How do I get a chill job in India?
Tired of working disgustingly pressurising deadlines and work that's never ending. Any idea where the work life is better than tech startups?
BengaluruLandLord
Stealth
a year ago
Just get a product management job. You can simply mooch on after that. Not just chill
SceneUnseen
Stealth
a year ago
PMs in India have no life. They're just slaves who will even clean the office if they need to. I feel for them. Terrible WLB.
AliveYouth71
Stealth
a year ago
@SceneUnseen you must be a PM yourself
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BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
a year ago
Definitely not bank, not HDFC for sure
Node
Stealth
a year ago
Banks are worse and have no flexibility.
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It's chill, but you really question if you could be doing more.
I guess the grass is always greener on some side.
Google & Microsoft India are proper 'rest & vest' companies. Good to join after you are 35 or so but join before that & you would be sacrificing career growth. I joined as a SWE last year(age : 29) & am regretting it. But yeah, need to be careful when joining Indian startups as apart from a few most have terrible culture.
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Is your company hiring shinydoc, I love the company’s product?? Asking for software Engineer
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I loved my previous employer, which also happened to be my first employer (mid-size tech company). Treated employees like family. Decent pay and working hours. Supportive people and a good work culture. I'd love to return back some point of time.
MutedTone94
Stealth
a year ago
Or I hear voltas is also good
SaimanSaysHello
Stealth
a year ago
Bluestar? /s
I am an SDE who recently moved to a new company after working close to 2.5yrs in a startup where the culture is similar to what you described above, add to that, there is no planning.
My new workplace is one of the better places to work IMO, they give decent salary(better than the Bengaluru avg. for an SDE) and prioritise employees' health over deadlines.
One way to choose a good workplace is to identify how patiently they invest in a new joiner. My previous company wanted me to get going in first 2 days of my joining and the CTO(who happened to be my manager) started micro managing. In my current company, at the time of joining, my hiring manager had clarified there is no hurry in delivering results. The deliverables should voluntarily come from your end. Also, expectations from my end wear mentioned at the beginning which I felt were very practical.
Demon
Stealth
a year ago
Get into a government job with low potential for corruption. Chill AF ! The repercussions are then that citizens who have to deal with these people are the ones losing their minds.
Machnfs
Student
a year ago
Join in a good mnc bank's back office operations ( preferably uk/europe company) . Once you become team leader/ manager , you can chill for lifetime at above average pay 70-90k per month , then do a little bit politics and try to become AVP/VP/director 😌 ( which will obviously take a decade and loyalty to the organization).
You only have to manage people and get the work done from them and maybe take 2-3 meeting a day! Since , it's back office operations deadlines and targets are pretty easy to achive . Nowadays there are AVP/VP in every department , achievable target!
Kaunse mnc bank back offices are you referring to here ? And do you mean softwar dev teams or finance back office
Machnfs
Student
a year ago
Back office work that is outsourced to india primarily in banks like aml - kyc , software support, lending/loans etc. Non customers facing jobs , backend support . Eg - bny mellon, jp morgan, rbs , standard chartered.
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JakerPiannomer
Stealth
a year ago
Be a landlord
BengaluruLandLord
Stealth
a year ago
Don't tell secrets man
WattCoconut
Stealth
a year ago
Barclays (basically foreign investment banks in India)
- great pay and bonuses, wlb, facilities, employee friendly, slow career growth though
Qwerty2398
Stealth
a year ago
since you talk of tech startups i take it you are too late to become a doctor. Best chill job in the world is a Dermatologist. every multispecialty hospital needs one. There is hardly any emergency, people rarely die of skin allergy or acne. Pay is decent as hospitals will pay to have you on board, money will be minimum because it doesn't generate big money to the hospital.
Of course you can make big bucks if you are willing to work hard. If you chose not to, then a minimum pay is guaranteed as hospital need you for thier brand image. So, basically you have a degree that others want to paint a complete picture.
Am yet to find out a Tech equivalent for this medical role.
Higher_modulation
Stealth
a year ago
DRDO, BEL, BBMP, ….
CarelessLab
Stealth
a year ago
I think is on luck you cannot predict which company will give u chill job most probably in every startup the time come where there is no work or very minimal work I am SDE in YC backed and yah some times is so chill that I start playing fifa23 on working hours but sometimes I need to work more that 10 to 12 hours
Join a big tech - when you’re getting married + planning kids - move back to a startup post that