My firm has us under a PTO freeze through September. Says the workload is too heavy and no PTO requests during this time will be honored. We can't even put in vacation requests until this freeze ends. How is this legal?

Thoughts on romantic relationships at work? Does your firm have a policy on this? We can't help who we are attracted to, develop feelings for, etc. And, yes I've been involved with my boss on and off for almost 10 years. Some suspect us, but we've kept it to ourselves. Don't beat me up too badly.

Big 4 salaries come with big burnout risks. I'm currently at Deloitte, and I'm running on fumes. However, I'm too afraid to take a step back or take time off because I never know when layoffs will hit and I don't want to be seen as weak. So I keep pushing myself. How do you guys work yourself to the point of exhaustion and yet avoid burnout?

Have a question on AI. If AI is so good at what it does… what would be the point of a Big 4? Can’t any small firm take this AI and be just as specialized efficient as a Big 4? Couldn’t it create an explosion of entrepreneurship? More competition ?

Ever feel like unemployment almost sounds better when your job pays barely more than the benefits, except with 10x the stress? Makes you wonder what the easiest way to get fired would be. Burn through PTO? Stop caring?