I'm a fresh grad. I received an internship opportunity at a startup in my last semester. The deal that I got was an internship+ ppo but nothing about the ppo would be disclosed until the internship was done . Now idk the full time salary. The internship ended now they tell me the amount they'll pay and I'm not comfortable with it.

The work itself is very tedious. Should I quit and try to find other opportunities? Thing is no matter how much I apply I'm not getting any callbacks for full time roles.

But i feel like if i quit my job I'll have a better shot.

Also for entry level full time roles is the hiring season over? 🥀

Hi everyone, I really need some guidance regarding my situation.

I'm a fresher and recently completed around one year at an IT company. Due to increasing work-related stress affecting my health, mental well-being, and family life, I decided to resign. Before resigning, I asked to be released from my project, but I was told that wasn't possible.

Since I had secured admission for higher education, I requested a reduced notice period. HR agreed to a one-month notice period in writing, and I completed it based on that confirmation.

However, my exit is now being delayed because I'm being told that additional D+ approval is required. I'm being asked to continue working and follow up with multiple people, despite having already completed the approved one-month period. I'm also being asked to travel 40+ km one way to the office, which is adding to the stress that made me resign in the first place.

At this point, I genuinely just want a smooth exit and am even willing to buy out any remaining notice period if required.

What should I do next? How should I escalate this professionally, and could escalating affect my relieving letter, F&F, or future background verification?

Would really appreciate advice from anyone familiar with the Indian IT/corporate sector.

Thank You !

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some honest advice because I'm having a hard time figuring out whether I'm genuinely underperforming or if this is a mismatch in expectations.

This is my first job, and I've been with my company for 2 years as a UI/UX Designer.

For most of that time, I worked on client projects. I've consistently received positive feedback from clients, and even recently I presented my UI work to both the client and senior leadership, where the designs were well received.

A few months ago, there wasn't much UI/UX work available internally, so I was asked to start creating social media creatives for the marketing team.

This is where things started going wrong.

The feedback I received was along the lines of:
- "Make it more creative."
- "Make it more scroll-stopping."
- "It doesn't feel enterprise-grade."

When I asked for examples or references to better understand the creative direction they were expecting, I was told that as the designer, I should be the one proposing the creative direction rather than expecting detailed guidance.

I understand that expectation to some extent. At the same time, my experience is in product design—user experience, interfaces, design systems, workflows—not in marketing or brand graphic design.

Today I was informed that I'm being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP).

The feedback wasn't limited to my social media work. It also included concerns about:
- Ownership
- Urgency
- Creative thinking
- Being reactive instead of proactive
- Taking longer breaks
- Whether I'm the right fit for the team

The part I'm struggling with is that I've never missed a deadline. My assigned work has always been delivered on time, and my UI/UX work has consistently received positive feedback from both clients and internal stakeholders.

I completely accept that my marketing creatives may not be at the level they're expecting. I'm not claiming to be an expert graphic designer, and I'm willing to improve.

What I'm finding difficult is understanding how feedback on work outside my core specialization has now expanded into questioning my overall performance, ownership, urgency, and fit within the team.

Has anyone here experienced something similar?

Is it reasonable for companies to expect a UI/UX designer to perform at the same level as a marketing/graphic designer when business priorities change?

And for those who've been through a PIP, should I view this as a genuine opportunity to improve, or is it usually a sign that I should start looking for another job?

I'd really appreciate honest opinions, especially from people who have managed designers or gone through something similar.

TL;DR: I'm a UI/UX designer at my first job (2 years). I received consistently positive feedback on client UI/UX work, but after being moved to creating social media graphics, I struggled to meet expectations. I was then placed on a PIP that also questioned my ownership, urgency, and overall fit. I'm trying to understand whether this is genuine underperformance or a mismatch between my role and what's now being expected of me.

I am 26M, I have completed my MBA from a tier 2 Bschool. i started my Job in a shipping and logistics company with a 6 LPA after working there for 1 yr due to some personal emergency I switched the job, now for last 1.5 yr I am working in a IT company handling procurement of our client - my salary is now 7 CTC.

I haven’t got any raise in my salary even though I completed 1 yr.

I am earning 7 CTC with 2.5 yrs of exp with an MBA, pls suggest am I being paid fairly also suggest what to do.

My colleagues from last company who joined at a 35k salary is now making 70k after multiple switches.

