Headache due to lack of appropriate oxygen levels. Happens to claustrophobic people
This is a valid reason on medical grounds

Consultant

You can also resign without any reason whatsoever, if you have another job offer or you don'thave any financial obligations. 
 If not, then this makes a valid reason for preparation.

Software Engineer

The company I work at has a very small office and it's very suffocating. It was windows on only one side of the room and no sunlight gets in. 

Is this a valid

The company I work at has a very small office and it's very suffocating. It was windows on only one side of the room and no sunlight gets in. 

Is this a valid reason to resign. I get headache all the time.

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Shitty office- Grapevine

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I hate what I’m doing rn. It isn’t interesting, and it consumes most of my day. I travel almost 30km every day to go to the Client’s office, and by the time I get home, I’m beaten and dead tired.

I want to get into a Full Stack/Backend role. But, I don’t have any time to grind DSA, or work on any side projects, or even my passion projects. I’m seriously considering resigning, and putting my head down and grinding it out for a few months to give myself a better chance to switch.

What do you folks think? Should I put in my papers?

Should I resign?

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Some days going to office just feels like I am just existing to show up. 

Anybody feeling the same way?

Just Showing Up

Product Manager

Looking for genuine and non diplomatic answers since it will be anonymous. It is upto you to reveal the name of the company you resigned from.

Lets discuss!!! I will go first -

I quit my last organisation (a famous UPI company) in 2020 because, they still are in old technology. No cloud computing, no kubernates, no terraform. Their entire baremetal infra are in 2 DCs (Mumbai and Bangalore). Leadership ideas are outdated. I was very much bored and looking for a change.

Why did you resign?

DevOps Engineer

I have seen so many posts, on Grapevine alone, of how people are being harrassed and traumatized in their companies. And honestly, reading all those posts and comments scare the hell out of me because I haven't been subjected to or witnessed anything like this.

Let me share the experience I have had till now:

I have ~2 YOE, and Capgemini is my first company. I know the pay isn't great, but that's the only thing I don't like about the company. 

The people I have met or worked with in the entirety of my time here, they are supportive, kind, and considerate. Every single one of them, including the managers/directors. They don't expect you to work late hours or on weekends, unless there are critical escalations/important deadlines.

My manager gives out words of thanks and appreciation, even on the smallest of things (yes he talks strictly too, and usually I am at the wrong when this happens, nothing major though). I get all the support that I need. I don't have to worry about the work life balance.

I have never had a single issue with a teammate, and most of them are seniors whom I work with. No big egos, no attitude, nothing. They help out whenever I reach out to them.

And it is the same story on my client side as well. 

I have worked/interacted with both male and female leaders, and all I have ever seen among everyone is empathy, respect for everyone's work, and always ready to help nature.

I understand that this is all just my experience, but my reason for writing this post is to share a positive experience and that there are still good people around here.

Maybe I am the odd one out (on the happier side)

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Not sure how many anime fans are here, but I was recently watching this new anime called “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead”, which basically shows how a corporate employee is so fed up with his messed up job, that the first thought he has, when zombie apocalypse hits is, “I don’t have to go to work anymore!”, and he’s out to do things that he always wanted to.

Anyways, in the new episode, its shown how a toxic leader/boss/senior behaves. And man, was that so accurate!! 

It shows how these leaders make you work like hell, belittle you, and misbehave with you. Even if you think of leaving the job, they make you believe how hard it is to survive without your current job, and how the work you’re doing is nothing, and that you can be easily replaced. 

And in the end, after fucking up your mental peace, they will come and show a little bit of sympathy, telling they how they just push you for your own sake. Acting like some wise old “mentor you never had”.

And you know, what the worst part is, since all your colleagues are living in the same environment, since everyday you go through the same toxicity over n over, it becomes normal for u. Your brain adjusts, and it seems to think that this is how the world is. 

Moreover, if you are a fresher, and you don’t have any prior experience of work culture, you seem to believe thats how work life is, and will always be. 

I’m ranting this out, since i wasted around 1-1.5 years of my life in such startup, and it wasn’t just the time that was wasted, it also took my passion, my energy, my motivation and my goal with it. 

To all the folks who might be in a similar situation, I just want to say, I know it’s hard and I know you probably can’t leave due to some financial situations or other issues. But BELIEVE ME when i say that nothing in this entire world comes above your mental health. Save that first folks. Be selfish, saving others can wait!

Traits of a toxic workplace

My office laptop is an absolute shutbox. The company thinks it is a Ferrari, but it has the worst possible screen. 

What do I hate about it the most? The state-of-the-art 1366 x 768 resolution display that makes my eyes bleed each time I look at it.

I work remotely, but I can hardly move off my desk as I am totally dependent on my external monitor (a 4K 32 inch beauty LED beauty). 

Rant over. Ram that heart button to punch my office laptop!

My office laptop is the only thing I hate about my work!

Business analyst

Does IBM offer work from home? And cab facility from BCIT bangalore??

Product Marketing Manager

I resigned on 24th May from my current company. They have 2 months notice period. 
I asked them to reduce it to a month since I’m not in a good place mentally. My grandma (who’s like a parent to me) is really v. sick, she’s lying on her deathbed. So I want to shift back to my hometown and take care of her. I want to go asap. They didn’t hear me at all. And this job has given me so much stress, from past 4-5 days my bp got low, I had high fever. I sent them doctor’s slip. Even then this HR is saying you’ve to abide by the policy. 
And honestly I hate working here, since they have a tool based environment, that is not getting to my head. 
So now I’ve decided to not work at all. Since my health is also not that good. 
Is there any other way they can agree to reduce the notice period? Since I’m really tired of this. 
Also, I hope not working won’t do any harm.

Company troubling for serving Notice Period

Software Developer

I’ve observed that there is no empathy anymore. People are being asked to do double the amount of work in my org. I think they are taking advantage of the current market and just being cocky. I’m also listening this from my friends in other companies. Did you observe something similar ?

My company is taking advantage of the current hiring scene

Senior Engineer

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I work with this company run by this middle aged Indian businessman. I get paid 1.5L a month, which is decent. I have 100% remote work. 

When I initially joined, he wanted me to download Timechamp or something on my personal device. Luckily, before joining, I'd confirmed I will not be subject to any sort of monitoring and after much back and forth, he settled for me messaging him everyday in the morning and when I'm clocking out in the evening.

I've only been with them a few months, and I knew this before joining too, but he's very old school and works like that (literally asked me "are you looking for work life balance or are you hard working" before I joined). While the work hours haven't been super crazy (Yes, I've responded to messages and attended meetings at 10 - 11pm, but that's something I'm okay with) but the whole clocking in and out and trust issue thing I wasn't fond of.

Lately, he'd given me an absurdly high designation (think President) and was constantly after me to update it on LinkedIn after asking me not to disclose my affiliation with the company publicly (possibly because I was on an unofficial probation). Lately, for a couple of tasks, he's been getting a little... Passive aggressive bordering on aggressive. Example (absurd, I know, but bhavnaye samjho):

I'm hired for maintenance. He's asked me to find a janitor from Kenya. I have no connections in Kenya, I tell him so. He asks me if I can do it or if he should handle it. I tell him to give me some time, I'll get back to him. I find him 2 agencies in India who will charge us the money and it'll be their headache to make sure the Kenyan janitor comes and cleans the place. He is not happy. He wants to do it "in house" and wants me to find a Kenyan janitor directly. Again he asks me if I can do it or should he do it. I tell him the most I can do is find some options online and give him a list but I can not verify their authenticity, so if he has c
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