The little nerdy boy won't message back 😒

Consultant

Speak for yourself. The voices in my head are more than enough for me

2 things you can rely upon but can never trust completely

Software Engineer

2 things you can rely upon but can never trust completely- Grapevine

Short rant - I stay in HSR layout , my housemate told me to find a place to stay since he would be getting his wife here ( he gave me ample time to search) , I found an uncle in the same building who offered to sublet his house to stay alongside his son , it was all peace and mutually understood to split any expenses. I was all good and happy , got the room painted and shifted all my belongings. 2 days later , this uncle straight up came up to me and said I have to vacate the place asap , owner is creating a fuss ,I asked him for the owners contact , he denied outright , and kept giving reasons. He now expects me to leave me home within a week ( how tf am I supposed to find a place within a week, my parents got involved and spoke to the uncle but no avail , he's been verbally abusive and illogical) 
Never trust people here , always have things in writing , you never know who turns out to be a snake. ( My sheer naivety has made me suffer now),be extremely careful out there!

Never trust, always have in writing

Analyst

Broke up in 2020, thought of giving all my energy to my job as my career won't wake up one day and say I don't love you.

Jan 2024 update - Got silent laid off from EY.
Anyone else going through the same trauma?
How to heal?

which is worse: Toxic ex or toxic workplace

External Audit

Internet can be fake, social media posts, WhatsApp forwards, you can change Wikipedia, diseases with best SEO come up the searches.

Agreed to all, you cannot rely on Internet (always)

What's the other reliable source? Books!
But how are we sure the books are correctly written, who is checking it
Someone in 17th century could have written fiction and we are here mugging up for UPSC (just an example, definitelya possibility)

What do we rely on?

Random thought

I only trust my doubts.

Founder

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I had been toiling in my current organization for a good while despite the compensation not being totally fair. Whenever I brought this discussion up with the CEO, he always played the friend card and promised to give me what I deserve once the company raises the next round. He also claimed to have supposedly saved me from the layoffs which was completely in his control in the first place. Now I got a better offer, kind of like a dream offer- one that I well deserve, and have convinced a challenging panel to get. One small concern is that during the initial stages of the application, I lied about how much I was getting paid currently. Now that I actually made it and got the offer, I have to submit the documents. How far are these things taken seriously?

Will payslip verification be taken seriously?

Digital Marketing

Grapevine has become a desperate journalist investigation ground. Get ready for false news to be planted by rivals

Both the creatures only focus on saving their job/post and power.

Never trust the managers and politicians

Welcome to News Discussion's Private Community

Can people compare scams like Electoral Bonds vs 2g scam?

Who is more corrupt- Congress or BJP? Why?

Product Manager

My mother called me yesterday and tells me she got scammed for about 10 lakhs and needs money by Monday. She has 4 lakhs and I will have to cover the rest. Turns out she let a friend take a loan in her name and this friend gave fake jewellery as collateral. The friend took loans under her husband’s name and my mom’s name, she divorced the dude and escaped. The bank called my mom and has asked her to pay, now they’re filing a case against my mom for fraud.

I’ve spent my weekend talking to advocates and friends, and looks like the only way to get out of it unscathed is to cut a deal with the bank saying we’ll pay the money back and they don’t press charges in return. Contesting the bank is going to take time, money and the risk of my mom losing her job.

As an older daughter who grew up in a broken family, I’ve spent my childhood and adulthood protecting my mother and sibling. I finally landed a well paying job 2 years ago and now the responsibility extended to providing for my younger sister and my mother financially which I’m more than happy to do. I’ve worked hard the past few months to save what I have right now beyond what I give my family, use to sustain myself and finally felt happy about the position I’m in.

Now I’m heartbroken. I’m going to be emptying almost 70% of what I have so far for this for paying the bank and the lawyer. Especially for something that’s not even my mistake and something that could have been easily avoided. I’m not in a place to direct my anger at her, I know it’s a hard time for her as well. 


