20% of my job has become denying the fake news that spreads on Grapevine - Gaurav Munjal

Is this a good thing or bad?

Is this just me or others also think that nowadays all news on startups and companies are coming from grapeviner’s post? Good old journalism is dead and most startup’s journalist are using grapevine posts to write scoops on startups. Sometime without checking and citing anonymous sources. As soon as a new grapevine get posted, within hours it is all over the news. Dear Journalist friends, if nothing atleast give some credit to grapevine in your stories 😉

Seeing the salary discussion happening among unicorn and top tier tech co. employees, i must confess I get anxiety everytime I check into this app. Like wtf. Am in this co. happily slogging for last 5 yrs getting 18LPA even though I have total experience of 12 yrs working in Privacy and compliance solutioning team. Now i feel like I have been living under a rock. Am already thinking of hopping in April, that's when my promotion, hike and bonus will be settled 😉 Wherever i land next i am sure I will spend another 5 yrs minimum, coz I will be logging out from here. I blame you folks for killing the innocence out of me.

this government wants to control everything: why are they so insecure ?

This is an interesting trend fully driven by VCs/board

Last month, someone on Grapevine commented with a cryptic message, revealing my workplace. Scary part, I have not mentioned it anywhere on the internet. No one knows except my immediate family. And then, they deleted the comment. But I was frantic and scared, overanalyzing all the conversations where I may have overshared. Was actively building my personal brand on LinkedIn and Twitter, but that came to a complete stop. I reached out to Grapevine support, who, apart from providing support, taught me a new Gen Z word: 'doxxing' (yeah, call me a boomer) I did find the leak in my 'anonymous' plan - I was hiring writers and had spoken with three who reached out through Grapevine. Now, can we get to the good part? A month later, I have spoken to more than double that number. Not hiring now, but conceptualizing ideas. I have a fitness buddy (who works out and I cheer), working on business ideas that started right here, and I'm looking forward to meeting more people (and probably grabbing some gigs). I am finally enjoying being on Grapevine, not worried about hiding my identity with Biryani. Image: This is what ChatGPT had to say about the incident, and I couldn't agree more. P.S. I don't share my workplace because 1. It's still probation, and 2. I work with a small team, hence I can be easily identified.

Hey Folks, Happy Friday! Hope the week was awesome for most of you and bearable for others. Grapevine had about over 600 posts in the last week. Thought of sharing some of the best ones to make for a nice weekend reading. Here’s a recap of the best moments on Grapevine: 1) Linkedin Gyaanis should be Banned by @AvgRasmalaiEnjoyer : Some of the funniest stuff we read this week, some harsh truth bombs were dropped all over 💣 https://share.gvine.app/9NpDNLwGMsQXbwhy9 2) Is rags to riches real ? Anyone on Grapevine changed his financial status drastically ? by @RashOrient64 : The most heart warming comment section ever, some of the most inspiring stories of growth and people who have made it in their own way 📈 https://share.gvine.app/EpFH97nngeJMtL1f6 3) Comment “Overpaid” and get some gyaan by @salt : @salt does it again with the meme of the week 🥴 https://share.gvine.app/i16Rgyqt2htruBUU6 4) Recruiters are Wylin by @BlandMetal88 : Nothing much to see here folks, the best of Linkedin Cringe continues to be pretty cringy 😬 https://share.gvine.app/MkNJUEDf9Yb5yQc18 5) Where are you working from? by @ElomDusk himself : Top Poll of the Week, almost 76% of the users are either purely working from home or hybrid - I think this might be why we see continued activity on Grapevine 🤣 https://share.gvine.app/UFFRTPKF3M9APbuD9 There’s more, but I’m calling it a week. Feel free to share your best moments in the comments below or add if I ended up missing something major 🙈 Have a great weekend everyone! :)