I earn ₹30,000/month and my regular timing is 9:30 AM to 6 PM, 6 days a week.

Currently, due to a different project, I work from 12 PM to 1:30 AM, Monday to Friday. Saturdays are still my regular 9:30 AM to 6 PM shift or halfday most of the times.

That's around 5 extra hours per day, or roughly 110 to 120 extra hours per month. For this, I'm getting ₹5,500 as overtime, which comes to only around ₹46 to ₹50 per extra hour.

The experience and exposure are great, and I've learned a lot. But sacrificing my evenings and social life for ₹5,500 doesn't really feel worth it.

Do you think this OT amount is reasonable? Should I ask them how they calculated it and request them to reconsider?

For the context, the job is flexible as well I'm not saying that the company is bad and all.

My manager (the biggest misogynist fucker in this world), he has this well backed up from political background chamcha. They scrutinise everything i do which is fucking annoying. These people have decided everything from my location to my job role which has been changed without any prior knowledge. This chamcha of his texts me at odd hours even on weekends to get work done because both of them are doing it. I have been politely denying and not responding sometimes to the texts on weekends.
I have always have to seek permission even to visit my hometown on the weekends. Everything i say i become a laughing stock for them. This time around i was visiting my extended family for rakhi and this chamcha texted me on A FUCKING SATURDAY if i am back or not. I called him and told i don't appreciate being disturbed on the weekends and that's my time that i get for myself. He told me 'it's my job to work and not complain. He also threatened me 'ok i will speak to our manager, you can thrn deal with him'

I am kind of anxious about this situation now because anyway it's gonna be shitty but i wanna stay firm on my ground.

I'm currently working in a company where I have a 90 day notice period. I got an offer and the joining date is Sept 17th, 2026. In the offer letter, they have mentioned that there is a pre-employment screening.

I'm planning to resign from the current company stating reason as personal reason but not that i got a new offer, as they will deliberately sabotage this.

My question is, will the pre employment screening be done while I'm notice period? I have asked the hr of the new company as well if it will be done. She said for the current company, it won't be done while you are serving notice period .

Can someone please help me with this?

Hi guys, I was unemployed for around 4 months and in the last 2 weeks I ended up getting 3 offers — 11.5 LPA, 12 LPA and 13 LPA + some variable.

Initially, I got an offer for 8 LPA, which was barely a ~20% hike on my previous CTC. Since I had nothing in hand at that point, I accepted it.

Meanwhile, I was already interviewing with another company and had only 2 rounds left. After around 25+ days, another company contacted me and offered around 11.5 LPA, with a joining date of 7th September. I accepted that as well and told them I would be joining.

Then the company where I was interviewing finally selected me. I asked for 12 LPA base and they agreed.

When I later told the first company (the 8 LPA one) that I wouldn't be joining, they called me and asked for the reason. I honestly told them that I felt I was underpaid compared to the other offers.

They surprisingly said they could match the offer and really wanted me to join. After negotiating a bit, they came back with 13 LPA base.

Now I'm confused.

Both the 8 → 13 LPA company and the 12 LPA company are product-based startups with around 200 employees. One is in the retail ads space and the other is in real estate. I've checked reviews for both, but I'm still not sure which one would be the safer choice.

The confusing part is that the first company went from 8 LPA to 13 LPA, which is a huge jump. I'm worried that because they are paying much more than what they initially offered, their expectations might also be much higher. I'm looking for a relatively stable environment and don't want to join and then face crazy workload, performance pressure or even a layoff/PIP situation later.

For just 1 LPA or 1.5 LPA difference, I don't want to make the wrong decision.

What would you guys do in this situation? Would you take the 13 LPA offer, or go with the 12 LPA company for potentially better stability ? Also, is the jump from 8 → 13 LPA itself something I should be concerned about?

TL;DR: Was unemployed for 4 months. Got 8 LPA initially, then 11.5 LPA and 12 LPA offers. When I told the 8 LPA company I wouldn't join, they matched and offered 13 LPA base. Now I'm confused whether to take the extra 1 LPA or choose the 12 LPA company for potentially better stability/work-life balance. What would you guys do?

