What’s your Excel horror story (worst crash, worst mistake, worst there-was-a-way-to-do-this-quicker moment)? Extra points for self-shaming

Started as a BDR and got moved into partnerships within the same org. Comp was initially 75k CAD with OTE 120K CAD. New comp for new partner channel I am carving out, I am offered same base but guaranteed 75% quota attainment payout. Is this a fair comp? Would love any constructive thoughts/points on this. Company is in eComm vertical

For people with Non-technical backgrounds who are now Product managers in the Tech industry, what kind of resources did you use to prep for your interviews? I've had people recommend brushing up on cracking the PM code but there's SO MUCH information out there and it's hard to figure out if I'm looking at the right thing or not. Please share resources that helped you get into PM roles (bonus points if you work at companies like Amazon and Google).

Is anyone annoyed that accolades has oddball pricing like 106 for a gift card and you need to pay $10 for 10 points. You can’t just get 6 points?

i’m first place in my fantasy football league rn - best record and highest points. should i give away my backup TE for a backup RB? i don’t really need … everett for henderson 🫠 hmu fam 🫠

What are the best credit cards for travel points?

Need a recommendation for a contract analytics service provider. Don’t need the lifecycle or repository bells and whistles, just need something I can feed 10k documents and it provides me with data points, preferably individually and in aggregate. Does something like this exist??

hi fishies! I'm wondering what people think about ESG investing and how much ESG metrics / data points impact your decision to invest (or not invest) in a company? Would you find it helpful to see things like "percentage of women on the board", "ceo pay" etc. within an investment app before making a decision to purchase stocks from that company?

Would you rather have 5x amex MR points or 3x chase UR points for each dollar spent on flights? Why? Company let's me book flights on personal cards and trying to decide which to choose.

Failed REG by 2 points... I feel defeated and honestly don’t know if I can do this anymore

Looking for recs for best bang for the Bonvoy points hotels outside the US? I found the Rayong Marriott for only 17,500 points (not sure if it’s nice in person) but that’s what prompted this curiosity

What’s the best use of bonvoy points?

Hi all

The CPE courses that i pursued on june 30 got credited to next fiscal year

I raised a complaint to the us learner team and they reverted my credit points back to be compliant as of june 30th 2021

Today am shockingly getting an emAil that i am non compliant. In the system, my points have been again moved to next fiscal year

Please advice what to do. I have emailed them. But there is no phone number to seek help

Turned away from my weekly hotel at midnight bc they can’t find my res and are sold out. Res w/ conf number actively shows in Bonvoy app, they can’t figure out issue. Platinum elite. How many points?

What all are the benefits IQVIA provides. Need to understand on below points-

1. Leaves
2. Meals
3. Transportation
4. Medical benefits (like dental, optical)
5. Allowances
6. WFH
7. Bonus that excludes from CTC and variable
8. Annual/Half yearly parties
9. Goodies or gifts during major festival
10. Anything else 😅

My favorite part of consulting is helping the consultants I manage improve their public speaking by designing talking points, reducing their fear or anxiety around speaking, and improving their executive presence.

I read about people on this platform needing help in these areas. At the same time, I’ve been wanting to spend more time helping more people with these topics. If anyone would be interested in sharing about their public speaking-related challenges, feel free to DM!

Bathroom smells of cig smoke and they can’t transfer me to another room till tomorrow. How many points?

What’s a good Marriott Bonvoy points vs $ conversion to make decisions on using points or $?
I’m contemplating 40k points vs $168 including taxes at a category 4 location

Had two flights, booked with CSR points, overseas in April, one on Singapore air; after that was cancelled by Singapore Air I booked another flight on Lufthansa. Numerous attempts to contact CSR and

Delayed 6 hours ORD -> JFK (Delta Platinum) - how many points?

Port ops senior associate comp benchmark at mega fund? Anyone have reference points?

What is caregiver leave in bny ? How to opt for caregiver leave? Any medical proof required for the same?

Best Bumble/Hinge Profile Intro- GO

Forget Secret Santa presents and gifts for your SO, the real question is what are you getting for yourself for Christmas?

What’s your take on Ackman’s CNBC interview in light of his bet on credit spreads?

Which one to choose from below:
1. Publicis Sapient
2. Hexaware Technologies
3. Wipro

Tech Stack - Salesforce
YOE - 6.7
Note:- Each of them paying similar.

