Software Engineer

Lawyer

Congratulations brother 
 Next goal  
 Income tax=Present Salary

Software Developer

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Annual Salary amount pre-covid = Monthly Salary amount now. How many in the same boat? Frankly, feels like a big achievement for a middle-class typical corporate employee.

Program Manager

Annual Salary amount pre-covid = Monthly Salary amount now. How many in the same boat? Frankly, feels like a big achievement for a middle-class typical corporate employee.- Grapevine

It's been 4 years since covid started and all of us went into the first lockdown (24 March 2020). I just thought of this while making another post, and this has actually taken me aback. It was such a crazy time, and now it's just long gone. 

- We got a lot of time to be home, to be around loved ones, most of us are privileged and hence Covid wasn't bad at all. We were mostly making Dalgona Coffee, sourdough bread, playing PUBG, watching movies, etc. 

- A lot of us also lost loved ones. It was really brutal for those who did. And it was always scary for the rest of us. 

- Most of us who have been in tech saw our salaries climb the fastest. The absolute peak job market, best hikes, the world was very positive in that sense - not as much work and enough pay to enjoy 

- The biggest thing I've noticed: Covid got me hooked to Instagram/YT Shorts/and other social media. I feel like I used to be more aware and awake before covid. Somehow, a lot of exposure to social media/content etc. has made me just very zoned out in life. I think a lot of us have a much shorter attention span. 

IDK if this is true, but certainly feels like it is true. 

Just penning this down because I'm genuinely tripping how long it's been.

4 years since Covid started. What are your memories from that time? How have you evolved since?

Pre & Post Covid me are different person.  
 I don't know that guy now. And for some reason it looks like a decade has passed by yet the lockdown announcement on news just rings like as if it was yesterday. "bhaiyo beheno ..." 
    
 What I miss was empty roads. Blue skies of Delhi and pin-drop silence 24/7. Only rustling leaves and birds. For a moment the world looked at peace.  The sun was fantastic back then.  
  
 I am fortunate to be at this end of spectrum as others have disastrous circumstances. One thing I'm noticing since then. The time seems to be running abnormally fast now.  
 Like zipp! 3 months of 2024 gone.

Product Manager

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This is mostly for people who have spent 10+ years in the industry. I’m sure we all can agree that the hiring and salary boom that we witnessed in 2021-22 is mostly over now. Now it’s more about surviving the job market rather than printing asymmetrical amount of money

But how has it turned out for people who’ve been in the game for too long. I know some people who switched jobs too quickly and are at a higher package but still not content. At the same time, I know a few seniors who’re still in my first company and are happier than ever with the work.

I understand that in Tier-1 cities, the expense itself is more and you’re sometimes forced to switch just to stay afloat. But what would you recommend new joiners based on your experience? Does chasing money in early years help later or only focusing on skills?

Chasing money or skills? What paid off at the end?

Should alter the choice during switches. 
  
 If a switch is taken for money then next switch should be for skill or promotion and so on

Hello fellow viners. 

There was a huge hiring spree in second half of the pandemic, people got 100 percent and some cases with 200 percent salary hikes. People with 16 LPA got 35+ LPA salaries. But now as things aren't going so well (Thanks to the US). And the companies laying off people, delaying salaries, and giving no hikes. How many of you are still getting those BIG paychecks?

PS. I didn't switch during that period, which I regret. Also, my company is not revising compensation this year.

Are you still getting Covid salaries?

Those who are earning more than 1 lakh per month. Share your journey how you reached there and also some tips.

Big bucks boys

Hiring for a bunch of roles for an early stage startup. Salaries of people who have been laid off is through the roof

2-3 years experience asking for 30-40l and while we chose not to judge the experience and spoke to a few of them, most of them are not even worth half of the pay. 

Many are jobless since last 2-3 months and none of them are willing to take a paycut of even 5-6L and are willing to stay jobless ( probably have a ton of savings )

Market correction is necessary.

Roles : PM, software engineers, generalists

What's wrong with salaries

If you are paid less, don’t extrapolate it on others. If they are willing to wait, let them. You should keep praying for “corrections”.

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Almost 50% of the org got no increments
People with "exceeds" rating got single digit increments
Only promotion cases have got early to mid double digit increments
Promotions have been significantly fewer this time, max people have been told to hold off their expectations of promotions for another year

The reasons cited were economic slowdown, other companies like Microsoft, Flipkart, swiggy, Amazon doing the same and cost cutting. I think things are getting toxic and the majority of employees have been left disappointed.

Razorpay increments - sad state

Founder

I am a java developer with 2.2 years of experience. CURRENT SALARY - 4.2LPA 
Skills sets:
Java
Spring boot
Microservices
AWS
Docker
Kubernates

## HOW MUCH SALARY SHOULD I ASK??????

Salary ask

1. Fancy talks from founders such as ownership, independence, building for next generation, speed etc
2. Learn new tech
3. Glofiying working at odd hours
4. Don't talk about stress and anxiety 

Start ups are not for weak heart and normal humans who have life after work. It's only for people who will give up their life to build somone else dream. Prove me wrong.

An ex ola person cried infront of me for the workplace stress and unrealistic push

Startup are brutal

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Companies have started posting bad things about wfh. Stuff like cultural integration is not achieved in this model. I call it bullshit. Asking employees work from the office is the easiest way to control attrition. COVID WFH saw record attrition , all thanks to remote work. Models are faster becoming business centric than employee centric , which is good , but competent employees must be given a chance to support their families by remote work.

Goodbye wfh

Security Engineer

So when i joined a product based company as SE(backend)  in bengaluru back in 2019 my ctc was 8 .5 LPA( i know maybe less compare to peers back then), now after 4 years got the same amount collating all the bonus we get in current company (in pune) as monthly salary getting all proud feeling but at the same time gerting wired feeling as idk if valye of money has dropped or i was highly underpaid or maybe thats how the progression of payout is or maybe i am still behind should clock that much without a bonus.(which is half my monthly salary)

do let me know if anyone has achieved this and what is your take on this?

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