What's the cruelest thing at work someone ever said to you that you still remember word for word? I’ll go first - my former boss when I was struggling learning excel formulas said, “I don’t know why we hire such idiots”. Made me too afraid to ever ask a question again.

Hello fishes,

Urgent ask!
How is the "COGOPORT" company?
Work culture and Learning in general?

Hey Fishes,
I am a front end developer with 9 years of IT industry experience. I joined Citi Pune 2 years back and current fixed ctc is 20lac. How much increment I can expect from C 11 to C 12 position for this year end? Also do you think I am underpaid as per current market standards?

Favorite TED talks? Medical or otherwise

Any Group Life & Disability Underwriters out there? Wondering what the salary range is for those with 5-10 years experience in the US. In your response could you please include what segment size you work with?

Is there any medical fitness certificate needed before joining Capgemini or any such recent rules?

I’d like to one day become a PI at a research university. What can I do to set myself up for that path as a first-time research assistant?

How much package should a data engineer get for 3 year exp?

Any in house brand strategists out there?

Just got taken to a cigar bar and breathed in 3 hrs of cigar smoke at a client dinner. Really really sad my job is killing me

Any recommendations for a work desk?
Not looking for something too big or pricey. Easy assembly / disassembly is a plus.
I see foldable desks going for $100. Any foldable standing desks out there?

Accenture CEO said on earnings call that accelerated performance cycle will help manage low performers at greater pace if need to pull levers.
More layoffs are incoming soon.

About last layoffs, we didn't do any layoffs it's cost adjustments mostly in operation centers and restructure due new growth model. 🤷‍♂️

I’m 26 and have ~40k sitting in my savings account. Annual income 140k. Maxing out 401k. No debt. Planning to invest 25k but don’t know where to start. Should I get a wealth manager? What is the best way to approach this?

Wanting a new computer for games and stuff. Mostly so I can play the new flight simulator when it comes out. Don’t want to spend a fortune- any good value recommendations? :)

I will be joining EY in mid of Aug, will I be eligible for bonus?

Anyone joining on 12th dec?

Pretty tired of smart women undermining each other, especially seniors doing it to juniors. Why the hell is the first instinct to attack&destroy? Not into kumbayas but more into having my peer's back.

Didn’t know who the CCO is when I was asked about it in an interview... is there anything I can do to redeem myself? I feel like I really dropped the ball on this lol

I have an idea that I think could change the shape and makeup of the industry, and reduce discrimination in the hiring process.

I need to find developers however. Any idea where to look. Self funded

Like this post if you want to TP one of Sir Martin's houses with me.

How do some of y’all manage to go 2+ years without a raise? Like are you just really good at budgeting?

Anyone still being asked to come into the office for pitches?

What’s something a guy has said in a meeting you could never pull off as a woman? I’ll go. One time a guy creative was presenting his work and said “yeah this was just me being lazy and not wanting to do any work” and he literally suggested we do the same ads as last year, with a different celebrity plugged in. CDs in the meeting laughed and considered it for a minute. If I had presented that and said I was being lazy, I would prob be put on the chopping block.

Which do you prefer?

“Give me a deadline and I’ll get the work done”
or

“when I get this done I’ll let you know and we can figure out when the client will see it.”

Anyone else feel like your junior creatives don't want to be creative?? Ex: "I'd love to see some new options. Anything you'd like, no restrictions" response "Do we have to? They'll never buy it"😳

Hypothetically, what might happen, if Strat said to fishbowl they needed a virtual hug? Other than CD potentially saying something snarky and mean ...hypothetically only.

Those that have pivoted/are considering pivoting out of advertising, what are you doing now/interested in doing?

Love the role and opportunity, but anyone ever turn down a job offer because their prospective office looked like crap? Think 1980's old school office.

Weekend chatter. What movie makes you cry every time you watch it? And what scene? I'll start: perks of being a wall flower when he calls his sister when she's at the party

Facebook shutting down Oculus Story Studio... VR dead?

What health/pharma agencies are in SF?

You ever have one of those days where nothing is going your way, and then you buy some ice cream to bring home, and then the ice cream falls on the floor?

I'm so sick of this agency 🙄

How did your agency handle layoffs? All-agency meeting before they started? After they ended? Both?

Kinda sorta trying to predict if I’m losing my job tomorrow.

So I was laid off. Is it okay to talk about it at my next job interview? Feels like everyone knows anyway.

Are there any LA brands/agencies who would consider a candidate that’s not in LA... aka work from home (same time zone though)? 🤔