where to make good $, work from home frequently and maintain work-life balance

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Anonymous wrote:Cap One, if you can get through hiring process. DH pulls in about $150k/year. Leaves house at 8, home by 5:30. Works at home pretty much whenever he wants.

I did not think they paid that well. What role is he in?

Oh they definitely do. My DH is a director there and isn't even all that ambitious (he purposefully takes it slow to spend lots of time with our two young kids). He still took home $200K last year. He often ends up doing both daycare drop off and pickup because I have worse hours than him despite making $70K less. His two best friends also work at cap one and they are hard charging ambitious types and they must make at least double our HHI.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the Exec Dir for a $1m academic association. I have a 4 day in office work week (36 hours) but work from home as needed (as do my employees. 6 - 8 weeks a year leading up to our conference is busy and hectic but everything else is very reasonable. Salary is about $120k/year + benefits.

Keep in mind that I stay relatively connected when I am off -- but I don't find that it intrudes on my everyday life.

Similar poster to above except Exec. Dir of a state chapter trade association. I telework 90% of the time and have Friday's off. Salary is $110k plus bonus (usually another $10k).

Another trade association exec dir here. I work 3 days week from home and have a very flexible schedule. Salary is $180K plus bonuses plus good benefits. Keep in mind that to get these kinds of jobs you usually need to put in heavy time become highly skilled and respected in your field.

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Anonymous wrote:Fed Gov

I work for the Fed Gov't. I don't have much flexibility and usually need to work over 40 hours per week to finish my work, no comp. time (active duty). I suppose a lot of people have work-life balance working for the fed. gov't but not all fed gov't jobs are like that.

I agree that not all fed govt jobs are flexible, but active duty is another ball game. Thank you for your service. I am a civilian in a military organization and although many of the active duty folks have sweet schedules, at least as many put in long hours and are given no flexibility (even if the job could accommodate flexibility).

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Anonymous wrote:Most people will find your post irritating, but I'll play. Capital one.

why is that? are you a martyr? this isn't a lot to ask...

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Anonymous wrote:Cap One, if you can get through hiring process. DH pulls in about $150k/year. Leaves house at 8, home by 5:30. Works at home pretty much whenever he wants.

It's the hiring process that kills most. Maybe one in ten make it through.

I'm curious about this. I've heard that it's tough, but I've also heard from some folks looking to hire at Capital One and they seem to have a lot of vacancies. Are there any stats available on the pass rates? Why so low?

It's exceptionally hard to fill roles. For my positions people have to pass two behavioral, one business case, and one "design thinking" case which requires some marketing, technical and digital skills. Most people pass 1, a few pass 2, very very few pass all 3.

I don't know what the pass rate is but I've had days where I interview a dozen candidates and we make zero offers. in my experience maybe 1 in 10 or so.

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Anonymous wrote:Cap One, if you can get through hiring process. DH pulls in about $150k/year. Leaves house at 8, home by 5:30. Works at home pretty much whenever he wants.

I did not think they paid that well. What role is he in?

Oh they definitely do. My DH is a director there and isn't even all that ambitious (he purposefully takes it slow to spend lots of time with our two young kids). He still took home $200K last year. He often ends up doing both daycare drop off and pickup because I have worse hours than him despite making $70K less. His two best friends also work at cap one and they are hard charging ambitious types and they must make at least double our HHI.

Indeed. I have friends who are married at both Directors. They shared their HHI hit $540K this year (one of them must be on the cusp of promo)

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Anonymous wrote:Cap One, if you can get through hiring process. DH pulls in about $150k/year. Leaves house at 8, home by 5:30. Works at home pretty much whenever he wants.

It's the hiring process that kills most. Maybe one in ten make it through.

I'm curious about this. I've heard that it's tough, but I've also heard from some folks looking to hire at Capital One and they seem to have a lot of vacancies. Are there any stats available on the pass rates? Why so low?

It's exceptionally hard to fill roles. For my positions people have to pass two behavioral, one business case, and one "design thinking" case which requires some marketing, technical and digital skills. Most people pass 1, a few pass 2, very very few pass all 3.

