sq ft, etc) is $400 cheaper. There’s only one building in particular I’m considering in Deep Ellum, I just can’t stomach paying almost $2k/mo for a regular one bedroom.

Unable to search magnet app on playstore. Please suggest

BHVN looking good this past week. Wonder if they will get bought out.

Hey fellow members! I wanted to check if someone knows the salary structure for EY Canada consulting? I am in discussion in EY Canada Senior manager and I am not sure the salary bands. Any help is appreciated!!

In general, do you notice what credit card someone uses? For example when getting drinks with a group. Or not think about it at all

I have a Seven night reward certificate from Marriott.. need some ideas on a good destination where I can spend 7 straight days at..

Why aren't there enough good teachers? I'm finding it so difficult to recruit strong talent.

What is the expected salary of a Microsoft Program manager 2 in Vancouver, Canada.

What are some good monitors that consultants use I’m looking to buy one shortly?

Need advice for a Cartier female watch buy. Panthere, Tank, or Santos - and why? I have a small wrist, with my Rolex Datejust I needed to remove three bracelet brackets. I'm leaning towards the Panthere Mini size as of now, but it looks very similar to Tank if i get the non-leather style.

Do any big firms have on-site childcare?

Has anyone taken any certification courses that they felt really opened up their thinking about Social and the approach of Social Strategy?

Best consulting firms with best WLB? Do they exist? Young professional starting to think about where I'd like to work hard to end up in the next 5-10 years.

Local client, what’s the expense policy? Can I still expense tolls?

Accenture consulting 🐠 who left at the L7 Manager level for a pay raise / better WLB (especially outside of consulting / in tech) - where are you now & what roles did you look for?

What’s everyone’s favorite SQL, Excel, and Tableau courses? I’m an new analyst who got feedback to continue to improve on these things (my project team has seen good improvement over the months). I’ve rebuilt old things, but need classes for motivation

Anyone else NOT interested in buying a home? I love having the flexibility and the amenities of an apartment. But I can't find any books or videos on how prepare for retirement without owning.

Is Amazon a desirable company? I know it's FAANG but Glassdoor rating is only 3.2. Is it worth exiting to Amazon from big 4, prestige wise?

How did you know it was time to move on from a job? I’ll go first - when I realized that no amount of time off was enough. I could take a month off and still not feel ready to go back.

How do you get home from Bloomington, IL on a Thursday. There’s like no flights except really early and I’m not sure if driving to ORD makes sense

My FB fam, need help/ advice: I have moved in to US to work with one of the Big 4. Could you guys please suggest me some website/blog/magazine to keep me updated. I am new in this part of our world.

Has anyone ever had an airline lose their luggage before? What was your procedure? What was the outcome? Thanks!

How many people’s jobs would you absorb before requesting your role be re-evaluated/leveled/comp adjusted? I am already doing one person’s job when we decided not to backfill them when they left and just got nominated to take over someone else’s responsibilities while they are out on a multi-month leave. I could handle this if I was an individual contributor but I also have a significant team I’m managing and the additional responsibilities are coming at their expense which is unfair to them.

If you’re lower on the totem pole and not necessary aligned to an industry or COE yet, would there be more flexibility in being able to move from an implementation project to s strategy project?

What's the best way to get to United gold? It feels impossible to reach 50 segments. My flights are only like 2 hrs each way 😩

PwC folks - I need good 50 CPEs by end of June to get to 120!total. What is the best way to get there given that you are 100% utilized on client engagements. Any online courses that I can take ?

Have been looking at SM roles in B4, but now have interviews at Salesforce for an opening titles engagement manager/ Senior Manager/Director…. Anyone have TC ranges ? Near Indianapolis

Holy crap ORD T2 get your security shizz together

Trying to prove a point and hopefully provide people some insight. What is your cumulative education debt, education level, salary, and age.

Joined Industry 3 months back: I do not see a clear/transparent promotion path, neither do I see the director/senior director really working with myself to define a clear career plan with me. Work has been really easy and comp is ok, but not stimulating enough. Should I chill and stay for at least 1 year so that I get the $$$ bonus and keep the sign on? Will this cause a career damage in my profile?

Hump day songs to blast on the earphones? I need motivation 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