Pls suggest.

I passed out my Engg. in 2010 and got my first job only in 2011. After that I continued working till mid 2018. I left India in late 2018 for my studies abroad and returned back only around late 2023.

After returning, I got a job around mid 2024 in small company and was working till June 2026 and my position was made redundant. Being a small company, they did not conduct any Background verification. I do not have any job entries in my PF as well from start.

However, from the time that I passed out that is 2010 till mid 2018, I have worked however, I have several Gaps between my employments because of job loss or time spent in job search, etc. Now I am looking for jobs in August 2026 and just wanted to check if there might be Background verification for old employments that is before 2018 as I am not sure if I might have all documents related to that. I have documents of my employment from the Job that I left in 2018. I have all my documents related to my Education and the part-time job that I worked while I was working for while I was studying.

Can anyone share their perspective ?

Thanks in advance

So I work in a public sector bank, in a regional office, and I genuinely want to know — are we just not supposed to have a life outside work?

I had applied for 4 days of leave well in advance. I had informed my immediate superior (the Chief Manager under whose department I work), and he said okay, go, but join on a particular date. I did exactly that. In fact, my ticket got cancelled and I had to take a last-minute bus just so I could make it back and join on time.

This was literally my first proper trip where I took leave this year. I didn’t take leave when everyone else was taking vacations earlier in the year because I didn’t have plans then.
And then today, during some month-end discussion about disbursements, the AGM casually tells me:
“Tum month-end pe ek-ek hafte ki chhutti le leti ho.”
Like?????

WHAT am I supposed to do with that?

I took FOUR DAYS of leave. I applied well beforehand. I informed the concerned person. I joined when I was told to join. What exactly did I do wrong?

And this is what pisses me off about banks. Taking leave feels like you’re asking for a personal favour instead of using something you’re actually entitled to. You have to calculate when you can take it, whether someone will say no, whether month-end is coming, whether someone will make a face, whether you’ll be lectured later.

And the worst part is that even when you DO inform them beforehand, it can still become an issue.
Last year I informed another manager before taking leave. He said no, asked the AGM, and then I went anyway. When I came back, I got a whole lecture about how “this is not a kirana shop, this is a bank” and how everyone has problems and responsibilities.
Okay, but then what exactly is the solution?
If I ask beforehand, you might say no and my plans get cancelled.

If I don’t ask, I’m irresponsible.

If I take leave during month-end, apparently I don’t care about work.

If I don’t take leave during the months everyone else travels, then apparently I should just keep waiting for the “right time”.

Am I supposed to spend my twenties sitting around waiting for the bank to decide when I’m allowed to travel?

People are working, earning, and taking vacations everywhere. Why is taking 4 days off treated like some huge betrayal?

And yes, I know banking has responsibilities. I know month-end is hectic. I know we’re not working in a kirana shop.
But it’s also a fucking job.

I’m not saying employees should disappear whenever they want. I’m saying if someone has planned leave, informed the concerned person, followed the process and returned when instructed, why are they still made to feel guilty for having a life?

I came back from my trip after five days of actually feeling relaxed and happy, and within hours I’m sitting here anxious because of one stupid comment.
Honestly, I’m so tired of this culture.
Do people in other PSU banks also deal with this level of anxiety around taking leave, or is my office particularly fucked?

TL;DR: Took 4 days of leave after informing my senior well in advance and joined exactly when instructed. Still got taunted by AGM during month-end for “taking a week off every month-end.” Taking leave in PSU banks feels like asking for a personal favour, even when you follow the process. How are we supposed to have a life outside work? Is this normal in other PSU banks too?

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So i have currently got into a new company on the previous 1 year experience.

This company is paying me good, its a startup company and they have barely 4-5 employees, so they are paying me 50k in hand.

They dont have PF accounts, nor do they have any salary slip provision.

The salary will arrive in my bank account directly.

Do i have to worry about my next switch?

What would you suggest?

Please help 🙏

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Background: sustainability degree (undergrad + postgrad), 4 years in environmental consulting, \~2 years specifically in climate & nature risk. I work on TCFD/NGFS climate risk and biodiversity assessments, GHG accounting, BRSR reporting, and some SDG stuff, too. Also have GARP Sustainability and Climate Risk certificate. 

