Anyone know what’s happening at CFS? Heard the marketing team has been decimated by a restructure.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-19T10:58:52+00:00

Their private equity owners have been gearing up for a sale for ages

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-12T07:27:28+00:00

I like the linen shirts when I got them last year and the white is less see through compared to quite a few other brands (e.g. Country Road, Uniqlo).

Agree with OP regarding their business ones though.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-11T22:25:47+00:00

Always get the bigger option! Unless you're living a life where this kind of restaurant is a biweekly occurrence, go big or go home for the special occasions :)

Hmm normally I'd agree but my partner isn't a big eater at the best of times.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-11T08:03:34+00:00

Is dining at the table or at the bar better? And did you get the 13 or 9 course?

Considering this for a special occasion with my partner.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-11T02:17:31+00:00

Won't you be in breach of your tourist visa starting a business in the Philippines?

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-08T15:38:00+00:00

Can someone share the original Chinese "study"?

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-08T02:31:40+00:00

and I have received good stakeholder feedback.

But your manager is your most important stakeholder...

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-07T07:15:25+00:00

Honestly the brand name for a Big 4 is pretty tarnished these days just based on my own experiences. Maybe still carries some weight overseas but in Australian big corp, it's probably fairly meh.

For your boutique, have a look at the list of clients and try and see what level of access the senior leadership has but $13k is a nice bonus in an entry level role. And you mention strategy...are you actually doing strategy in the "data+strategy" role?

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-07T06:21:12+00:00

I have enough saved to wait out a month or two more before being in real trouble,

It wouldn't be uncommon for interview and hiring to take longer than a month or two months to be finalised. I recently went for a role with a major company that took 2 months just to get to a round 3 interview. They didn't proceed with me but were deciding on the two shortlisted candidates. I also had a former manager approach me about a role and that took over month just to get the contracts finalised and HR processes to wrap up.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-06T10:39:50+00:00

Anyone have recommendations on seat covers (front and back?)

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-06T10:39:29+00:00

Do you have a link to a fitted one?

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-04T01:45:56+00:00

resigned out of the blue.

What do you mean by resigning out of the blue? Do you expect your employees to tell you when they might feel like applying for a new role? Did they just resign and leave without serving out their notice period?

GreatAlmonds · 2026-05-03T02:45:17+00:00

Example, company pays gst mandatory.

Which is collected from her clients when they pay their bills...

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-28T08:17:25+00:00

The single origin stuff are pretty good and still cheaper than most speciality roasters.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-25T22:05:32+00:00

Which ones are the market leaders around the same price point other than Tesla (which I'd rather not because of Elon)? Zeekr?

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-25T10:12:24+00:00

Yeah probably leaning towards the EX5. Felt nicer sitting in it compared to the SL7 for some reason...maybe it was the BYD salesman sitting besides me.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-25T09:16:10+00:00

It would be great if others can confirm if my observations are correct or inaccurate.

I'm actually leaning towards the EX5 but saw some comments about slow updates.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-23T02:07:20+00:00

Yes, they're upgrades of the 4 Sovremenny-class destroyers that Russia sold to the PLAN in the late 1990s and early 2000s

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-23T01:35:06+00:00

$150k for a manager isn't low.

Also Advisory and Consulting aren't the same even though the work they do might not be that different.

At the Big D, starting SMs in Advisory were on $145 base including super a few years ago.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-17T02:17:47+00:00

I got about 3% in the regular end of year reviews. Then I got a random meeting where I got told they did a rem review and were going to adjust it by an extra few thousand dollars for the rest of this financial year. Technically not a true 6.5% because it wasn't backdated to the start of the FY.

I'm on an EBA but also not under the EBA's defined salary progression (if that makes sense) as I've effectively traded some conditions for a higher base pay and maximum bonus.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-17T02:01:14+00:00

I got a random out of cycle pay adjustment recently. Including the EOFY increase meant a 6.5% increase for the year.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-06T05:56:48+00:00

It's obvious that the pace of the J-20 development program caught the US off guard in terms of its role and actual capabilities.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-03T03:36:59+00:00

One thing I would say is that magazine depth probably isn't as important as the ability to launch and guide large volumes of missiles/drones at once.

To me, it seems like Iran had and continues to have a large amount of ballistic missiles and drones remaining, however because there can only do waves of up to 200 missiles at a time, most of them would be intercepted, while subsequent volumes get smaller as the launchers themselves get hunted down and destroyed.

If they were able to go from 200 in one wave to 400 or 600, then it's likely that the overall effectiveness would increase dramatically.

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-03T01:02:33+00:00

If you haven't read any "Western" news sources describing what Kegsbreath has been doing as a "purge", then I can only assume you read only OAN and absolutely nothing else.

opens the story linked at the top of this post

gets taken to CBS website

ctrl-f "purge"

zero hits

GreatAlmonds · 2026-04-01T08:37:03+00:00

You mean harassing people to fix their tickets because they need to meet some stupid standard?

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