Today the cash register broke down while a customer was waiting with 4 pallets of Monster. He yelled at me.

Which consulting firms are hiring for experienced Associate position? Have a friend who got laid off and looking for another job.

Books to learn more about how to drive sales in consulting? Any recommendations?

Would you say most in-house roles tend to hire from BigLaw?

Tier 2 to MBB fish... How has recruiting for other jobs compare at the two firms?

What are the average optometry salaries for a 5 year position at americas best ?

How do you properly vet a law firm? I feel the associates I speak with talk up the firm and aren’t always candid.

What are your outlook organization tips?

Trying to organize my email in a way that makes stuff easy to find. I have folders but how do I make emails both sent and receive easily save to their respective folders (as opposed to dragging each one)

Or any other organization tips for better productivity Iike I just have things organized by matters. Any other categorical suggestions?

Fellow VC analysts/associates: what time do you guys go to bed? I’ve been working until 1-2am, Monday-Sunday in the past few weeks and I’m new to this job. Is this normal?

I uploaded documents after HR discussion last week but not yet received any update after follow ups with CGI.. Shall I ignore or consider them since my joining in a week. CGI .

Ever since moving to hybrid work, my coworkers are always complaining about how much they hate their jobs, how much of a hassle it is to travel or work from home. How can you be expected to do your job when you're just so far away from everything?

Curious about what kind of hobbies other engineers have, personally I love knitting in my free time

Does anyone have any advice on how to shift from a specialist (paid advertising) to a more strategic (in digital marketing) role? I've been job searching for a couple of weeks and would love to be considered for roles outside paid advertising but it seems to be extra challenging this time of the year.

“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads” ~ Facebook data founder.

Is it wrong that we idolize FAANG? Should the govt intervene in business and privacy?

How can we spin this so it doesn’t seem like Trump was using American institutions to investigate his political rivals? Isn’t this basically what Watergate was all about?

Been getting some interesting ads in Georgia. Got a letter about how Jon Ossoff is going to destroy Georgia’s economy and attacking him and his character. This was generated by David Perdue.

Ossoffs response? Bring up all the ridiculousness Perdue has done and how he’s left Georgia in a worse position. Didn’t say Ossoffs name once, just said get rid of Perdue.

Republicans go low, democrats play smart.

Hi Sharks,

Has any of you attended interview with ServiceNow company? I am shortlisted for second round, want to know what to expect in 2nd round and what to prepare.

Anyone play fantasy football? Would anyone be interested in a bowl / mini league? I’m guessing there are some good data analysis skills being put to good use out there.

Does anyone ever redeem Marriott points for gift cards? Is it worth it?

Been working in RPA for over 2 years as a consultant/senior consultant. Thinking about leaving it as I do not see a future in it at all. What kind of position could I pivot to? Anyone left RPA

“have fun with this brief” they say before telling you the client is pretty conservative and needs to have safer options.

i know we don’t always work on stuff we’re thrilled about but i’ve never dreaded reviews for a client before until now

What’s up with SCC Chicago?

Had my review (it was good) and manager says that they’ve put me up for promotion/raise saying that there’s no guarantee / not sure if it will get approved — wondering what that means? 🤔 (I’ve been at the company ~2 yrs without any raise/bonuses)

Somebody please in tomorrow’s WPP Global Townhall meeting ask if they’re going to give us a cost to living inflation raise. A bonus. Gas cards. Anything. They are taking questions. I don’t have the balls. I can’t go through another meeting hearing them brag that WPP has earned millions and millions.

Saturday night live is getting good again.

Yo, can we all just chill? About you know, everything?

I really need to know. Does anyone genuinely care about their jobs anymore? Money aside.

What kind of work is done by Junior Talent in Data & Analytics?

So WFH is a thing now. I spent the last 4 years building my copywriter career in nyc, got some cool shit in my portfolio. But let’s say I wanna move back home, can I still get freelance/full time gigs from nyc while I live back home?

I got the job. That is all.

I promise you, whatever you have to tell me as I sit down with my lunch is not as important as eating my lunch.

What is the shortest amount of time you think you could work somewhere without burning that bridge?

Pretty over agency life, best brands to go client-side?

Do you feel like a Cannes Lion is worth less now? In this post-covid era, are awards (and award shows) still relevant?

What’s it like producing at 360i NY?

Audi ad is MVP so far

Why does everyone make such a big deal about the Oreo moment whenever a SB comes around? What’s so good about dunking in the dark 🤨

Laid off in August. Just wrapped a 4 round intrvw w a big name agency... but another candidate got the offer. ISO of agencies hiring. I’m happy to share a portfolio and conversation with all in NYC.