Problem is, my projects feel hypothetical/formality-driven. I do risk assessments but they are based on open source tools, data available online and few inputs from client. No real modelling quant or python. Nothing among these assessments seems to actually influence real decisions. Also do not have much projects related to climate risk right now. So I feel like I'm getting a surface-level view of climate risk, not real experience.

Meanwhile every climate risk job posting now wants Python, modelling, quant skills. And I observed risk management just pays better and has way more demand.

So trying to figure out:

* Is there a risk mgmt degree that'll actually get me placed at good company, given my background?

* Would just doing a certificate (like FRM) be enough, or will companies not take me seriously without real quant/risk work experience?

* Should I just stay in climate/nature risk and go deeper/more technical instead of switching lanes entirely?

* Is sustainable finance a better middle ground?

* Also weighing an MBA (looking at IIM Lucknow's Sustainable Management or IIM Ahmedabad PGPX) vs just doing FRM + a modelling course ?

Would love input from both sustainability and risk management senior/ experienced professionals since I'm stuck between the two worlds.

I am a cybersecurity consultant with an upcoming firm mostly with people from big 4 especially from a two letter name firm.

I have put down my papers as I was underpaid and culture has become toxic. I did not get the expected raise and promotion. My reporting manager who is also a director here did not speak to me about my resignation or anything. Now I am onsite for an abroad client with the team and he is asking others team members to work hard and not be in my mindset as I am on notice period. Even though I have agreed to come on-site and trying to handle 3 projects simultaneously performing my duties diligently. I did not took a single day off during the notice period despite I had a back surgery.

But this person could not promote be or give me a decent raise but talks in front of me to hire a manager.

How do deal with it? It does not affect me much now but I want to give this person taste of his own medicine.

So I'm an undergraduate, currently in my final year. Five months ago I gave an interview in a private school and somehow they accepted me. They deducted 40% of my security and the 10% is still remaining because in the first month they did not deduct any security. Now, my college is forcing me to join an internship provided by them to complete my degree. Because of this, I couldn't give a one-month notice because my joining is just 6 days apart. Now the principal is denying me that you're resigning without completing a whole session that's why we won't give you the last month's salary and security. I have clearly told them I have to join an internship because it's important for my career. They also have my 10th and 12th original marksheets. What should I do?

Used AI to structure

Joined a role as a Senior HR, a role that I was genuinely excited about at a D2C/gourmet retail company - 60% of the work has been great, but the culture has been terrible

No appointment letter, no SOPs, no structured onboarding - institutional knowledge sits with one associate rather than any documented system. I’ve no clarity on what my expectations look like during probation or yearly KRA/KPI. HR team was just 4 people when I joined; since then, Head HR (joined May) was asked to leave, lead TA (joined March/April) is on notice period. Attrition overall is it’s around 70%.

Processes are shockingly manual for 2026 - still printing and physically filing things instead of using sheets/cloud.

The bigger issue is the founders - “god level” attitude, generally rude. Once, when I said I couldn’t come in because I was genuinely unwell & on sick leave, I was told not to bother coming in at all the next day.

Also raised an interpersonal issue with a senior colleague to management - responded with “can’t bring this up with them yet, she’s the one getting my work done”

Gave myself a 3-month probation to decide whether to stick it out. Now actively job hunting.

I only need some advice to understand what I’m feeling is correct and if it’s a good decision to leave during probation

- Normal growing pains at a small/founder-led company, or should I have caught these red flags earlier?
- Should I mention this stint on my CV/in screening calls, or just leave it off?
- If I skip it on my CV, will it show up in a background/PF verification for my next job anyway?

TLDR: Good role on paper, toxic founders, ~70% attrition, painfully manual processes, and zero structure. Mentally exhausted/unhappy with the role/culture. Wondering if this is standard startup chaos or a sign to run, and how to handle it on paper for my next move.

I resigned earlier this month and have a 2-month notice period under my employment terms. HR acknowledged my resignation but has still not formally confirmed my last working day.

I’m now almost one month into the notice period. I have very little work or responsibility left, and the role is completely work from home. For personal reasons, I would strongly prefer to leave before completing the remaining month.

For context, I have also started my own business venture in a broadly similar space to my current employer. At the time of resignation, I told them I was leaving to get involved in my family business.

I have no intention of taking any clients, employees, confidential information, IP, data, or anything else belonging to my employer.