I don't know what the pass rate is but I've had days where I interview a dozen candidates and we make zero offers. in my experience maybe 1 in 10 or so.

Isn't that frustrating to waste so much time interviewing folks when so few are eligible for hire?

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Anonymous wrote:Cap One, if you can get through hiring process. DH pulls in about $150k/year. Leaves house at 8, home by 5:30. Works at home pretty much whenever he wants.

It's the hiring process that kills most. Maybe one in ten make it through.

I'm curious about this. I've heard that it's tough, but I've also heard from some folks looking to hire at Capital One and they seem to have a lot of vacancies. Are there any stats available on the pass rates? Why so low?

It's exceptionally hard to fill roles. For my positions people have to pass two behavioral, one business case, and one "design thinking" case which requires some marketing, technical and digital skills. Most people pass 1, a few pass 2, very very few pass all 3.

I don't know what the pass rate is but I've had days where I interview a dozen candidates and we make zero offers. in my experience maybe 1 in 10 or so.

Isn't that frustrating to waste so much time interviewing folks when so few are eligible for hire?

Yes. Yes it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Cap One, if you can get through hiring process. DH pulls in about $150k/year. Leaves house at 8, home by 5:30. Works at home pretty much whenever he wants.

It's the hiring process that kills most. Maybe one in ten make it through.

What is so unique about their hiring process and/or qualifications they seek? I have never applied there, but would not have thought they are different than anywhere else comparable.

There's a lot of math involved. Most people can't solve the cases. It's comparable to an interview at McKinsey or Bain or BCG in terms of style and content. You have to intuit the solution, set up the proper equations and be able to solve them correctly. It's not just a behavioral interview (although there's that too). A hypothetical interview might start with a store selling shoes. They'll provide some data like the quantity of shoes you sell, the price, and the cost. They'll give you some graphs or tables highlighting the overall market, some of it relevant, some of it probably not. Then they'll throw out something like "You are considering a price decrease of 10%. The price elasticity of demand is ...." And ask you what you think. I'd venture fully half of the people we interview can't get past step 1, even with a definition to elasticity of demand given to them. If you then ask them to figure out what % of customers would have to buy 3 shoes in order for you to be OK with a 20% decrease in price, it's often far too difficult a structure for most to figure out.

Is that for every position they are seeking?

H1bs are used for many IT positions

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Sponsor/Capital-One/93519.htm

Capital One, National Association has filed 960 labor condition applications for H1B visa and 137 labor certifications for green card from fiscal year 2013 to 2015. Capital One, National Association was ranked 115 among all visa sponsors.

And? That has to do with the interview process how?

Or are you just bitching about h1bs in general ?

This is related to cap one as a job with work life balance And like Fannie Mae the IT side has become H1Bs from tcs. Cognizant Wipro hexaware etc. there are 2 different worlds and make sure you are not entering the zone of h1b and managed service providers from Indian firms

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We're both Feds; DH teleworks 4 days/week, whatever hours he wants (provided he makes conference calls), earns $180K and will earn more in about six months. I telework 2 days/week, also with flexible hours, and earn a little over $100K. We're very happy with the choices we've made.

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Anonymous wrote:Cap One, if you can get through hiring process. DH pulls in about $150k/year. Leaves house at 8, home by 5:30. Works at home pretty much whenever he wants.

It's the hiring process that kills most. Maybe one in ten make it through.

What is so unique about their hiring process and/or qualifications they seek? I have never applied there, but would not have thought they are different than anywhere else comparable.

There's a lot of math involved. Most people can't solve the cases. It's comparable to an interview at McKinsey or Bain or BCG in terms of style and content. You have to intuit the solution, set up the proper equations and be able to solve them correctly. It's not just a behavioral interview (although there's that too). A hypothetical interview might start with a store selling shoes. They'll provide some data like the quantity of shoes you sell, the price, and the cost. They'll give you some graphs or tables highlighting the overall market, some of it relevant, some of it probably not. Then they'll throw out something like "You are considering a price decrease of 10%. The price elasticity of demand is ...." And ask you what you think. I'd venture fully half of the people we interview can't get past step 1, even with a definition to elasticity of demand given to them. If you then ask them to figure out what % of customers would have to buy 3 shoes in order for you to be OK with a 20% decrease in price, it's often far too difficult a structure for most to figure out.

