Mass layoffs at Ashneer ‘s latest startup
Today mass layoff was done from Third Unicorn Devs, IT team, devops all were impacted Layoffs in such early phase startup came as a shock Could be due to new GST rules What do you guys think?
James_bond
Stealth
a year ago
Did you find any
I got laid off as well working as a nodejs dev. development team is half the size now. When i saw 28%gst rule, i was getting afraid that i might get laid off.
Plus they arent able to generate much profit, too much billing.
they are downgrading the servers as well.
Also type of work is mostly hurry hurry based rather than improving the quality. Sure some optimizations have been done, but not so much.
managment thought that nothing much is getting delivered but they didnt focus we were integrating new 3rd party api for live matches, doing optimizations, improving code quality. doing load testing, creating optimized apis, delay in integrating razorpay due to kyc issue.
I have done approx 358 commits during my time here at so totally disagree with them. no, we were not enjoying. did they even see who is actually working and who’s not ?
Lastly i just want to say that great product requires more time and effort with focus on quality.
Loner
Stealth
a year ago
Was laid off under similar situation some months back, hence I know how it feels. Just stay strong, and all the best for the job hunt
James_bond
Stealth
a year ago
Lack of planning I suppose
Fan_Boi
Stealth
a year ago
Grover ji used to brag ki Swiggy main kaam kiya, wo unicorn ban gauli, phone pe ko Unicorn banaya, but Third Unicorn ko Unicorn nahi bana paye Grover ji.
BMW's future sale impacted 😆
Barbaadeshwar
Stealth
a year ago
So out of the 50 he was capping. Who's left?
mohhmaya
Stealth
a year ago
He said in a recent statement that they are 5 people in core team and rest is all outsourced.
James_bond
Stealth
a year ago
There were around 40+ people including support staff… now only 10-12 are left
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This 28% is just a reason to blame, we all know how CrickPe fizzled during the last IPL. Product/Business isn’t competitive enough. Maybe, a quick dipstick test - anyone here used CrickPe?
BearBear
Stealth
a year ago
50
Hahaha bahat bakwas karta tha ki layoffs kabhi nahi kiye maine aur na hi karunga.
tabhi aajkal chup h es news ko twitter pr bhi aaana chahiye tha fir uska doglapan bahar aata
SceneUnseen
Stealth
a year ago
What do you mean new GST rules?
Cheese
Stealth
a year ago
28pc gst
CuteCleft79
Stealth
a year ago
Is this true?
mohhmaya
Stealth
a year ago
Govt is responsible for this.
Altair21
Stealth
a year ago
what new GST rules? I haven't followed this
Altair21
Stealth
a year ago
ah on the gambling stuff
Update: fired 3 devs only because they thought work was slow and we werent delievering. btw managment didnt know tvat we were intergrating new apis in crickpe. such transparency issues. didnt had 1-1 as well as they wont be able to face me as i have proofs pf how much work i have done. last month i had almost 200 commits on scoreboard! such a shame!
Indusplateau
Stealth
a year ago
Yeh sab dhogla pan hai..
Fantasy is not that an easy nut to crack. No one can beat Dream 11 and definitely 28% gst had kicked ass of every real money gaming company.