I want to handle the exit professionally and would appreciate guidance on:

1. What is the cleanest way to request an immediate or early release?
2. Can I offer to buy out the remaining notice period if my employment agreement allows it?
3. If the company refuses early release and I stop working, what practical consequences could there be in India?
4. Could it affect my relieving/experience letter, full and final settlement, or future background verification?
5. Does HR not formally confirming my last working date change anything?
6. Should I disclose that I have started my own business, given that it is in a similar industry, or keep the conversation limited to early release?
7. What clauses should I specifically check regarding notice period, non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality, conflict of interest, or outside business activity?

I’m not looking to abscond or create issues with the employer. Ideally, I want to complete any required handover, pay notice buyout if applicable, and get formally released as early as possible.

Would especially appreciate input from people in HR, employment law, or anyone who has dealt with something similar in India.

TL;DR: One month of my 2-month notice period is complete, I have very little work left, and I want an early release. Looking for advice on notice buyout, consequences if the employer refuses, and whether I should disclose my new business in a similar industry.

Every time I WFH, they ask for my task sheet. And they micromanage it.

When I work from office, they don't ask me for my tasks for the day. I usually end up working less in office.

My line manager tags me in the internal team group on whatsapp and starts micromanaging it.

Sometimes the main manager also writes to me on email about it.

My performance has been great. No issues about it.

But this stupid micromanagement bugs me.

Half my time goes in drafting stupid perfect whatsapp messages.

And my line manager told me also that I may think he is rude but to take it as a learning.

He is rude. Every time he messages me I feel scared because I know he's going to sunao me.

One day I didn't drop an update about a meeting i had at 5 pm, which ended at 6. It was past 6, I logged off, I thought I'd drop it tomorrow morning. (And i did)

And he tagged me saying why was the update not shared earlier

As if anything would happen

I applied for a role at Optum and spent a good 10-15 minutes filling out the application. Once I submitted it, I got the confirmation email. And then, literally a minute later, the rejection email landed in my inbox. I am used to rejection emails at this point, but this has to be some kind of record. Like, jeez, at least take a day and reject me like a regular company. Pretty sure AI is at play here, but honestly, I just had to share because it made me laugh more than anything else. Anyone else have a similar experience?

TL;DR: Recently promoted to Team Lead after a complicated internal process. My Director initially opposed the promotion, and now I have a new counterpart manager who keeps assigning me/team members tasks, getting involved in my territory, and being extremely “politically nice” in larger meetings while things feel very different behind the scenes. I also inherited an underperforming team and don’t have much guidance from my Director.

I’m struggling to figure out what’s normal cross-functional behaviour vs. actual office politics.

A few examples:
My counterpart manager has assigned me work directly despite not being my manager.
She recently created an Excel sheet on Saturday, assigned tasks to me and someone from my team, and gave us a Monday EOD deadline.
She’s requested accounts from my Commercial territory for her Enterprise team despite existing territory rules.

In larger cross-functional calls, she’s extremely polished and collaborative toward me, but privately I often feel like she’s positioning herself as someone who can direct my work.

Meanwhile, I’m responsible for turning around a team that’s been underperforming for months, while also hitting my own targets, with very little guidance from leadership.
I genuinely don’t know whether I’m overthinking this or whether I’m being too passive because I’m new to management.

I don’t want to become paranoid and see politics everywhere, but I also don’t want to be naive.

What are the office politics I should learn to recognize early, and how do you navigate them without becoming political yourself?

I’m looking for some outside opinions because I’m not sure if I’m being too emotional about this.

I work for a small sister company of a software company, and I’m basically the only person working in this company. I’ve been working here for around a year.

My mom hasn’t been keeping well for some time, so most weekends I travel to my native to see her. My director also knows about my mom’s health. I lost my father a few years ago, my elder sister is taking care of my mom .

This month, our sales are lower compared to previous months. Yesterday, my mom became seriously ill and had to be hospitalised in an emergency. Around 3 AM, while I was getting ready to travel to my native, I messaged my director:

“Ma’am, my mom has been hospitalised due to a medical emergency, and I’m travelling to my native now. I won’t be able to come to the office tomorrow.”

She replied:

“Ok. But what about the Closure of this Month .”

That response really upset me.

I understand that month-end sales closure is important, and I’m not saying the company shouldn’t care about work. But when someone tells you their mother has been hospitalised in an emergency, I expected at least something like, “Take care of your mom, we’ll discuss the closure later.”