Is that for every position they are seeking?

H1bs are used for many IT positions

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Sponsor/Capital-One/93519.htm

Capital One, National Association has filed 960 labor condition applications for H1B visa and 137 labor certifications for green card from fiscal year 2013 to 2015. Capital One, National Association was ranked 115 among all visa sponsors.

And? That has to do with the interview process how?

Or are you just bitching about h1bs in general ?

This is related to cap one as a job with work life balance And like Fannie Mae the IT side has become H1Bs from tcs. Cognizant Wipro hexaware etc. there are 2 different worlds and make sure you are not entering the zone of h1b and managed service providers from Indian firms

Wow dude, work on those presentation skills. You wanted to make a point that h1bs have a different (presumably worse) experience, which is a helluva silly generalization, and to make it you just paste the number of h1bs across a company with offices in a dozen cities? That supports the argument how? I have several h1bs in my org, but we treat them no differently than anyone else. Their visa status has no bearing on their hours or projects.

Let me guess, you are an ex employee with an axe to grind?

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Anonymous wrote:Cap One, if you can get through hiring process. DH pulls in about $150k/year. Leaves house at 8, home by 5:30. Works at home pretty much whenever he wants.

It's the hiring process that kills most. Maybe one in ten make it through.

What is so unique about their hiring process and/or qualifications they seek? I have never applied there, but would not have thought they are different than anywhere else comparable.

There's a lot of math involved. Most people can't solve the cases. It's comparable to an interview at McKinsey or Bain or BCG in terms of style and content. You have to intuit the solution, set up the proper equations and be able to solve them correctly. It's not just a behavioral interview (although there's that too). A hypothetical interview might start with a store selling shoes. They'll provide some data like the quantity of shoes you sell, the price, and the cost. They'll give you some graphs or tables highlighting the overall market, some of it relevant, some of it probably not. Then they'll throw out something like "You are considering a price decrease of 10%. The price elasticity of demand is ...." And ask you what you think. I'd venture fully half of the people we interview can't get past step 1, even with a definition to elasticity of demand given to them. If you then ask them to figure out what % of customers would have to buy 3 shoes in order for you to be OK with a 20% decrease in price, it's often far too difficult a structure for most to figure out.

Is that for every position they are seeking?

H1bs are used for many IT positions

http://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Sponsor/Capital-One/93519.htm

Capital One, National Association has filed 960 labor condition applications for H1B visa and 137 labor certifications for green card from fiscal year 2013 to 2015. Capital One, National Association was ranked 115 among all visa sponsors.

And? That has to do with the interview process how?

Or are you just bitching about h1bs in general ?

This is related to cap one as a job with work life balance And like Fannie Mae the IT side has become H1Bs from tcs. Cognizant Wipro hexaware etc. there are 2 different worlds and make sure you are not entering the zone of h1b and managed service providers from Indian firms

Wow dude, work on those presentation skills. You wanted to make a point that h1bs have a different (presumably worse) experience, which is a helluva silly generalization, and to make it you just paste the number of h1bs across a company with offices in a dozen cities? That supports the argument how? I have several h1bs in my org, but we treat them no differently than anyone else. Their visa status has no bearing on their hours or projects.

Let me guess, you are an ex employee with an axe to grind?

No. He's the guy who shows up in every thread possible complaining about H1Bs. He's rarely on point and never coherent. He posts the same drivel in the political forum when he can.

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OP back. thanks for all the great tips. I'm wondering: are all the fed gov responses from lawyers? also, how does one become an exec director of a trade association -- what's the typical career path?

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Anonymous wrote:OP back. thanks for all the great tips. I'm wondering: are all the fed gov responses from lawyers? also, how does one become an exec director of a trade association -- what's the typical career path?

I'm the 8:16 PP from above and neither of us are lawyers. DH is an engineer and I'm a researcher.

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Anonymous wrote:Not many non supervisory 15s around.

You're right about that. I don't think we've had any posted for several years at my agency. Plus it's almost impossible to get one coming from the outside.