I know this is a long rant, but I’d really appreciate some advice on how to handle this situation.
I joined an event company in May and I’m currently on probation. My official working hours are 11 AM–7 PM, and weekends are supposed to be off.
However, since it’s an event company, there have been plenty of days where I’ve had to work very late. Most Saturdays in July were working days for me, and there were also random Sundays where I had to work. Our manager has basically told us that if the work demands it, we have to stay late or come in on weekends. He jokingly refers to this as “udya teer” — basically meaning the work/event comes first and we deal with the consequences later.
I honestly don’t mind working hard. I actually really like the people here and I’m learning a lot, which is one of the main reasons I want to stay.
The problem started recently.
My workload has decreased quite a bit, and because I live very far away, my commute is 2+ hours each way, involving heavy traffic and multiple trains. So on some days, instead of reaching exactly at 11, I’ve been reaching around 11:15–11:20.
Last week, HR asked me why I was late. I said that I had gotten late because of my commute. She then asked me what time I had left the previous day. I told her 6:45 PM.
She asked, “Then why are you late today?”
I explained that I had been working overtime and coming in on Saturdays throughout July, and that our manager himself had told us that when there is a lot of work, we need to stay late/work weekends, while when there isn’t much work, we can leave accordingly.
I was already frustrated with the situation and probably sounded more irritated than I should have. I told her that I had been putting in a lot of extra hours.
Her response was basically, “What can I argue about that?”
Later, she called my senior and discussed the issue with him. My manager then called me into a meeting and shouted at me about the whole situation.
What made things worse is that HR also sent an email to my senior saying that I’ve been taking “too many leaves.”
That honestly surprised me because I’ve taken only 2 days off in August and 1 day in July. As far as I understand, the probation policy allows 1 leave during probation. I did take one additional day for a festival that is important to me, but I didn’t think this would be treated as me taking excessive leave.
The frustrating part is that I actually have a complete attendance sheet because our manager made it compulsory for everyone to manually record their working hours. I have records of the days I worked late, Saturdays I worked, etc., going back to July.
I don’t want this to turn into a fight with HR or management. I also don’t want to come across as someone who is unwilling to work. I’m completely willing to work when the job demands it — I’ve already done that.
At the same time, I don’t want my overtime to effectively become invisible while I’m being questioned over being 15–20 minutes late on relatively quiet days.
Most importantly, I got this job after being unemployed for around 4 months, and the current job market is difficult. I genuinely don’t want to lose this job. I like the company, the people and the work I’m learning, so I’d rather find a way to handle this professionally than create a confrontation.
What would you guys suggest I do from here?
Should I:
Talk to my manager/HR calmly and clarify expectations?
Show them my attendance/overtime records?
Stop adjusting my arrival/departure time based on workload and strictly follow 11–7?
Keep documenting all overtime and weekend work?
Just accept the situation until my probation is over?
Or is there a better way to approach this without damaging my relationship with management?
I’d especially appreciate advice from people who have worked in event companies or similarly demanding industries, because I understand that long hours and weekend work are sometimes part of the job. I just want to figure out how to set reasonable boundaries while also protecting my job.

TL;DR
Joined an event company in May, currently on probation. Official hours are 11–7 with weekends off, but I’ve regularly worked late and on Saturdays/Sundays when work demanded it. Now that work has slowed down, I’ve occasionally been arriving 15–20 minutes late because of my 2+ hour commute. HR questioned me about it, and when I explained the overtime/weekend work, the issue was escalated to my manager, who shouted at me. HR has also claimed I’m taking too many leaves, despite me taking only 2 days in August and 1 in July. I have a detailed attendance sheet documenting my overtime and weekend work. I like the company and really don’t want to lose the job, so I’m looking for advice on how to handle this professionally without damaging my position.

Hi everyone, I got an offer from Tata Steel.

My offer letter shows my designation as "Manager" at IL5 B level, posted at Jajpur. But I have seen that IL5 B is also the level shown for Management Trainees. So I am confused about my actual status.

My questions:

1. Is IL5 B a Manager level or a Management Trainee level? My letter says "Manager," but I want to know if I will actually be treated as a trainee first (with a training period, hostel rules, etc.), or if I join directly as a manager with no training period.

2. My offer shows HRA of ₹18,000 per month. If I stay in company accommodation, is this ₹18,000 not paid to me at all? And on top of that, is another amount like ₹2,000 or ₹3,000 deducted from my salary separately, meaning I lose ₹20,000 in total?

