What is the best way of getting a recommendation letter from your current manager? Asking for it feels like a death trap because it tells him/her that you are thinking about leaving in the coming years.

My colleague at work who’s in the junior parallel role / receptionist just drives me crazy. As a Marketing specialist, I oversee our social pages + following on requests from there. Yesterday she said - “Maybe you could also reply to all requests on our general customer email?” I said I don’t know how to prioritise with my main responsibilities - boss and big boss present and stayed silent. Poor time management / ignorance / passive aggression? Feel pity for her! 😡

A female CPA brings in a $25K client, but the male partner asks it be managed by a male colleague instead. No specialty, simply re-assigned to someone else. How would you have reacted immediately?

Just came back today to the office from a 3 day bereavement leave. Performance reviews were apparently done Tuesday. Senior partner who does the reviews left out of town Wednesday. Concerning?

Creatives at consultancies.. what is the unofficial/official dress code. It’ll be my first week, albeit we won’t be in person. New job in new kind of working environment. I’m used to agencies and intl orgs, so unsure…

Need advice & perspectives: I got a verbal review from my manager saying he couldn’t see me as senior cuz I didn’t follow the design doc format he mandates from all designers. While I have been the only designer who does almost everything from design, UI asset creation, wiring up UI in Unity (I am in mobile gaming).
Also the product I’m on has been in MVP stage, things move extremely fast and design decisions changed constantly. He’s not on my team.
Am I crazy for thinking him a bad manager?

Happy Halloween! Who says Financial Professionals are not creative? Share what you dressed up as for work today?

EY LOS ANGELES...what's the office attire on Friday's? Jeans and Button down?

Any ideas to open up to my manager saying I'm dropping papers i don't want to tell the real reason.

I just had a partner tell me he voted for "the devil." And I just had a staff 2 antagonize me because "Hillary is a criminal and will be impeached." Both are white males.

I found one of my coworker's anonymous Twitter accounts, and it has a ton of red flags involving bigotry, sexism, etc. It's a personal account, so should I mention it to HR or not?

I just left a very toxic work place.
The crazy thing is they were just named the best local municipality to work for. It's upsetting. They advertise a "culture" but don'tapply it. It felt like a used car sales pitch, I was sold a dream but given junk. I am constantly replaying moments. I have read so many books and everything leads to they were the problem. How do I recover from this?

I’ll be getting a shared EA assigned to me soon. I’ve never had one before. What is the best way to work with an EA so that both sides are happy? What should I be doing and what support is realistic to except?

Best tip you got as a junior? Mine was to always bring a notepad, even if I’m just going to pee.

The next time that you are considering asking for points for smallest mistakes of HK, just think how you'd feel if your client reports your small mistakes to your partner and ask for discount

Is it a good Idea to inform my boss that I'm looking for other opportunities

Do we have to wear formals in Airbus ?

An ACD at my job referred to an AD as “hard to work with” because she’s “on the spectrum.” Can I report this to HR? I think this is a horrible, ableist thing to say.

Boss: I need you to stop challenging me on every decision.

Me: I don’t want us to have a confrontational relationship and I think we can agree something needs to change. When you make stupid decisions, that affects my business and it makes me feel like you’re not up to the job. That makes it harder for my team to do our jobs. I think to be an authentic leader I need to be radically candid with you and point our your mistakes. So are you willing to work with me on this?

Telling your boss you're dealing with some mental health issues - yay or nay? If you have confided in your boss, did it get thrown back in your face during review time?

Is there a corporate way to bring up to senior leaders that an IC is causing issues across multiple teams because they are demanding and also doesn’t collaborate well? The IC gives vague “direction” then says they are too busy to clarify. They also refuse to use our project management/ collaboration tools.

Hi Fishes, I have interview for Product Controller in Credit suisse. Can anyone please let me know which topics should I study ?

Does anyone have information how can I start job as clinical research coordinator I have CRA Certification and few months experience let me know.

I expect it'll take a while for the room to fill up given that the function is brand new.

Don't mind using my real name

For engineers with a PE license, at what point do you receive over 100k salary? What about prevailing wage?

Has anyone been looking for/bought a house in the last couple years?

What kind of down payment / interest rate did you find?

Anyone currently in Portland, OR? Are places open? Is it worth visiting in November?

How good is to send send automatic replies even when you are on a half day leave ?

What are you hacks to crack interviews?

Recommendations for a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist + Psychotherapist in NYC, in-network for Cigna? Looking for someone who can advise on medication or CBT as might be needed. Thanks, 🐠!