6 to 7 lakhs might sound like a small amount to some but I don’t have the privilege to throw money like that. I don’t have fuck you money. I don’t take money from friends. I’m 25 and literally just started my life 2 years ago after working for peanuts. 

What’s even the point of working hard, leading an honest life if this is how it works? It’s just truly unfair and I don’t know how to deal with it.

I wish life was a little easier and I just need to vent

Growth Manager

It’s funny how sometimes people you’d take a bullet for, are the ones behind the trigger.

Betrayal❤️‍🩹

Software Developer

Edtech layoffs still continuing?

Teams were asked to strictly work from home for today because of plumbing work going on in the office. Roughly 300 people were laid off in a townhall hosted by the founders.

Scaler lays off 20-25% of their workforce

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I have evaluated a lot of startups as part of my work. My approach has changed from being optimistic to being suspicious of a lot of founders, even before the process starts. 

The sheer number of founders that I come across that try to game metrics/play around with data to make the startup look good. 

Most commonly:
1) Completely changing the definition of margins, repeat rates, etc. and never clarifying that they are using different definition. 
2) Often giving rebates/discounts to key stakeholders but finding ways to hide it from their P&L so that it’s not visible. THIS IS SO COMMON - lot’s of them start showing revenues, and then you will see another cost item rising at the same pace, and lot’s of times it will just be money moving around
3) Sometimes completely giving the wrong picture of how their product works on ground. You then speak with their customers, and they describe something completely else.

Things like these are eating up the ecosystem. These founders also end up fooling some VCs, and then capital get’s kept away from actually good founders who have good intentions.

There was a recent major investment in the commerce space, and that is another one such example of a startup doing this. Needs to stop.

RANT: Founders who fake metrics

Product Owner

I have lost all the trust and dont even trust my shadow  anymore.

But then,
Human relationships thrive on trust.
Its forms the fulcrum of every bond.


This puts me in a difficult situation where I cant offer trust but seek a deeper and lost lasting connection

I just feel that people leave me.
Most of them did,
When I hit my low.

But as they say,
The comeback has to be stronger than the setback. I am moving towards bigger things in life and am still haunted by this fear of not being able to connect.

Crippling Trust Issues : Why cant I connect with fellow humans?

Data engineer

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What’s the most important career advice you’ve ever received? It could be anything, an advice from your colleague, a lesson you learnt the hard way, or a piece of wisdom that changed your perspective! 🌟🌟

Share Your Most Valuable Career Advice🚀

Employees who are top performers are laid off. 
Employees who are in a firm for a long time are laid off. 
Employees who are freshers are laid off. 
Employees from IIMs/IITs are laid off. 
Employees who work just to get the job done are laid off. 
Seniors are laid off. 
Juniors are laid off
Hard working employees who get good ratings and give extra hours are laid off. 
Bad peforming ones are obviously laid off. 

Is there anyone who is safe. It's just at the mercy of few decision makers at the top and no matter what you do you will never be safe. 

Now I understand why parents say that government job is better.

Is there a pattern in layoffs

Business analyst

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Hey All, I am writing this to express how I am feeling since last 1 year now. This post will be a bit lengthy but I would be grateful if anyone could help me even a bit. 
I moved into a new company 1year back and due to bad work environment I left. I took a months break and joined a new company now. I have a total 5 years of work experience, my salary is extremely good. ( I don’t worry about this at all for now)

My problem is I don’t know what to do in my life. I guess I have quarter life crisis. 

Earlier I wanted to do music and act , I took professional classes and left because I felt bored idk why. I felt like I need someone to guide me and handhold me since I know no one in this industry. 
Talking about my job I have always moved into roles I loved every bit of work and I m very sincere and hardworking. 
I stopped working out , I stopped cycling, I stopped painting.
I stopped liking everything literally. Idk how to get back at things. I feel I am gonna die anyway why I need to do this , or that or etc etc. I even took counselling but it did not seem yo help me. 

Idk what to do. Please share your experiences too and what I need to do.

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