What is the best / typical way to call from India to US landlines? Going to India after a while and would require calling a few folks on business who are not on WhatsApp / Skype.

Is it justifiable to ask for a raise after 7-months? Especially if you’re the only designer on some of their biggest clients, carrying slack from seniors + producing quality work in no time?

Who wants to learn semiconductor industry or chip shortage?

I like how this app wants us to market ourselves for likes in order to get started on networking!

5YOE+MS+MBA begging for likes!
HELP please! In return I can have a group zoom session on semiconductors

Anyone have connections at Slack?

Teaching Autistic Support via Zoom is so difficult. The behaviors are way worse and there is next to nothing I can do to help my students parents.

Anyone at Zoom? How are you liking it? I start my new job as a BDR in a couple weeks and would love to hear some honest opinions

Started out hating Zoom depos. Kind of like them now. In hour two of a co-defendant’s examination, which is entirely irrelevant to my client, and I’ve clipped my nails, stretched fully, planned a hike for the weekend, ordered my home goods off Amazon, and it’s all billable time because I’m stuck on this thing.

How are you teaching middle or high school chorus in the fully virtual realm? I’m looking for new ideas and techniques. I hate that my choirs can only sing on Zoom with everyone muted...that’s the opposite of choral singing :-(

Our hybrid team is having communication issues. The office team always makes decisions and forgets to share them with the rest of us. How do we remind people to have all work communication on Slack?

Generally curious how many companies offer phone reimbursement? My last gig did not but the current one does. Legally it seems, all employers are required to do so if we use our phone in literally any capacity (video call, slack, teams, emails etc). How prevalent is the issue of not reimbursing phone dues?

Hi Everyone! Thank you all for joining! Please message ideas if we have a second call. I know Zoom can be hard.
Also - FYI - This bowl limits posts to 2 every 4 hours so couldn't send anything earlier.

My work has picked up a lot during COVID and my husband has had to pick up the childcare slack. I’m getting blamed for being a bad parent because I work too much.. anyone else dealing with this? Cont.

'Enemy' song of Arcane series from Imagine Dragons is ❤️‍🔥

Opinions on working at Channel Factory?

Hey everyone! Any Group Account Directors in the SF area looking for a new gig? Freelance or full-time? Please DM me - my small indie shop is looking for you :)

Can your management ask for your personal connection?

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Not able to login to cognizant onboarding portal after submitting all documents and accepting offer. Did anyone else face this issue? It says account doesnot exist.

I got asked today if I would prefer to do more data visualization work through Qlik and be more client facing. Or continue to work on database/pipeline and SQL work. My question is what would be best for professional development if I want to eventually work my way up from a Data Analyst to a Data Scientist? I'm leaning towards more SQL work...

What’s the groups consensus on what could be a misleading job posting? The post below is for a Director level role, but if you read the req. you’ll notice that it’s actually a CSM role with a vague assurance that you may move up to Director… Personally, this kind of stuff grinds my gears.

There are several job opportunities in Emids (a health care technology focused) company in tech and agile roles. Data science, cloud, DevOps. Development, QA and management roles. RPA automation, Android developer, Java developer and QA and various others. Interested candidates can DM and I can try to help. The locations are India and USA. Hyderabad and Bangalore in India and remote can be discussed too. Various locations in USA including remote.

L&D professionals, how often do you expect your employees to participate in soft skill training?

A VP wants our employees going through monthly soft skills training on widely divergent topics, mandatory attendance. I think it will feel like a good investment initially, but the employees are going to get overloaded with information and not have an opportunity to put what they're learning into practice leading to poor ROI. It would help to hear other's findings so we can decide. Thanks!

What is the target utilization for a Senior 2? Or number of chargeable hours goal? Is this ever hard to meet?

Does anyone feels guilty of taking 2 day sick leave every month because of painful periods. I am the only women in my team and none of my team members ever take sick leaves(may be once in like 4-5 months).

When is a property too old to be worth renting out, given the potential hassle and unexpected expenses?

Conducting a 10 hours course on Equity markets from 24th Nov and Special discounted fees Rs.6000. Limited seats on first come basis. Covers Fundamental and Technical Analysis and Live Trades. DM for more details

Hey moms - how did you decide when to close out work based on your due date? Not sure how it’s going to play out and want maybe a week pre-delivery to prepare and not worry. Also don’t want to take off too much time if I end up delivering late. Any suggestions on how to handle? What worked for you?

Please advise - current visa stamp is good until august 2022. Just got extension approved which is until March 2025. Will be traveling internationally and returning to US on old visa. What will likely be my admit until date on I-94. Thanks!

Anyone work at biogen? What’s been your experience working there?

Husband and I looking for more company to chill/ hang out with. Really miss the social circle we had back in India. Anyone in the same boat?

So, EY used an older version of my I94 in my H1 application and now I got an approval but it’s an I797-B. I have no clue what to expect now

Hello folks,

I am new to fishbowl and recently got an offer from Publicis Sapient for a senior associate. They are offering $136k with unlimited pto benefits. As I am from the industry and haven't heard about this company before, I would like some comments or thoughts about working for this company? How do they invest in their employees (like pay raise, promotions, etc)?

PwC is charging $3500 out of pocket for premium filing of I140. Worth doing this?

My grandad who is about 89 now has his Green card and will be moving to the US next month. Since 2 of his kids are here, it will be easier for him to be around family here than in India. Can someone..

Any Indians applied for Global Entry/ pre check? Can it be done while in US or do you need too go back to India?

Anyone knows how long it takes for a green card to get processed after priority date becomes current for a concurrent filing?

Looking for plasma b+ blood in Hyderabad for my friend parents - Any leads would b helpful

Spend ~1 month interviewing. After last cycle, I am told they had positive feedback on me but no demand in their firm right now so they will check in with me next year. Like wtf Is this normal?

Dropping my parents off at the airport as they fly back home to India. Know that with advancing age, they may be the last time they visit here and it is possible I may never see them again. Have such a heavy heart even if I know this is how life goes 🙁

I’m 25 now, Manager, and good at my job, but have been abroad since I was 17. Have family connections in India and support to start my own thing. However I feel totally lost in India in terms of how to do things in the real world (jugaad). I’ve also never lived in a Tier 1 city so Delhi / Mumbai feel completely overwhelming. Marriage and all that is neither a consideration nor a concern. I there a way for me to have the best of both worlds? And is it too late to pick up street smarts?

What’s BCG’s GC policy ?

Scenario: Son based in US. Parents don’t like It here and want to live in India. Son realizes that family needs his support for medical reasons as well as for psychological reason but parents ask him not to worry and they will manage. But son knows deep inside they are lying... Should the son move back jeopardizing his family’s career and lifestyle in the process ?

How do y’all make friends in your late 20s/early 30s? Everyone says it’s harder as you get older, but wondering if it’s any easier for folks in “communities” to make friends with each other, like desis meeting and befriending other desis, for example.

Etihad airways reviews? Heard they don't treat Desis well