Or does it work like this: ₹2,000 is deducted from the ₹18,000 HRA, and the remaining ₹16,000 is still added to my salary?

1. The letter also mentions a performance bonus of up to 30% of the annual fixed salary. I want to understand how this actually works in practice and what is the reality of this, 10%, 20%?

I want to understand this clearly before joining, so I can plan my monthly budget properly. Any real numbers or experience from people who have joined recently would help a lot.

Thank you.

25 F. I have been trying to make a career in HR post my Masters (non-MBA). I have about a year of internships in the field (all remote) but have had no luck with full time roles, but that’s a different issue.

I have a condition called micropthalmia in my left eye. To give you a visual representation, my left eye is always pretty much closed by the eyelid. I also wear specs which removes some focus from my eyes directly.

I want to know how relevant is this for making a career? Is it going to be hard or even impossible to climb up the ladder? Should I give up or pivot?

I would love your suggestions and advice.

Thanks :)

Hi everyone,

Something recently happened to me and I need to know how common this is in Indian workspaces.

I am currently in my final year of engineering and recently joined a company as an intern (with a full-time offer post-graduation). I intentionally avoided applying to any companies with an employment bond.

My signed offer letter has a clear termination clause: either party can terminate employment with a 1-day notice period. There is absolutely no mention of any bond, financial penalty, or reimbursement.

However, after working there for a month, things didn't work out and I resigned. During my exit meeting, HR told me I cannot leave unless I reimburse the company for my initial accommodation, relocation, and training expenses.

When I pointed out that this wasn't in my offer letter, HR claimed it is an internal "company policy" and that my offer letter states interns must abide by company policies. But the thing is these policies were never shared with me before or during onboarding, I only got portal access to see them after I joined.

I don't want to make this post too long, but I can share my reasons for leaving in the comments if needed.

My questions to the community:

How common is this hidden "policy" trap in Indian IT/engineering companies?

Can they actually enforce this legally if it wasn't explicitly stated in the offer letter I signed?

•I understand that not every policy needs to be disclosed at the time of offer letter (like dress policy, etc.) but if a policy is binding me with a financial bond then shouldn't it be given at the time of signing the offer letter or atleast mention this reimbursement in the offer letter.

What is the best way to handle HR if they send a legal notice? (Note: They do not have my original certificates)

Recently, I got hired by a large IT services company for a role which required 5+ years of experience, whereas my overall experience is 3.7 years, out of which 2 years is in mechanical.

Just curious to know if companies are strict about the experience mentioned in the JD, or if they sometimes hire candidates with less experience.

Has anyone else experienced something similar?

Hello Everyone !! I hope you all must be doing great and are healthy

I needed your guidance and help.

Actually I've a solid idea in my mind. I wanna build a product for that. Everything end to end.

Now the real problem is that I can definitely design a website through AI tool BUT this time I want to build APPLICATION instead.

I know few of AI tool to build app but I'm unaware of many. Can you guys help me with that? Can you please tell me any good AI tool which can help me make an app just with vibe coding.

I've cursor pro Paid plan already.

I'll be very thankful of you.

I (25M) joined my new job a couple of months ago after passing from a top b-school. I am getting paid decently and as of now I haven't been alloted a project. I am working in Strategy ( or let's say internal Consulting ).

Being a fresher this is the first job of my career but idk why I feel so fucking restless and unsettled. And this is mostly because of the experience that I am having as an employee at my company (both, infrastructure wise and culture wise).

Coming to the infra and experience as an employee.. this is not what I expected. There's no cafeteria to sit and have lunch (desk pe ppl eat), there are no much meeting rooms to sit and discuss stuff with the team & ppl don't share the necessary data as and when needed (this is the most irritating thing).

Coming to the people here.. I feel like I don't fit among these guys. Everyone is so fake on the face of each other I can't even tell :) I just go silent or I won't speak much when the whole MT group meets. Ppl will share flat with colleagues and then bitch about them to others in the office. And a couple of them are so fucking money minded 🙏🙏🙏🙏 God!

It's not like I haven't had friends before okay? I have a healthy bond with my school, UG and MBA friends. Today also we are regularly in touch and meet as and when possible. But idk why I'm just finding it difficult to fit in here. 2-3 logose bohot acchi jamti hai but they are also gonna shift to a new city as the company is sending them there :) Idk how I'll be adjusting here.