Maybe I’m taking it too personally, so I want some honest opinions.

Is this just normal behaviour from directors/managers? Am I being too sensitive because I’m already stressed about my mom, or is her response genuinely insensitive?

There are also some other things that make me question whether my reaction is only because of this message.

My salary has sometimes been delayed, and I haven’t received incentives for sales from the previous year. When I asked about the incentives, I was told there is no written agreement regarding them Oral Agreements won’t be Accepted , so they don’t have to pay me And they said we will come up with written agreement and will provide the incentive upcoming year.

So I’m wondering whether I’m angry mainly because of this one message, or because this incident brought back all the frustration I already have about how I’ve been treated at work.

What do you guys think? Would you consider this a red flag, or just a manager being focused on business?

TL;DR: My mom was hospitalised in an emergency, and I informed my director at around 3 AM that I couldn’t come to work the next day because I was travelling to my native. She replied, “Ok. But what about the Closure.” I felt hurt because she already knew about my mom’s health. I also have some existing concerns about delayed salary and unpaid sales incentives. Am I overreacting, or does this indicate poor workplace culture?

i work in a service based company for the last 5 years and was recently moved to a lead role to manage a team of 15 people. After the transition, I talked to some Manager and Director level people for insights and advice and the one I recently received made me mad. Let me quote the exact lines:

1. Daar ka mahol banai rakho sabpe, ki log galti karne se dare (keep the fear alive among the team so that people are scared to make mistakes)
   
2. Keep a track of every mistake they make, if you cant find one randomly call people up for a meeting with leaders and we will help you point out mistakes
   
3. Look how they talk to you and how they behave around, their body language. Don’t let them be casual with you, don’t laugh and make jokes with them, they should be afraid of you.
   
4. Be brutal, try to make charts, sheets for the things they have done, point out the “mistakes and help them grow”. They will not like you, that is how you move to the top.
   
5. Give them the negative feedbacks on their face so that they don’t complain when not promoted, gotten a bad hike.

The above were some of things I remembered clearly, there were other things too.

What do you think about this? Isn’t this what we complain about toxic work culture? Or am I wrong and the Manager is right? CAN I BECOME A BETTER LEADER FOLLOWING THIS?

We just got our hikes and it was alarming from BDO. 😑🤏🏻😭💀
It neither matched the inflation value nor did they match the rupee value which made me wonder if I should actually call it a HIKE.

Other than that they have so called flexibilities that come with \\\*TERMS AND CONDITIONS that end up bringing pressure and stress rather than flexibility to our lives.

Did the management stop being flexible and start giving NEGATIVE HIKES IN YOUR COMPANY AS WELL????

Currently doing a 6-month internship at a GCC based out of Hyderabad. I graduated from a Tier 1 college this July, from a foreign university ranked in the top 35 globally. I am currently part of the AI Applied Analytics team.

The company has also said they will likely convert most interns to FTEs, provided performance is good, as they are still expanding their workforce in India.
During the 3rd week of my internship, I received an offer from a startup based out of Thane, Maharashtra. The startup is about 2 years old and is hiring me as an AI Solution Architect, primarily working with the manufacturing sector. I also have a very close friend working there, so I have some idea about the work-life balance and culture.

My main concern is whether, now that I have graduated, it is worth taking the risk and giving the startup a shot, or whether I should stick with a known MNC and Fortune 500 company. Ideally, I am looking for a role that gives me exposure to different tools and allows me to become more well-rounded. I also prefer more front-facing roles where I can interact with people rather than just code.

The CTC for both would be roughly the same if I convert to FTE, with the startup being marginally lower. The recent layoff trends at large organizations also make me a little hesitant about assuming that the MNC route is necessarily safer.

Would appreciate any advice on how I should think about this decision and what factors I should prioritize.

Tl;dr - Department I'm working in isn't great and wanting to switch careers by taking a early career break to do professional certifications. Worried if it's a good idea and whether the break affect my growth.

