With Labor Day behind us, I know that the holiday season (and holiday PTO) is going to be fast approaching.

What are the rules on your team for how you approach who can take off? Is it first come first serve? Seniority? Or do you have some other type of approach that makes things as fair as possible to ensure people can take the time they need and want to take?

Holiday office party coming up tomorrow and I still haven't bought a gift... ugh. Any suggestions? I never know what to bring.

Hey habibis expats! The market in Dubai is obscure when it comes to compensation and benefits. I suggest we add clarity by posting salaries, role/position and years of experience here and anything else you want to add such as benefits. I’ll start:

- Industry: tech
- Role: finance manager
- YOE: 5 years
- Comp: 270k aed/year + 5% bonus
- Other benefits: work from Europe/US 1 month/year, 30 vacation days

What's going on this weekend? Any fun holiday shops or pop-up bars I could check out?

PwC people, does vacation negatively impact utilization the same way hitting G&A does?

How many PTO/Vacation days do you usually take off a year if your employer offers unlimited PTO/Vacation days?

I just started a new job and this is the first time I’ve ran into this. It sounds nice but at the same time I hate the lack of direction. Help!

What holiday party did you get?
Anyone living close to an office, got a holiday party with food and drinks, and the venue started open for them until around midnight. Our remote workers got a one hour party w a DJ and trivia that let you win gift cards. Yeah it was nice to win a gift card but I found it lame in comparison to hanging out with my team in real life.

Are we getting paid tomorrow since it’s a holiday weekend? I believe Juneteenth weekend we got paid on a Friday even though pay day was Tuesday

So I had 3 deals scheduled to either close end of May or mid June which were all pushed to end of June/beginning of July. Which is when I have my first vacation planned for over a year (I take 0 time off). My whole family is flying up and we’re renting a cabin near me. What do I do? I’m running one of the deals, semi running the other one and not doing much leading on the other one. Note: I was supposed to not be running any of these. Do I find a back up first or tell the partners first?

2 years out of UG & new to industry recruiting, true that most firms/companies stop interview cohorts during holiday season (End Nov/Dec), or just a myth? 🙄

In 2023 I'm wanting to help make my management more effective. So, I'm looking for a book or a couple of books to gift my team this holiday season. I would like books that focus on communication and taking ownership. Any recommendations?

So who is offering to host the holiday party?

Morning! Being laid off sux, I been down this road 5x in my career it never bets easier.

Dust off contacts and make your rounds
* if you’re in a good position to take time off do some, seems we all need a mental break anyway

Hi
I will be joining cisco bangalore soon
Can anyone share with me the holiday list for oct 2022
I need it to plan my travel
Just need to know if there's diwali holiday or not

Thanks

Is the EY 16 week maternity pay 100% of the salary ? I was reading the FAQs and could not find anything that said 100 % of pag provided in the 16 weeks of eligible time off.

Any ideas on how to negotiate a delayed start date? I really want it to be Jan. My mental health needs some time off and this company breezed through interviews to offer in 1 week when I was expecting it to take at least a month. I really need some time to recover from burnout.

This is our first holiday season in the Nashville area, any suggestions on family activities/light displays we should check out? Our kids our 8, 5, and 3.

Guys

Is TSYS planning for WFO or hybrid model?

Need to know urgently

So this all seems like mental illness pretending to be investing. Good luck on the gambling. I’m blown away by the people screaming “HODL” with no rationale. I’m 100% out

Can someone help me from TSYS

Need to connect someone urgently

Currently looking for remote global Executive Assistant roles. Is anyone hiring?

I am currently looking for job change. I have total 8+ years working experience developing web applications using Angular, JavaScript etc. Any help or suggestions are appreciated.

Oh man, another ATH, it really just keeps going it’s so crazy to witness

What’s the compensation of an Oracle account executive? I’m assuming a base salary plus sales?

First year associate in litigation offered an assistant in-house role for the construction division of a real estate development company. Asked to send an offer letter detailing my salary and benefit requirements. Don’t know where to begin. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Everyone!