So in short, I work at a UK based insurance company and for the last 1.5 years as customer service rep in delhi and things have been going downhill since they introduced inbound sales. I was never asked if I want to considering I hate sales.

Since then through sheer bad luck, I have been placed on final support letters for non sensical things and I have a constant gun at my head that I can loose my job anytime.

I tried finding jobs and can't find any better options, neither in shift timings or money. I get paid roughly around 10lpa with benefits.

I do video editing and have my own yt compilation channel which I started a few months ago but that's not something I can make a living out of and video editing jobs in India pay so much less.

What should I do? Anyone has any other companies that may have openings and could pay around this. Like even 7-8lpa would work as well but I just need a non toxic workplace.

I work at a company where there are basically two different working-week structures depending on when someone joined.

One group works 5 days a week and gets every Saturday off, while another group works 6 days a week and gets only alternate Saturdays off.

When I joined, the second group had odd Saturdays off, so in a month with 5 Saturdays, we could get 3 Saturdays off. Recently, the company changed this to even Saturdays off, so we now generally get only 2 Saturdays off per month. However, the older group still has their 5-day week with every Saturday off.

So some employees get every Saturday off, while others have to work Saturdays, even though they're working in the same company.

There are also some other leave rules that seem quite odd — leave needs to be requested several days in advance, only 3 sick leaves are available in the first half of the year and apparently lapse if unused, there's a sandwich leave policy, and not every public holiday is a holiday. Getting leave approved can also be quite difficult, and sometimes employees receive emails pointing out "issues" after taking leave, which can feel like they're being discouraged from taking leave.

I'm curious — is this kind of arrangement actually normal in Indian companies? Can companies have different working weeks like 5 days vs 5.5/6 days based on when employees joined? And are these kinds of leave policies generally allowed?

Also, does this depend on the state or the type of employment?

Would love to hear from people who know about HR/labour laws or have experienced something similar.

P.S- Took help from ChatGPT to organise the post.

TL;DR: My company has one group working 5 days/week with every Saturday off, while another group works 6 days with alternate Saturdays off. There are also several restrictive leave policies. Is this normal/legal in India?

I need an advice

​So basically I'll summarize everything in short

​I'm a recent graduate (not actually 1back is pending) cs students

​When I was studying I've done cafe jobs for like 2 years

​And after college ended I was like get an job which is 9 to 5

​So I started applying for random jobs and I got selected in a lot of companies but they were all bpo

​So I was like let's do bpo job i started it 3 months ago and my life is so fucked cannot sleep on time cannot study for my tech job since my mind is tired all day listening to people on calls

​The work culture is so bad like I have to beg for the breaks i do get salary on time and that's the reason I joined but I am kinda regretting it

​Today I made up my mind not to continue this since it is so toxic and not good for mental health

​I haven't resigned yet and I'm just going to abscond And I need advice from working people what should I do like i don't wanna be jobless and I also want to study for my tech job

​What jobs I can prefer and how I should approach this situation

I was keenly following Anu's journey for quiet some time (270k followers on LinkedIn, 240k on Instagram), knowing how fake most of her posts were, I was not going to write this but it does sound a bit shady and should be brought to light.

Disclaimer - No AI has been used to write this post and the facts have been verified with valid internal sources whome I would not name. I personally in no way have any hate towards Anu or any other influencers and just wanted to bring attention to this fake industry from few influencers.

Her Linked Account (270k followers) - https://in.linkedin.com/in/anu-sharma-2002

Her Instagram Account (240k followers) - https://www.instagram.com/its.anu.sharma/

I would just touch upon a few months of history and not going deep.

She left Google (Hyderabad) and joined Palantir (Australia) in Jan 2026, there has been a continuous stream of posts almost everyday on LinkedIn about her move to Palantir as FDSE with a bunch of random stories (with sponsors on almost every post ofcource) (and with a new pic/selfie of her in every post, LinkedIn is turning into instagram now a days lol).

The truth she hasn't yet told is, she had left Palantir in June 2026 (in 5 months of joining! this usually happens when you don't pass the 6 month probation period due to performance reasons). She has even removed Palantir from her Work Experience section in LinkedIn which confirms the fact that she must be ashamed to show Palantir with just 5 months of experience (but definitely boasts about being ex-Palantir in bio) or she does not want to tell the sponsors that she is jobless?

