Who knew that being read “if you give a mouse a cookie” as a youngster would prepare me so well for a consulting career…

Please tell us, since COVID started:

-weirdest thing you've eaten
-weirdest thing you've watched
-weidest thought you've had.

I am not able to DM anyone can you guys help me!

I have an offer from deutsche Telekom and Mckinsey and Company both for the role of Software Developer. Which should I join ? Which company has better Work culture?

Anyone here working at Epsilon ? Have an interview with them and was hoping to get some insider insights.

Hi strategists. Has anyone conducted a scenario planning workshop for their clients? If so do you have any recommended exercises or tools or just advice in general? TIA

Any mothers that are supervisors/managers? Thinking about starting a family & realized I don't know how this is going to work if I want to lean in to both my career & my ovaries. Esp. breastfeeding.

tt's only my first year of service and I feel inadequate. Can you give me some advice, please?

I used to be so devoted to my academics that I kind of forgot to make some close friends. How do you reignite your social life after college?

For those a little farther along, when did you go from feeling like a grunt following orders to feeling more like you had control/in the driver’s seat?

Offered investor relations manager role at a public company. Any thoughts?

Is 2023 the return of sales?
Covid has completely changed buying strategies of big corp as companies looked to retain and reset with what they have. What type of change do you see big corps taking this next year to drive growth?

Had an interview at this amazing company.. but I got a little nervous and fumbled over my words a few times. Worth mentioning my nerves in the thank you email? am I overthinking?

Just received an offer with expected / standard salary for role but no signing or relocation bonus. They know I don’t have any other offers which is why I assume they didn’t offer any signing bonus - do I have any chance of getting one without “leverage”?

Best books you read this year that aren’t about sales, marketing or prospecting?

It’s interesting to see several articles and surveys emerging saying the initial bump in productivity from mass remote working has started to come down or even go negative as the novelty wears off and people start to get worn down from longer hours, the stresses of having kids at home full time, burn out from increased workloads, stress from the pandemic, etc. Curious to here people’s thoughts, do you think you’re less productive now than back around the April timeframe?

How many billable hours do people in prosecution tend to average each month? I’ve gone through waves of feeling like my billable hours requirement is reasonable to feeling like I’m drowning and can’t possibly do it for that long.

Anyone in Calgary that is recruiting? I am finishing up my MSc in Immunology and I am looking to get into life sciences consulting including R&D clinical consulting!

Good luck to all my Accenture colleagues on promotion day. May the gods look down on you kindly.

Consultants who are married to other consultants - what are the pros and cons?

Hired as SA1. if my utilization is low for round table but I’ve gotten good Snapshots will I go up to SA2 or SA1B, which I don’t want of course.

Hey Fishbowl community! Looking for referrals to MBB Toronto or NYC. Have 2 years of experience as an analyst at Accenture Toronto (1 month away from promo) - please DM if you can help :)

Hotel is sold out, girl in front of me "I'm a gold member so I think I need to be upgraded" bish I'm platinum and I wasn't upgraded. Go to your room. 😡 #newbs

Insead or Stanford

This is truly painful.

Top consulting firms in the aviation / urban air mobility space?

Anyone have good book recommendations that I can learn from and are entertaining? Trying to survive a 10 hour flight this weekend 🆘🆘🆘

My RL didn’t have a formal mid year pre CRT review with me. He just pinged me and said: I’ll represent you. Utilization = 75% and average snapshots. Am I at risk?

After a year using my home office setup, especially the 27 inch monitor, how can I ever go back to the traveling life with tiny laptop screen? 😔

I finally have an extra room to set up a home office. I’m looking at motorized standing desk, but there are so many options out there that it is overwhelming. What’s your recommendation for an L-shaped desk?

What are the best Sales books y’all read?

Almost 4YOE at Big 4 TAS. Seen high turnovers this year. Thoughts on the following options: FPA vs. CorpDev vs. MM IB vs. MBA to BB/EB or MBB?

Who else is doing expenses on an amazing Saturday? I noticed a $50 dinner charge. Damn you Sheraton. I hardly ate anything that night.

If your role is being closed/being laid off (not due to performance issues) just firm downsizing, do you tell the companies you are interviewing? How to phrase it?

Is anyone here a “Strategic Alliance Sales Director” at PwC? Is this a BD type role? Curious to know your experience, thoughts, etc. My friend is looking to apply, has 12 years of sales experience.