Appraisal discussion

With appraisal conversations round the corner, wanted to know the most absurb feedback you’ve received from your manager?

Hello all, I have been working as a frontend developer on a contract basis in one of the #maang, my toatal experience is 2 years and my appraisal is due this week, I have been working on some really good projects handling all at once and working from scratch in one of the projects, I want that my increment to be very nice, as my current package is very low. I need some tips for the negotiations........provide some good tips for that.

I'm part of a sales team at a Series A startup that recently secured new funding. I have made a vital contribution to the revenue created. Aiming for a 30% hike (on the fixed) in the upcoming appraisal – any tips on how to approach it?

It is my first full time job as a Software Engineer (DevOps) in a Bangalore based startup in FinTech domain. How the appraisal process works and how I can be prepared to secure the best. Any insights would definitely help 🙏🏻

Are appraisals happening in startups this year ? What is the approx % of increment all of you have seen ?

Hi everyone I am working for a service based company. my profile is Devops engineer. I have a 1.6 year full stack developer experience . The last 6 months I have been doing work on the cloud. I switched to DevOps profile. I have a total of 2 YOE and my current pkg is 4.75 CTC. you all know it's time to start for appraisal so how can I take more hikes and how can I propose ?

The company did around 10-15% silent layoffs in the last cycle by putting people in PIP. My Manager told me that he has pressure on him to put at least 1 or 2 people in PIP, make them leave the company and reduce costs. Later, the company did as low an appraisal as 2%. Senior folks are leaving specifically Frontend Developers. Salaries of a lot of SDE-2 are below 30 LPA. They have started new positions called Product Developers which will do the same work as SDEs but with a lesser package. PD-1 salary is around 10-12 lakhs and of Lead PD is 20-22 lakhs. The company is putting itself in a position where it wants people to leave on their own. There are almost zero perks in the company. The team outing budget is a joke which is 2k INR per person per year. That is 500 rupees per person per quarter. Also making office mandatory from November.