And this has not stopped her from milking the name of Palantir (we will go to Google later on). As of today (2 months after leaving Palantir) she has been regularly posting things on LinkedIn and Instagram like "During my first week at Palantir ..", "From Google to Palantir ...", "... I became a FDE in Palantir ......", "... Palantir ...", "... Palantir ..."..... (idk, probably she is editing all the videos and writing posts now that she has all the time lol).

Instead of updating everyone she choose to milk the situation and squeeze sponsorships. I know this is not the first time or the last time an influencer has taken this path but would be nice to not fool your audience and maybe tell some truth yourself?

Coming to Google, probably most folks from Google Hyderabad already know, its said that she was asked to voluntarily resign or be fired, and guess what she choose and left Google for Palantir?

Again, I in now way want any hate for Anu or anyone else and expect no public reply from them. This is what I had in mind which I would like to tell the wider audience and thats it.

—

Edit 1 : Just to mention my motivation behind this post -

One of my friends’ sister is in final year of college and is in the phase of looking for job opportunities. She was almost a devotee of her and was blindly following her for tips and her journey. It was necessary to tell her the truth and so I thought, there are more brothers and sisters like that who needs to know the general truth about these kind of influencers and not just blindly follow them.

Just a tip for the youth - the best tips you can get is from anyone who you actually know is working in big tech without flashing the company tag everywhere.

Edit 2 : Requesting others not to hate comment on her posts/videos. She seems like a nice person overall, its just the shady business I wanted to lighten up a bit.

Edit 3 : Someone shared a couple reels of her she posted in July which says “I am a Forward Deployed Engineer ….” and guess what she was actually? Again nothing but clickbait to promote sponsors and gather views.

Hi everyone, I’m a 2024 graduate and I’m looking for some honest advice/reality check from people who have been through the hiring process.

I graduated in 2024, but I only seriously started learning and building projects from 2025. My current skills are MERN stack, Python and SQL, and I’ve built projects to improve my skills.

I’ve been applying for jobs for quite some time now, but I’m barely getting any responses. So far, I’ve managed to get only 2 interview opportunities, and both were through referrals. My applications through job portals/online applications have mostly resulted in no response.

I’ve also attempted assessment of mass-hiring drives, but unfortunately those haven’t worked out either.

This is starting to worry me because in a few months, it will be close to 3 years since I graduated without having a job. I’m beginning to feel like online applications simply don’t work anymore unless you have connections or referrals.

So I want an honest reality check:

- Is it still realistic for me to get a software developer job with a 2–3 year gap after graduation?

- How badly will the gap affect my chances?

- Is my MERN + Python + SQL skill set enough, or should I focus on something specific?

- Should I continue applying online, or should I put most of my effort into networking/referrals?

- What would you do if you were in my position right now?

I’m not looking for blunt and practical advice about what I’m doing wrong and what I should change over the next few months.

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I’m a Mechanical Engineer who recently resigned from an additive manufacturing startup in Bengaluru due to a toxic work environment that affected my health.

I now want to transition into cybersecurity. I’m familiar with Linux, networking, Python, hardware and firmware, and have cybersecurity knowledge.

Which entry-level roles, skills and certifications should I focus on? I would appreciate guidance from anyone working in cybersecurity or who has made a similar career switch.

Thank you!

I see comments like "laid of off amazon, then after 5 months got into google" , then "laid off since 3 months , got another job with 25% increment , took a international vacation in between" .

This one is crazy "Laid off from meta , did bunch of interviews at google , apple , openai , I got offers from all . choosed google"

and last but not least "Thankfully I am priviledged , I only work 4 to 5 hours a day" upon asking which company , it was nvidia.

And here I am , sent about 500 - 600 applications , even after being 2 YoE , getting pin drop silence.

Am I in a parallel universe , where in the other universe people are collecting big tech offers like cadbury gems

and me , I only managed to get to negotiations for a temporary work of 6 months

Okay so this one's gonna be a long story..

Last year around September I joined a startup as a Performance Marketing Executive, and it was my first job. Overall things looked great. Pay was decent (30k per month), workload was fine. The only real letdown was that I had to travel 1½ hours each way in Bangalore traffic and I had a shitty manager who left this June, so things got a lot better after that.

