What’s the best purchase for your home office you’ve made so far (including pre-COVID)?

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I got a third pillow so I can be comfortable while sleeping through Zoom meetings

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Dual-wireless charging pad. Charge my iPhone and AirPods easily without hassling with cords. Amazing how much value I’ve gotten from this simple addition

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I have the mophie one from Best Buy! Little pricy ~150 but it charges AirPods, Apple Watch and phone. Looks great in kitchen for quick pick up

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Faster laptop and new air pods pro

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Looking to get a new office chair in case anyone has any recommendations!

Herman miller aeron was the most comfy I tried. And i tried a steelcase leap v2, hm mirra and some others.

AirPods and a dyson purifier 👌

It was on sale on amazon for $200 and TBD, still too early to tell. I liked it enough to buy a bigger version for the living room (still in transit).

Amazon gives a long trial so it was worth a shot!

Vari Active Seat for my height adjustable desk

Keg fridge!

Tons of snacks and good coffee 😉

My Rick & Morty mousepad brings me joy.

Hight adjusting desk. Now little me and not so little husband can use the same desk!

Adjustable height desk.

Protip: home depot’s husky adjustable height work bench is a great budget alternative to the $500+ motorized standing desks . Only downside is that the desk is only 24 inches wide. You can compensate by getting a monitor mount for $30 on amazon. That should make the desk feel bigger.

A gaming PC. Probably the best and worst decision I’ve made during COVID

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Finally found THE one, after over a year of searching and trying out at least 5 different ones!

A nice comfortable office chair.

https://ergochair.co/collections/chairs/products/ergonomics-mesh-chair-w-adjustable-headrest-and-armrest?variant=32511617597491

My criteria: mesh seat and back, arms, headrest

I tried cheap ones from Amazon. Expensive, second hand gaming chairs. Tried HM Aeron (second hand) and while I didn't like the bulk and the general design, I was sold on the mesh seating. I wanted to get the ErgoChair 2 from autonomous, but it doesn't have mesh seat.

AMA.

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6’5 here, does anyone have any recommendations on a good desk that is adjustable to a standing desk? I find that a lot of standing desks have a listed max height below 6’5

*My MD, with his video on, in his palatial home office*: “Hope everyone is staying safe and sane...”
*Me pretending my camera is broken*:

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Recently received notice from landlord rent is going up ~20%. For reference, it is privately owned condo and did not sign at a COVID discounted rate. Super frustrated. What are others seeing for rent increases?

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When I was hired, I don't recall being informed about my salary being tied to my location. My employment contract also only makes one mention of location, and says "home office" and my state. I was recently told by HR though that if I move, my comp. will be lower. Is this legal? Should I consult a labor lawyer?

In my mind, I don't recall being told this and it's not clear from my employment contract, so I feel like they're breaking our agreement, and it feels unfair.

Thoughts on what to do?

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Have you ever tried to bring about a change/stood up for something at home/office etc. Did it succeed/fail? How was the experience?

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Do you know what is the salary range for a Senior Manager II at Walmart Home Office?

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Hi everyone! I'm looking for a freelance or home office job as a paid media analyst or any jobs in the Digital marketing environment.
I have experience working with big clients and manage significant amount of budgets. I've knowledge of Meta business, Twitter ads, Google ADS and analytics, about WordPress and Seo strategies.
I really appreciate any help!
Thank you very much!!

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BCG fishes: If you make a temporary transfer to another office for 12-24 months, will your salary (& taxes) come from the home office or the office that you transferred to?

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How does everyone feel about the future of the EA role going forward even into the post COVID era?

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Sometime I feel like I'm operating at lower capacity than during the height of Covid trying to navigate billables and no childcare/remote school. Anyone else feel this way? Are we just burnt out from all the working nights and weekend in 2020/2021?

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Stupid question: do you get to alt-travel? Not fly home to your home office on the weekends, but use that budget to fly somewhere else?

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Haven’t seen bf in over 3 months due to COVID. Lately, he’s been pushing to see me but I don’t feel comfortable because he hasn’t been quarantining. He makes it sound like if I’m not willing to go see him might as well breakup. Any advice?

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Does anyone have intel on signing bonus amounts (apart from Covid and year-end) for mid-level litigation associates? The move would be to a V10 firm. Thanks!

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What applications/process have you installed since the start of COVID-19 to electronically gather employee conifential information? My client is too small to have an HRIS or electronic document storage/collection. Thinking of using a shared Google Drive but worry about how confidential/locked down that will be. One item they are struggling with is getting I9 documentation since a lot of the office staff are remote. Any suggestions are welcomed!

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Has anyone made the move from a modern vehicle to buying something older and less practical due to their decreased commute or need for a vehicle due to covid? If so, what’d you get and are you happy with the decision?

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NDAs for Nannies? I was wondering how everyone who is doing some work from home during covid handles in-house caregivers? Obviously we all take all steps to protect confidential information and realistically a caregiver isn't going to be exposed to anything we do, but does anyone require an NDA just to be on the safe side? (I dont have an in home caregiver yet, but just thinking about it.)

