Just Grateful 😇

I’m thankful to my manager in my first company for showing me the way and the lead who gave me a chance.

Hello Grapeviners So I guess I hit the mid-life career crisis and finally resigned from Microsoft abruptly yesterday. Reasons for resignation: 1. I am saturated with my work and feel out of fuel now. 2. No Pay Raise or Stocks since 2 years. 3. No Promo in last 2 years even after being a top performer and winning multiple awards and accolades. 4. Was promised by my manager that I will be promoted in Feb but now he/she quotes budget. What my manager says: 1. You have a valid L1B, don't resign. 2. Says you will get the promo in September but now it is not possible. Please Note: I resigned abruptly without any offers in hand. I guess managers think that folks who have L1B won't resign so their promo can be delayed. Just wanted to share with the the community. Thanks 🙏

So I am working at a startup for around a year now. Everyday I see, it feels, what am I really doing? Where is the life headed? Doing bare minimum or doing your tasks and fucking off isn't enough. It's expected that we outgrow constantly, as if it's this work that we can always think about and nothing else. At the end, am wondering if it's still worth it? 1 day it feels that let's just quit it! Next day I feel, okay, I do want the money. I ain't looking for suggestions here, just wanted to see if anyone else felt this way

Relaxing for a couple of months.

Got an offer from one of the top 5 FMCG brands with way better pay. I learned a very important lesson of being patient. I was about to resign that day but you guys talked some sense into me to not quit without offer. Happily put in my papers today Context: https://share.gvine.app/3dFd8PTrJEnwF1J29

I joined TCS 3yrs ago and since then I couldn't switch. I am planning since last year March but actually not able to work on it. Even I couldn't apply actively. Currently I am involved in a role which has nothing to do with development and I feel bit less confident. So I want to know why it is so hard to leave? Does everyone feel same? Is this ecosystem somewhat responsible for this?

- Best part is that growth here (read: love and grapes) is based on personality and not (my) face 😂 - This community has seen it all: rants on my job, boss, interns, finding a new job, dodging a notice period scam, losing the job, brain-fkng ITR, to garnering 12k grapes! - This platform has India's top professionals: people from/in top colleges and companies, doing groundbreaking work, yet humble enough to discuss random things with me. I’m so awed tbh * insert the puppy face eyes * - Another thing I love about being here is keeping my creativity alive. So many (so many) triggering comments, and if I am not impulsive, I come up with great comebacks! - I have gotten into such petty debates and also abruptly left conversations (common in millennials, no?) - In hindsight, maybe revealing my gender wasn't the best idea. P.S. @Michael_Scott didn’t promise me airpods (yet). Please stop making me sound desperate. Someone mentioned I could get a job and buy the airpods, but it is (never was) about the airpods. P.P.S. Love when people call me Biryani!

I recently posted about an offer I closed with a fantastic hike, some folks asked me to share my experience in this duration. Sharing a link of the doc, so that some of the steps which I took and got some offers can also help in your job hunt journey. Feel free to comment, I am open to share info which can help others. Google Doc link :https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-MZSeUt2XhBIp6oBubirud-ceSjxzLYRAhNrCv8tHvc/edit?usp=sharing