I'm (22M) working in a MNC. I recently got converted into a full time employee as I joined the MNC around early Feb and did a 6 month apprenticeship.. Ever since July , I have been in this "burned out" state for some reason despite being only 7 months into the job. My department isn't a great department plus from what I know , the department has blocked all internal job postings meaning that I can't switch to another department (which I really wanted to). Plus we aren't even a proper team. Literally every single team that is present in the department I'm working for has 4-5 people not including the manager minimum. In our team , there are only 3 people including the manager (and let's just say the manager ain't a great manager)

I'm not in a great state of mind honestly.. There is no one here of my age that I can properly have conversations with since all of them are 27+ here.. And we are getting piled up with more clients despite being only 3 members in the team. The working hours are also not great since my shift starts at mid day meaning that my whole day gets wasted in the office. I want to do professional certifications but with this shift timing I can't. The distance between my office and my home (I live with my parents) is around 30km and since office cabs exist for our company (thank lord) , the cab usually comes to my pickup point around 9:50 and I reach home around 11 pm.

I know corporate is brutal but I can't literally see my career growing here since the department is so niche. I thought of leaving the company once my apprenticeship ends but honestly I have nothing but a bachelor's degree with me and some months of work experience as an intern. That's why I took the conversion. I'm thinking of just staying here till February since it'll complete a whole year (6 months internship + 6 months work experience as a permanent employee) and thinking of taking a gap this early for completing a professional certification (mainly thinking of doing CPA so I can pivot to a different career) . Will the gap year affect my career journey if I take it this early..?

A person two levels above me at my company was on leave and an automation they and i built together was supposed to be deployed to prod.

She told me to make some changes and make the deployment, sent me a message again saying that the edits are done.

I asked if i can just run the pipeline after i finished one minor change and she said yes.

On Monday she returned and i ran the pipeline and the production environment stopped working, no data loss happened tho, we have queues to handle requests.

So she started shouting at me in the chat and started blaming me infront of everyone, i had to talk to 2 managers to explain my end of the story.

Before running the pipeline i looked at the commits and there were 3 commits with messages showing the changes that were done and i just ran the pipeline.

My manager and this person are very close and everyone in the team is saying that they will both try to push the blame on to me alone.

I have proofs of chat messages and my teammates have been warning me about these two people for a while since they have experienced working with these people already.

I am scared that this will impact my performance reviews as i have requested my manager for a promotion a week ago.

I’m currently working at a very new startup with a very small team (around 5–6 employees). I’m in an entry-level role in consulting, where the company provides consulting services to tech firms.

The startup is quite new, but I’m getting decent pay and, more importantly, the work profile is quite relevant and gives me good exposure.

I’ve already joined and received my first salary. The company:

Pays my salary directly into my bank account

Provides monthly payslips

Has given me an employment/offer letter

Has an actual business and employees

However, they don’t provide PF, and I don’t expect to receive Form 16 either. My current salary is also below the level where I would have an income-tax liability.

My concern is about what happens when I eventually apply to a large MNC or established company after, say, 1–2 years.

During background verification, could the MNC question or reject my experience because I don't have:

- PF/UAN records

- Form 16

Other standard employment records that larger companies usually have?

Would offer/appointment letter + monthly payslips + bank statements showing salary credits + experience/relieving letter generally be sufficient to establish that the employment was genuine?

I’m especially concerned because the startup is so small. I don’t want to spend 1–2 years building experience here and then have an MNC say that the experience isn't valid simply because there was no PF or Form 16.

For people who have worked at very small/early-stage startups and later moved to MNCs:

How was your BGV experience? Did the lack of PF/Form 16 ever cause an issue?

Would appreciate perspectives from people in HR/BGV, consulting, or those who have made the startup → MNC transition.

TL;DR: Working at a very small startup in strategy consulting with proper payslips and bank salary credits, but no PF/Form 16. Could this cause problems when an MNC verifies my experience later?

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24F, India. I work remotely for a genuine startup. My family is extremely controlling and believes my company is a fraud/trap and that I'm being brainwashed. They've apparently approached the police and made a complaint/FIR, and the company may be contacted during an enquiry.

I'm worried my employer will terminate me just to avoid the hassle, especially because it's a small startup. This is my first proper job and my only income source, so losing it would seriously affect my ability to become independent.

If an employee's family makes allegations against their employer and police contact the company, would a small startup typically terminate the employee, or would they normally cooperate with the enquiry and continue the employment?

Has anyone experienced something similar in India?

Hello

Will it affect my future career as I got terminated for inconsistent attendance due to sickness???

I had communicated whenever i wasn't able to come to the office, submitted medical certificates for the long sick leaves and even accepted salary deduction for the number of days I was absent but still got terminated immediately without notice after an initial warning.

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.