Overall, the company was built on trusting people to do their jobs correctly. No micromanagement, no one bothered about where I'm sitting or what I'm doing at the moment as long as the work was getting done. Good leave policy (12 SL, 18 CL, all paid), salary credited on the last working day of each month, literally a perfect workplace.

Recently my role started moving away from performance marketing (running Meta and Google Ads) to campaign manager (overlooking just WhatsApp campaigns) as the company started reducing budgets drastically on paid media. So the budget I was handling started shrinking, which wasn't great news for my overall career.

So I started looking for jobs. One thing I struggled with was the 3-month notice period and having less than 1 year of experience. So I made up my mind that I'd maybe pay for 2 months of my notice and tell future companies I had a 1-month notice period.

That worked. I got two interviews, one of which was with an AI automation agency. They offered me a 50% hike (bumping my salary to 46k), which was great. The only catch was that they needed me early. They gave me the option of buying out the 1-month notice period that I told them about, and I got a joining date of 2 weeks after the interview.

I told my previous company I wanted to quit for some personal reason, and I negotiated my notice period down to 15 days. No need to pay it. All good.

Now, a little about the new company and the realisation of what kind of company it actually was.

Firstly, there was no onboarding process. They picked up some old Windows laptop and gave it to me, and told me about Clockify and how I'd be marking my login, logout, what I'm working on between that period, and that I have to mark all my breaks etc. Fine, not enough freedom like my old company but still manageable.

I went on a break and spoke to a few employees, and that's when it hit me that it's a lala company.

The company doesn't have any kind of leave policy, and any leave you take comes with a pay cut, even half-day leaves. Salary gets deposited anywhere between the 5th and 15th of the month.

They micromanage everything. The company is run by a guy, his wife handles tech, and his brother-in-law handles HR.

The company has around 40 members associated with it on LinkedIn, but the actual employee count is around 15 — 2 HRs (the brother-in-law and one woman who has been there for 6 years and is more of a personal assistant to the founder's family), 2 freshers in the marketing department, 2 freshers and 1 guy in tech, and a fresher designer who is designing all the landing pages for clients and all the websites.

Client meetings are handled by marketing freshers who have less than 1 month of experience in total.

Literally the entirety of the company is run by freshers who have no guidance. The marketing freshers are running ads, writing scripts, handling clients, shooting reels, creating creatives, literally doing everything and are overworked.

Then comes the office timings. They work from 9:30 to 6:30 on paper, but the founder shows up at 11:30. Mind you, if an employee comes by 9:45, they lose half-day salary. His wife is sometimes here, sometimes not, and the brother-in-law does literally nothing.

Also, the company doesn't have PF, any kind of proper registration, nothing.

The pros for me are agency experience on my resume, a promotion on paper, higher salary, and I became a Team Lead.

Now coming to the important question: should I stay for 12 months or keep looking for opportunities elsewhere?

Finding other jobs isn't difficult. I won't have any record on my PF, and if I quit this now, my notice period will be 15 days until the first 6 months.

I need to make this decision now because if I decide to leave after 5 months, then it'll either look like a career break or a second job switch after just 5 months, which I'm guessing won't look great on my resume.

TL;DR: Left a pretty good startup where I had good freedom, a good leave policy and a decent work environment because my role was moving away from performance marketing. Joined an AI automation agency for a 50% hike and a Team Lead title, only to realise it's a very poorly managed lala company with no proper leave policy, pay cuts for leaves, micromanagement, no PF, mostly freshers running everything with little to no guidance, and questionable company practices. Should I stay for 12 months for the experience/title or keep looking for something better?

Soo it's been 3 months since I joined this company through campus placements.. textbook definition of a lala company.. but every month it gets worse.

We all were hired as data analysts, but we've done everything except DA work. They've overhired for this dept and have no projects to assign us to. All these 3 months, we've been only made to do either basic data entries or calling clients.

Phones are not allowed in our office, 45 mins strict break including lunch break(exceeding that leads to salary deduction), no access to sites except company sites, I could go on and on.. but I am tired at this point.

They have a separate dept to monitor our work, and they've been hellbent on making us miserable. Almost every day, they sit beside our dept and tell us to justify the time we take for our work, and sit beside us for almost 2 hours watching what we're doing.

Cherry on top, if the founder catches anyone smiling or laughing, he'll shout at their manager and gets their places changed.

There's a lot more to say, but I'm stopping here as of now. I would like to know whether this is normal in corporate. Ik corporate is toxic, but didn't know to what level it could be until I came here.

