What non-freelance people out here use their own Mac for business as well as personal reasons. Regardless of agency size, I’ve had a company laptop issued issued to me. Now that it looks like I’ll be transitioning to perm in my current contract role, I’m wanting to include some kind of monthly stipend for the additional wear on my personal machine or even assisting w/an upgrade just don’t know where to find guidelines for negotiating that.

When is new office being planned in Pune?
Kolkata Gds got a new floor

How's job security at adidas tech hub gurgaon

Any insight on Chicago’s Jackson Lewis office? Have an interview there soon. Would appreciate any insight on salary, culture, reputation, etc. (4th year attorney)

I can think of any possible positive outcome for the industry that we're in... it's been a tough year, brace yourself for a shittier ride

Does anyone have success conceiving with low AMH? I am 30 yo and my AMH is 1.11, RE says it's low for my age.

Got an offer of 8LPA from JPMC for the role of Test Analyst. YOE - 1.4 years, Location - Malad, Mumbai.
I would like to know how much I can negotiate with the HR on this offer.
I don't have any other offer in hand.

Science and art are completely intertwined as I see it; color theory, composition, and balance all coming together to create a cohesive whole. Thoughts?

Help me save the day: have a massive excel file (600k rows) with duplicate records (column a, b and c are duplicate, not a duplicate if a and b are the same though). How can I filter for just these records? If it didn’t crash excel I could concat into one column, Conditional format for duplicates, and sort by color. What’s a work around?

Passed the CIA. 🍾 I'm rolling deep in the letters... CPA, CFE too. What should I do next?

Hi, any MNC or big product based company hiring for IT Audit professionals for the Director/AVP/VP positions? Kindly DM.

can i get 11 hearts to post in other bowls

Need 11 likes to DM
Thanks in advance!

Would you take an offer at EY or Apple? Apple recruiter mentioned that there will be early morning meetings (6 or 7am), EY recruiter said WLB in EY is best for big 4.

A client wants about 20 speciality icons made for a brand guideline, but it’s out of scope and was not included in the original ask. What is a normal price for something like this?

I’ve been a freelance print production designer for many years, and usually on-site in the before times. Now I work remote, and am finding it uneasy dealing with billing. Before I always billed hourly, which made sense, but it’s becoming an issue now. Some companies don’t have a full days’ work, so it seems wrong to bill full days, and it allows me to juggle projects for different companies, but my billable hours are down. I know I should bill a daily rate, but not sure that will fly. Thoughts?

From which month revised salary ( which is done during the end of the pay cycle) is credited to the employees in deloitte india

Those let go by Y&R/VMLY&R - did you get severance and how many months?

Marcel here. So instead of talking behind my back, how about saying it to my face? Here I am, ready to answer questions, concerns, or just talk sports. So what would you like to know? 🤖

O&M Creative: more shuffling still to come? And by shuffling, I mean layoffs too.

Do first 🐟 responders to a post have a responsibility for setting up the tone (positive/negative/off topic)?? Asking for a friend who noticed a trend😊 (For which this may turn into a demo...)

Poll: who uses their lunch break to workout?

Question: we have an art director who is pretty senior, really good, but is now lazy as hell, avoiding projects and collecting a paycheck. What does the team do?

Got an offer, made a counter, they came back and said they’re keeping their offer where it is.

Jobs ok. Could use the benefits. Offer was below market.

Thoughts?

If you got fired today would you have a Bach up plan? What would it be?

I have my exit interview tomorrow. Any tips? Have any of you written down what you wanted to say? I’m leaving advertising and moving so I’ll probably never see these people again.

Where are all the proper ACDs at? Either it's senior/mid creatives who have been promoted too early or ACDs who did the job for a year and are now freelancing as creative directors.

I'm curious, what are your ground rules? Like what are some of the tasks someone might ask you to do, and you'll just flat out say no. Banner Ads notwithstanding.

What do y'all know about Konrad NY?

Just got promoted to ACD. Will be taking on more leadership roles. Any books, workshops, resources that helped you learn leadership skills?

On a scale of one to ten, what's your average daily stress level?

Has anyone received a job offer after being initially ghosted by recruiter? How long did you not hear from them? Feeling down after not hearing anything for 2 weeks after a round of seemingly promising interviews.

When a client expects a new campaign with only 1-2 weeks before a deadline 🫠

Weekly "I am so over open offices" post: I am so over open offices. There's a four-person meeting happening next to my desk that has nothing to do with me. Guys...don't do this.

Whats AKQA like to work at?

When choosing company health plan level options, (they pay mine not family’s) do you go for the gold (low deduct/co-pay) silver or bronze(high deduct/co-pay)?