Thanks 🙏

Hii all, I got an offer from KGS as Associate 2, with 8lpa, should I accept the offer?

Can Somebody refer me for SAP SD position in GSK? I have applied twice in portal and it is sitting at recruiters review

Any single lipstick lesbians here, what to chat 😉?

If i do 1 year post graduation diploma certificate course from canada (online or offline) and at the same time I do a full time job in canada of 40 hours/week (may be few months diffrence but they will be overlaping). Can I put both of them in PR application?

Hi All, After HR Discussion its around more than 10 days i have not received any offer letter and HR is not replying on mail too.

Did anyone faced same issue.

I just got an offer at McKinsey and I was wondering if the base pay is the same across all first year BAs or if there is typically room for negotiation this early in the career. What other questions do I need to be asking?

Anyone have recommendations for headhunters in the Los Angeles area? Industry agnostic.

I’m a Junior accountant, recent MBA grad in Finance, located in NYC, just got laid off due to a merger. Anybody hiring or know any opening positions?

Hi All, I have an offer for SA - Agile Program Management . Have few queries:

What is typical wait time on bench to get projects (for non Java people)?
Are there any salary deductions on bench?
I heard Sapient have fired people on bench in past. Some have mentioned it is no more a practice currently. Need insights on this?

Thanks in advance.

Is thought works a good organization to join , in terms of job security and work life balance ?

Looking for a public sector consulting project in BA role. Any leads?

What’s the keyboard shortcut to get into the “insert options” dialogue when you’ve inserted a new row with Ctrl+Shift+Plus?

Presenting data in 2 tables that refer to the same pivot table as source. However, one requires a filter on the pivot table and when filter undone, values change back to original. How to tackle this?

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?

Does anyone know what purple tables mean in Excel?

I know about green and orange, but never saw purple before and trying to figure it out.

Is there an easy way to switch XLOOKUPS to INDEX MATCH? Have a large file with bunch of formulas that don't work on all client machines (different excel versions).

Anybody know if there is a way to automate a Gantt chart in excel when building out a roadmap? Essentially want to recreate the functionality of ms project because my client does not have project and wants a nice visual for the roadmap

How to change a date field from 2002/01/15 to YYYY-MM-DD. The right click and date selection is not converting it for some reason. Even tried to do a custom field but it’s not changing :(

Need help building an electric schedule for a production schedule with a Gantt chart style view (sort of)

Currently have an excel list with resource (production line), start date and time, and then also the name of the item being produced.

Any ideas how to tackle this??

I’m thinking a stacked bar chart with the vertical categories to be my resources and horizontal the date/time and then each individual bar to be the name of the item being produced.

Thank you for the help Excel Gods 🙏

Will need to migrate to office 365 soon. What’s the difference for excel from the 2013 version?

Hi all,
I bought access to Wall Street Prep’s modeling courses to enhance my modeling skills. I find that the material is a few years old and the guy in the video explaining everything is super monotone and boring. I just don’t feel like I’m learning much.

Would anyone have any good recommendations for other modeling course providers? Should I stick with WSP? Any and all advice/responses would be helpful - Thank you in advance !

I’m trying to learn more about Excel functionality and there’s several simple functions that I don’t know, this is probably one. If I am color coding data, is there a way to automatically move those lines to the top or bottom of the spreadsheet once the color code for the line is made?

Is it possible to round a number (say rounding $98 to $100) without losing precision in following calcs? So I only want to round visually and I want the calcs from that cell to remain off the $98 not $100

Has anyone had an issue with index match and lookups returning NA when trying to manipulate data from a password protected workbook?

Any book recommendations on excel modeling for real world business applications?

How can I update the range in one location for a tab whose data source, a second tab, is connected to SAP and the range updates on the source tab depending on quarterly activity?

What’s the symbol that you can type in a cell so you can input a text, but that text would not appear in the spreadsheet? I want to describe the formula without using a text box, which uses more space.

The equivalent of this is in SQL, you can use the apostrophe in the beginning of and end of a text. That text will not affect the function of the query, but that text can be seen if you proofread the query.

What are some of the unique use cases you have leveraged excel for?

If you have never created a macro, any tips on where to start? Any good Udemy courses or YouTube videos?