I am looking at hiring a Sr. Salesforce (Sales and Service Cloud) and Sr. Salesforce (Marketing Cloud) Consultants. They can be based anywhere in North America. If anyone is interested or knows someone who might be. Please shoot me a message or comment below.

PS - Open to Full Time Permanent opportunities or someone looking for contract work is also okay.

Any recommendations for an anime from the manga? I recently saw the whole Naruto saga, and I have to say that I underestimated this genre a lot. I am a producer, and thanks to this my mind has been totally opened. Now I want more knowledge about this culture.

Does anyone have experience working for or using Sylvan Learning Centers?

Does anyone have any cool or major projects they worked on OUTSIDE of advertising? in a previous life or a side project? Drop a link or a description, would love to see some inspiring work.

Thoughts and pricing on independent freelance work?
How much should you charge?
Base pay + hourly ?
Just hourly?
2 year art director here +3 years of design experience. What ya think?

What are some good twitter communities to get involved in? Or accounts to follow? Several people have told me they had a lot of success networking on twitter, which boggles my mind-but I’m open to it

can a writer explain the new season of Dave to me?

Hello All,
I got selected in amazon from college , now got a link where I have to fill my preffered location so which location will be best accordings to the good projects ( Hyderabad, Banglore and Gurgaon ??) Which will be best pls reply

How is PwC AC at senior levels? What is hierarchy

Has anyone’s agency developed a practice focused on social justice in the past couple months? Saw Praytell’s and was curious about if other agencies had too.

Best NY companies for healthcare PR? Looking for insights based on culture/work-life balance as well as salary.

What agencies are hiring for junior consumer roles?

Which recruiters do you all find have the best connections to in-house job opportunities? I am DONE with agency life. TIA!

What's the vibe of the FH NY team these days? I know a lot of big name accounts (att, Samsung, citi) but is the culture strong?

I made the switch to in house and omg it’s so slow. I knew it’d be a bit slower than agency but I accomplish less in a month than I used to in a day. Is this how all in house jobs are or has anyone found a faster pace in house gig?

Has anyone done a collab with influencer MIKIRAI? I know she’s a big deal but i’m trying to figure out if she’s worth the money, our agency just had a bad experience with an influencer and the client is not happy. We need to make a comeback! All insights are appreciated.

Anyone know of any open positions in D/FW? 8 YOE on the agency side, masters degree in public administration. Looking to go client side to do Corp comms/public affairs. Any leads welcome!

Weber folks! At what point do you become eligible for a yearly bonus and how is your bonus determined? Any tie to billable hours?

Are there any agencies that are willing to pay for relocation? Looking to make a move out to WC. I know this is more likely for VP+ so I’m curious which agencies have the flattest PnL

My team oversees internal comms and we’re in the process of signing on BananaTag.

Any fishies out there that can share what level of reporting + KPIs you’re providing leadership?

We plan to use it for exec comms and department-level leadership (HR, IT, etc.).

We’ve historically done mass communication through Outlook, so this will be our first time getting insight into staff e-mail + Teams performance.

Hearing of layoffs with some Chicago agencies. MSL...Porter...Ketchum...others? Sign of bad economy coming? Hate to sound skittish, but I lived through 2008

Anyone have advice for advancing in your current role? My co-worker was hired in at manager level but somehow “proved” he was actually doing director level work and got a title promotion and salary increase in less than a year. I also went above and beyond my job as well (covering for him for a month while he was away on paternity leave) while taking on other projects outside of my job title and got zip—no raise or recognition. Any advice would be appreciated!

Thoughts on MMC as an agency?

What are the key differences in an account management role between PR firms and traditional ad agencies? Are there any major skills someone would need to build when transitioning to ad land? Or is a lot of it transferable?

Does anyone know about Bevel PR? What have you heard? I am interviewing with them. Thank you.

Hi everyone, any tips for resignation letters, who to meet/tell first, what to do before your last day (i.e. anything adulty like 401K or healthcare)? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!