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I am moving to Bangalore the next weekend, by 17th July. Seems there is a slight increase in covid cases, would it be better to come now or should I ask my manager to come to office after some weeks once everything seems fine?

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McK & BCG Folks - Any news on salary increases in your London office? Do you think it's likely there will be a compensation increase by end of year or do you think they'll just offer a COVID retention bonus and leave it at that?

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Do you have any idea on TE-DL-CloudEngg Team in
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If you have any details please share . My Joining is in next week.

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So what do you think of Scoped Storage ?

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Don't mention/hint at who you're voting for. Let's try to find some common ground.

How's your day going fellow politically-minded 🐠?

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Any idea what would the main topic for today's webcast. I believe split is getting delayed and timelines are extended

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Hi all, I am looking for opportunities into AWS for a sysops admin,cloud engineer
Recently my AWS solution architect associate certification got expired and will be completing AWS sysops Associate certification by end of this month Nov 2022
Currently working as network/cloud support

Skill set : AWS EC2, RDS, ALB,S3,SES
Exp : 5.5 years
Relevant exp : 3.5 years
Current CTC : 6 lak
Expected CTC : 14 lak
Pref location : Chennai, banglore

Kindly help me find a right opportunity guys!

It’s 2020. Is a small dainty nose ring still perceived as unprofessional in the workplace? I work in the finance industry.

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How long does Deloitte usually take to get back after the assessment centre (experienced hire)?

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Hi friends,

I finished last round of interview with Deloitte and received a prehire survey email and along with shared payslips etc. How long will Deloitte usually takes to release offer letter after completing this prehire survey?

Thanks,

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Hi, Will TCS black list candidate if accepted the offer but didn't join. Informed HR 1 month before the DOJ. Can we apply for TCS again after 1 or 2 yrs or will they blacklist still?

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What's is average salary for Application Engineer level 4 at Google ? Also how much time it takes after team matching for HC to evaluate and come back with an answer ? Google

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Can anyone suggest a good convincing response to behavioral question. Honestly technical challenge can be resolved with some guidance or google help not sure what context to give.

Tell me about a difficult technical challenge you encountered. How did u navigate it?

Background: Senior Software Engineer with 6yrs of exp in java stack

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Looking for an apartment near Financial District, flexible lease terms if y’all got anything

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Anyone here have contacts w/ healthcare administration staff (med directors, director of clinical affairs, chief of staff, etc.)? My SO is aphysician looking to transition into an administrative role.

Looking for a job change.. plz suggest if there are any openings..
Skillset: .Net Full Stack developer, YoE: 6 yrs.

Any advice on landing a strat & ops role in a tech firm? The JD is my dream role, but these opportunities are few and far between, and yet I keep getting rejections even at the CV stage. Currently in a DD shop, so could be a fit issue (but I can’t pivot…)

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*My MD, with his video on, in his palatial home office*: “Hope everyone is staying safe and sane...”
*Me pretending my camera is broken*:

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This Indian matchmaking show is interesting...love how the first girl is like “my partner needs to fit in my life” 😳🙄😳🙄🤭

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Wonder if this dust storm is mother nature's way of saying "stay home or at least wear a mask, you idiots"

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Best part about living alone during this pandemic, no need to wear pants!!!!!! I’m a free woman!!!!

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Do people think working remotely will remove some gender bias in the work place? Or impact people’s perceptions of women colleagues?

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Book recommendations? I’ve been reading atomic habits, and have moved onto Traders guns and money.

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A 15 week old puppy has seriously messed up my life for better and worse. Fish, when did the puppy chaos taper off for you?

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Hi BAL has submitted my H1B on 04/24 and yet to receive the receipt number. How soon the attorney will update the receipt number?

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Just finished The Choice by Dr Edith Eger, Holocaust survivor and currently a psychologist. Her amazing approach to life has really turned around my 2020 thinking. It's the most uplifting book I've read all year.

If you haven't read it, highly recommend. If you have, would love to hear your take.

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Can everyone share something happy? I feel like I’m going to explode

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People over 40, what advice (career, financial, relationship) would you give to people in their early 30s? I see people in their 20s asking this for those over 30 so I'm curious 😊

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90s music binge is so fire right now.

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The court of public opinion needs a mediator 😩

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To the bro sneezing loudly above my balcony, shut ya windows 🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊

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Does anyone have any book recommendations for information on buying a house?

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Thanks to covid I realized how much I love and appreciate my traveling consultant lifestyle. Almost gave up on consulting but I’m ready to give it another shot. This was a blessing in disguise

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Made a mistake: I bought a watch instead of an iPad for grad school use.

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Anyone care to guess what’s going to happen to the luxury sector? Don’t think us middle class people will be blowing money at Gucci if we can lose our jobs at any minute even if we do have some spare cash and that must be a good chunk of sales

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Someone works at or with PwC Experience Center?

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