What is IT Due Dilligence? Is it more IT Audit? Better? Worse?

Anyone work for Kraken? If so what are some pros/cons about the company? I work financial crime investigations, and had a recruiter reach out about a law enforcement production job. Opinions on salary, PTO, and other benefits would be helpful!

Hello from San Diego,

Recently separated from the Navy after 10+ years as a hospital corpsman. I have my degree in healthcare administration. I have years of leadership experience, leading teams, managing clinics etc. Having a hard time finding a job. Is anyone hiring or know of someone?

Thank you

What do you think the max salary is for an FD role?

Been searching for a new job for months in NYC or CT. Have 13 years of financial and process management experience and have had zero luck. Anyone else in a similar situation or have any advice?

Is it a good Idea to inform my boss that I'm looking for other opportunities

Just done a round of interviews.

Any idea when I will hear back?

Do they usually call/email/ping with the decision? In the past it has been ping for a rejection.

Based in the UK if that makes a difference!

Cheers :)

Hello Fishes,

How is KPMG India in terms of WLB, Job security and future growth for Technical verticals. Also, is WFH allowed right now for new joiners?

What has your experimece at Wharton been like?

Are there any advantages / differences in applying in R1 than R2?

Is 2 YOE in strategy consulting (boutique) too little for M7?

For international applicants, how it works the GPA part? (The grade system is 0 to 1 in my University for example)
And been the first generation in college, ECs, WE... this things are relevant in which part of the application? For M7 I would "compete" with people that have similar characteristics as me?

FYI
Graduated in Mechanical Engineering in top 3 Latin America University
"GPA" 0.7 (0 to 1)
First generation in college
Didn't take the gmat yet but the plan is in 1 to 2 years

What are the consequences of lying about race on an mba app, it seems like there are none, am I missing something?

Latino male, 700 gmat, 2.9 Econ gpa, steady promos, board of non profit, two years abroad experience. Shot at Haas, Stern, Tuck? INSEAD?

Do you think it’s best to do your first mock GMAT totally cold? I’m fine on verbal but there are some quant questions I am completely lost on, haven’t done some of this stuff for nearly a decade.

Kinda worried I’m going be discouraged if my mock is hot garbage, even though I’m a good studier and good test taker :/

Taking my GMAT in 7 weeks. Just finished the large Kaplan book and have done 2 practice tests so far. What should I do next? Worth investing in a GMAT tutor? Getting 600 on practice tests but want a 690~.

Why does MIT Sloan admissions suck so much? Is their EMBA program really second grade as some people suggest? Is that why they don't give rats arse about responding to potential candidates' queries? How are they this indifferent and still M7? No hard feelings, and I hope their admissions isn't representative of the overall quality of their program. I'm not here to rant, but honestly want to understand if I'm missing something.

Potentially dumb question but should I include a “tech & relevant skills” section on my resume like I would for job searching? FWIW I don’t have any special tech skills, no SQL etc. It would truly be listing Microsoft office, excel, tableau, and Salesforce which I feel like is so irrelevant and I don’t want to waste real estate if I don’t have to

Any Wharton admits who’ve received the admit package? I’m outside the US and haven’t gotten it yet

Is this GRE score competitive for M7? – 164Q/169V/5.5 Writing. Quant is a little low I feel, but looking it up, it’s around average at M7.

Has anyone noticed that the GMAT school code provided on Sloan’s website is actually for some EMBA program in Istanbul?

How important is company prestige for M7 adcom? I have a lot of achievements but the company’s name is not well-known.
Other stats:
GMAT: 740
GPA: 80% double major pharmacology/biology in Canada
Great ECs and a great story: board of non profit and advisor for another one and a few other things
Post MBA goal: consulting

If I have tuition and moderate living expenses covered between scholarship and loans, if I come into school with around $50k in liquid savings is that enough for the additional costs of b school?

How unique do your MBA goals need to be?

Hey folks! I’ve been studying for gmat for about 4 months now. My baseline was 530 and recent mock shows it’s 610. I have the real gmat exam in a month, what resources are there that could help me improve my chance of getting to 700+? Anyone have tutors/institutions/study plan that really helped? Any advice would be appreciated!

What are your income expectations 5 years post MBA?

Since HBS only has 2 rounds, is R2 as difficult as R3 at other schools?

Any one else feel like there’s a special similarity around the Ross, Fuqua, Stern, Darden group. I can’t help but feel like these schools are all so similar and have the same type of students