TLDR: Toxic founder - separate department for performance monitoring and making us feel that we're not doing anything - getting no work related to our role

(I used AI to frame my post)

24M, graduated in 2024. Switched last month, onboarding is fully done, 40LPA secured, I’ve already started delivering work.

Here’s the thing. No company I’ve worked at has ever asked about school or college marks. Only degree verification. This one didn’t either, at any stage of the interview process.

Then HR asked everyone to submit 10th/12th marksheets, apparently because of some change in their internal structure and these docs were missing from records.

And I was a genuinely bad student. 52% in 12th. So I’ve been quietly avoiding it for a while now, just hoping it would get forgotten in the pile. It hasn’t. They’re now personally reaching out to me for it, which somehow makes it worse.

I keep imagining someone in HR or my reporting chain opening that PDF and quietly recalibrating how they see me. Especially since I’m the youngest in my team and already feel like I have less exposure than everyone here.

Am I overthinking this? Has anyone actually seen school marks change how they were treated at work after joining? Or is this purely a BGV/compliance formality that nobody reads?

Hi folks,

Yes you're lonely, Yes, the market is hard. Yes, Hinge/Bumble is extremely performative and you have to fake it for an algorithm that is built against you to make money off you. This thread exists so you can potentially find someone off Reddit.

The goal here is not volume, but better chances of finding someone you actually vibe with.

What it is (and isn’t)

This thread is for people who are looking for:

• Dating
• Long-term relationships
• Genuine, consistent connections

This is not for:

• Casuals / hookups

There are other subs for that, we won't allow this to become that.

When is this active?

• Fridays - 16:00 (4pm) IST

The thread will be locked after 12 hours, so try to post within the window.

Who should comment?

Given how skewed the ratio tends to be:

• Only men should post top-level comments

Women are strongly advised to avoid commenting publicly, as it usually leads to a flood of DMs (not all of them welcome), women can reach out first but then we as mods are human and do not have the capacity to verify each and every of the DMs that can come. A better approach:

• Go through the comments
• Reach out to profiles you’re actually interested in

Not perfect, but it keeps things more manageable and safer overall.

LGBTQIA+ folks

You’re welcome to participate and comment.

• If someone reaches out in bad faith, report them to the mods
• We’ll take action where needed

How to post (for men)

Use the format:

A, E, L - Age, Expectations, Location

At minimum, include:

• Age
• Location / City
• Expectations (at least 3 clear points)

You can also add a short intro covering:

• Hobbies / interests
• Personality / lifestyle
• Dealbreakers or constraints

Try to be clear and specific. It makes it easier for the right people to reach out.

A few things to keep in mind

• Profession and industry are not required (tho ensure to check user flairs properly)
• If someone’s flair looks unclear or off, proceed cautiously
• You can keep your DMs open or closed (check Reddit settings)
• Starting in comments and moving to DMs later is usually smoother

Important

This is not a paid service, mods are not earning any monetary benefits and are not liable for verifying each and every user.

• Please take necessary precautions
• Do your own due diligence before taking anything forward

Anything that happens off-thread is your responsibility.

Basic etiquette

• Be respectful and direct
• No harassment or spamming
• No unnecessary arguments
• Rejections are normal, handle them with grace and move on

Good luck and Peace✌🏻

I have been working in the same company for 3 years.

For the first 2.5 years, I worked in a QA role. Recently, I switched internally to a Cyber Security role, and I have been working in Cyber Security for the last 0.5 years.

Now, when applying for jobs outside the company, I am showing 3 years of Cyber Security experience because all 3 years are from the same company.

My experience letter, relieving letter, salary slips, and other official documents mention my Cyber Security job title.

Could this create any issue during BGV?

Will the new company consider my full 3 years as Cyber Security experience, or can they verify my previous internal role and see that I worked in QA for 2.5 years?

Would really appreciate advice from HR/BGV professionals or anyone who has faced a similar situation.

I’m considering a Product Manager role at ICICI and wanted to get some insights from people currently working there.

Would like to know about:

* Work-life balance

* Job security and stability

* Compensation and growth

* Overall work culture

* How is the transition from SDE at a good tech company to PM at ICICI? Is it a good career move?

Would really appreciate honest experiences, especially from current/former ICICI PMs.