What sort of tax deductions do you take related to our consulting profession. I’ve heard dry cleaning can be deducted?

Hi All,

Has anyone tried for counter offer in Bosch after accepting the offer. Will Bosch considers counter offer?

Is it possible to transition from Sales Manager to consulting. Currently making around 100k per year and would like to make a move and potentially make 20-30% more. For context, I have been at my current organization for 4 years and have grown my teams annual revenue from 1,000,000 to over 4,000,000 primarily through improving the culture, processes, and quality

What programming language are you mostly using at work? For me it’s Java

Partner keeps telling me (2nd year) that I need to get better at using staff like paralegals to reduce client costs.....but doesn't realize that the only paralegal allocated to my group has been with the firm for 30 years and bills 1.5x higher than me.

Currently in ibanking as an associate and want to see if I can make the move to PE. Is the CAIA viewed favorably at all?

I got cleared till Google HC for SAP Architect position and but have been put on hold since last 1.5 months. HR says Team is re-evaluating the Head Count. Anyone has any idea what are my options in this case?

DM me if interested in a referral to Navigant!

I have joined KGS a couple of weeks back. I am not getting an option to save my salary structure on the HGS portal. Whom to contact for this or does it open after first month?

How do you bill your time? The busier I am the harder it is to bill. How do people actually bill contemporaneously in detailed terms when you bill 12 hours but literally did 100 different things in those 12 hours. And it’s never slow enough to go back and do it super detailed.

How is Black Taxi doing? Is it growing? Does it have many paying clients? I haven't seen any work or heard much.

Curious how MBB's cybercapabilities are viewed within the cyber world. Experiences, thoughts?

I personally feel Virtusa is going through some positive changes after BPEA acquired it.

Time to party, bring in the booze, because we already got the peanuts.

Looking for some advice on how to branch off into a job in tech. I’m a Mechanical engineer interested in working in a big tech company. I have some programming experience but excel mostly in mechanical and product design as well as 3D CAD. Was wondering if any other mechanical engineers have managed to make the shift from a traditional mech job to a tech job and if you could give me advice on the best path that worked for you. Thanks!

My #1 peeve about agencies is the old school habit of emailing everything. The most efficient offices leverage task/mgmt platforms to manage workflows/bandwidth. Crowded inboxes of nonsense = WASTE.

Salaries for NYC Art Directors? Mid level (2-3 years exp). I know there’s an excel sheet but I just need some quick refs, having a comp review tomorrow.

Hi friends- Any recommendation for an online class to get to basic proficiency in Spanish?

As I become a Manager, I started losing my spontaneity and easygoingness at work. I used to be known as a very fun, people person. Now, I feel too uptight and people feel rather uncomfortable approaching me for casual, open exchanges. Help!

Assuming this causes a recession like in 2008, and many people get laid off, how long to take to find another similar paying job? I’m currently a strat manager in FS. Scared for job.

Do you mention offers/where you are in the interview process with other companies when talking to an HR recruiter?

As someone with less than 2 yoe in consulting, is it a no brainer to always try to go for MBB?

What are all of the single ladies doing?

Just as I'm leaving from work to a planned roadtrip with friends this weekend, I get hit with an email from a partner requesting a draft of a deck by Sunday 5 pm. Wwyd? I'm still a new consultant btw

Can introverts sustain in consulting??

A senior person in my org who I don't know, mailed me with "Hi <my last name>" asking for some help. I replied back with "Hi <requester's last name>, how can I help?
Never heard back from this person.

Anyone use Onenote and have best practices to share? My notes are a mess and I’m trying to get organized.

Lowkey confused, I joined the firm in July and both my standard & adjusted utilization are at 50%. Is this good?

Any book recommendations for philosophy, psychology, and business? Or any book you read last year changed your values? Going to fly international, gonna read it on flight. 😍

What are your book recommendations?

Days of the week ranked, best to worst:

Friday
Saturday
Thursday
Sunday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday

Thoughts? Could see flipping Mon/Tu and Th/Sun

Looking for a new carry on, what are some good ones? Just found a hole in my samsonite

Flights cancelled and delayed; spent the whole day in the airport/flying. How do I charge my time?

Anyone in NYC need a house sitter for the month of January?

How challenging is strategy and planning (industry) roles? Trying to pivot but lack the actual experience. I understand it's framework and analysis driven. Been more focused on risk management, operations, program management etc. Curious to hear thoughts