Folks, your friends who left decent jobs for family business, how are they doing

I am working in production support for one of the biggest custodian banks. I just joined in Jan as an intern global campus hire, converted in June ending as full time. My salary is around 12 lakhs with 78K monthly cash in hand. My father insisted that I join the family business , he is against my job. We are earning around 1.5-2 lakhs in the family business in Surat, Gujarat. My father is seeing a good chance of business expansion in the future if I join. I feel I can make my future in the finance industry by pursuing CFA and getting the required switch. What should I do

I left a startup due to financial difficulties within the organization. Salaries were delayed for 3 months, however, the team and my previous employers have been very good to me throughout my time there, and it was solely due to the circumstances that I had to part ways. Now, the CEO has reached out to me, asking me to join as a part-time consultant on a case-by-case basis to help them resolve their issues, while I continue with my new job. This opportunity could provide me with additional income, but I have concerns about whether they will pay me for my consultations. Should I take the opportunity? How much should I ask for? Appreciate your thoughts!

I wasn't doing proper ITR, I was in the family biz for the last 6 years, recently joined a startup and they don't have any proper salary composition. My current salary is 35L in hand (2.9L per month). Apart from HRA how do I save in taxes? is there an app which does it for you?

I am thinking of leaving my current job and focus on myself, getting to know myself better etc. Currently I have enough money saved for my expenses for next 6-8 months. Everyone I have asked about this say don't leave your job if you don't have another lined up, in this tech winter. I understand their view point. It aligns with what my parents think as well. Is there anyone who has had done this in the past? Do you recommend this route? Are the consequences far too severe? Does anyone have a different opinion from one stated above?

not only in monetary terms, but anything this is simply an introspection, so avoid giving "don't compare" gyaan

I've had the fortune of having worked in 3 countries so far. India is by far the most exciting place to be in 2024. But there's something about our work ethic that just concerns me. In both white and blue collar. In most other countries, I've observed people strictly sticking to the 9 to 5, working diligently in those hours - not wasting too much time on chai sutta breaks, instagram browsing, gupshup etc. They work for 8 hours, then leave. And think about work directly the next day. In India, most of us spend more hours - but very obviously very few of those hours are productive. In fact, I lately feel that too many people around me are doing even 2-3 hours of work on a good day. We end up just staying around, passing time, and then go back home. When we could have achieved so much more. Work ethic has fallen. Work hours have gone up. We need to be more mindful of our actions, we need to work well at work, and then do well at home. I think it's a function of being over populated. There are 1.5-2 people doing what 1 person should be doing, hence this effect. Needs to be fixed, it's the sign of a major problem in the workforce. Thoughts?

We’re pretty chill. But I’m planning to go for a vacation to Kerala for 10 days almost, and since i told them they have been weird. Immediate response was to say that it’ll be tough to manage the project and that long a leave isn’t possible I debated back and they were like fine. But since then it’s just been very cold. What can I do? 🤕

Had a chat with a legendary soonicorn founder yesterday evening and his take was that we are definitely not getting another bull run this decade. I obviously think more optimistically and hopefully things will look up soon. What do you all think about this tho?

I am working in a company where I am pretty chill with the people. I have been offered and accepted a position at another company which offered me a 50% pay hike. I was inteoduced to that person from the current employer a while ago. Is it ok to leave amid massive layoffs? I do wfh as my mother is unwell. Will it be difficult to find another one if this fails?

Hey! A bit background about me, 2023 grad, cs @ tier 1 university, currently at SDE role earning ~1.5L. I do have a decent network, good communication skills (sab to bolte hai), good drive ig. I’m also good at CS and probably can get good offers and good growth (high rating on codeforces). I was always aligned with entrepreneurship and I definitely don’t see myself working at a job after ~7-8yrs My father wants me to join the family business in the next year, I can prolly make 10x within months and will be having full ownership later, might be able to grow much more later. Simply it seems like joining is the obvious choice, but that means sacrificing my whole career that could have been different, smart friend group, and other pros. Honestly passion is not an issue, I think earning money is my only life goal :p