I applied for the opening at JPL (Jio Pvt Ltd) in June of last year. Received the interview call on 4th July and concluded the entire process with the final HR round on 17th August (already painfully slow).
This was followed by a period of complete silence from the HR's end, which finally broke on 30th September (after probably 30+ follow-ups) when they gave me a verbal offer and gave me confidence for the final offer release within a few days.
Well, the final offer came on 27th December 2023, close to 3 months after the verbal offer (again, after probably 40+ follow-ups). Joined on 16th January 2024 (due to some emergency), and was treated to a GREAT campus in Navi Mumbai. --And this is probably where everything good with JPL ends.
After spending 2 days, I understand that things are not what I expected from any Product organisation, and that I made the wrong decision.
Gave myself 30 days to ensure the feelings were backed by more experiences, and I'm not acting impulsively. Day 31, I started interviewing with other organisations, and fortunately was able to get in touch with the HR from another organisation that I rejected for Jio, and they were kind enough to resend the offer letter.
Dropped the bomb on 8th March 2024, startling everyone because people usually don't like leaving their comfortable lives at Jio. My L1 and L2 aligned on a 14 days notice period, but the "smartasses" in the HR department thought its a great idea for me to serve the entire notice period of 60 days, and thus I'm stuck here till 6th May 2024.
Opening the forum for people with any amount of experience to ask questions about the hiring process, the culture, the turn-off, the decision to quit, ANYTHING.
What did you not like?
There are a few reasons
There are a lot more. Feel free to dive deeper into any of the mentioned points
Your manager joined(Jio) from which org?
Hey I don't know about the learnings and all but Jio is having the worst and toxic work culture I have ever seen....! Trust me...! Typical laaala culture where all the senior/managerial positions are held by some dumbass laaalas.
I agree. There is no thought put into requirements. A Lala at the top tells the puppets to build something, and they release a half baked product
Is it better to be called gay by your friends rather than gay people calling you friends?
Same boat, mate. Interviewed in October'22. Got a draft offer in November'22. After 100+ follow ups, got the offer at the end of April'23. Have been here since May'23.
And I can second everything you're saying. It's pathetic. Sycophancy of highest order. Name dropping to gain respect. Product culture is a big lol. Copy your competitors and keep stakeholders happy.
We make what our leaders found interesting while reading random blogs over the weekend. I've been waiting to cross 1 year mark.
What makes it a terrible place
Since you are a recruiter yourself, I’ll share the blunders by the HRs (imo)-
Apart from the slow hiring process panning across 6 months, my time here after joining also has been quite bad.
My first request from the HR was that I wanted a MacBook since I’ve been hands on for the last decade. I was blatantly told no, because there was no use case for me. I clearly mentioned that my productivity will be hampered, but that didn’t matter to them. I would’ve still been okay if I was the first employee asking for a Mac, and there was a no Macbook policy, but the Product Manager sitting next to me (in the same team) was given one.
I tore my Achilles Tendon playing Badminton inside the office. After a 6 week recovery period, when I saw no improvement, I went to the doctor who suggested an MRI and further suggested I go for surgery. I had already resigned by then and had aligned on a 2 week notice with my L1 and L2. The HR however thought that it was unfair for me to leave without serving my notice period, despite no dependencies and a need for surgery, but because “it took me 6 months to get onboarded, I should atleast spend 2 months on notice”. I was dumbfounded to hear this, and have given up on all hope when it comes to Jio.
I’m sure there are a ton of reasons more, but these are the ones that stand out
For issues related to work, I’ve mentioned the same in other comments. Feel free to dive deeper into any one of them
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