How’s life as an SRE / Infra/ Platform Engineer?

People working in tekion please throw light on life in tekion

Any zeta employees here? How's work life balance at zeta? I've read pretty bad reviews specially if you are part of infrastructure team, please help a bro out, I have an offer with pretty good package but can't sacrifice my peace over money.

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I have 2 yoe in SDE domain. Looking at the working hours of my leads and my manager, I feel like all they do is work and are mostly on calls. My manager even replies at 2-3am in the night. Plus how you guys feel about being sacked due to high package in recession or budget cut time? Would love hear answers if anyone have 10+ yoe.

I’ve been working as a SWE for GE in Bangalore for nearly two years. First of all the WLB and culture here is incredible. I honestly can’t believe how great the WLB is over here, I work maybe 20 hours a week on average and am rarely ever stressed about anything. They’re not strict about WFO so I can chill at home most of the time. No fixed timings and I also get a ton of leaves. There’s no micromanagement and the culture is chill and professional. Perks are about average for any large MNC. We have a beautiful company campus with plenty of car parking space for everyone. Obviously your mileage may vary depending on the your team, it’s possible I just got lucky. The only con is that the pay is shit. Fresher SWEs are paid around 12 LPA while seniors might earn around 30. Not possible to earn 60+ unless you’re in a leadership position.

What's the profession which pays you most while keeping WLB in check. I know it also depends company to company, so would be good to have both.

What do you think about a company asking you to be on-call when you've joined as a software engineer and not told beforehand that this would be expected of you. What is your experience about being on-call for Saas products and waking up in the middle of the night to look at alerts.

Seen many reviews about companies having a good or bad WLB. As a fresher, I would love to know what experienced people consider a good work life balance and how important it is while judging a company? Any other factors to consider?

I'll go first : 1. Clickup 2. whop 3. Even healthcare 4. Gumroad 5. Polymarket And mention the reason also, if possible. Time to discover some less-known startups 🍿

Has anyone here given an interview at Narvar for Senior SRE position? would love to have some insights. Thank you!