Being Fair is unfair WTF (From a Linkedin Post)

I recently switched my job, and my new employers were asking if I could refer someone and I reached out to my junior (fresher, 1 YOE now) at my previous employer and got his resume and he was asking about how much compensation to expect. The number he was expecting was 3x of my salary at my previous employer, naively i assumed that his compensation would <= as mine (I was more experienced and my performance was 📈) and told him : "with current market conditions it's difficult for that, you cannot expect 3x" and he tells me it's not 3x but 2x and I was like 😮. The compensation that he was Getting as a fresher was more than what I was getting paid despite having more experience. I had to switch job to get the same compensation that they are offering to freshers. All this time my ex-manager and lead know about this and never fought on my behalf, I feel betrayed. Now my mood is all f***ed.

The budgets have been cut for diversity hiring. This is also in response to a lawsuit from conservative groups. Is it happening in IDCs too? Link to NY Post Article: https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/tech/google-meta-other-tech-giants-slash-dei-related-jobs-resource-groups-in-2023-report/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

One of my friends was expecting a promotion this quarter, but he didn't get it because his manager left the firm. He worked super hard for two long years to get this promotion, but fate had some other plans. Just two weeks before his promotion document was to be presented to the committee, his manager resigned. This twist of fate delayed his promotion to the next quarter or maybe even the one after that, depending on his new manager. Yesterday evening, when he was feeling down about the news, he said, "Itta badluck kiska hota hai yaar?" I looked him in the eye and said, "Atleast you have the chance to try again in three months or later. Think about the queen who got disqualified from the Olympics over just 100 grams and still faced it with a smile. If you think you're unlucky, remember Vinesh Phogat in the Paris Olympics." Life isn't always fair, but time changes everything; all it takes is patience. #Luck #Promotions #Olympics2024 #lifelessons

Is it just mine or is everyone’s LinkedIn blowing up with absolute crap. Like the most basic thing people are posting and making it sound like they discovered something huge or they’ve found some crazy insights. Everyone is trying to build their own LinkedIn brand and it’s just become frustrating. A lot of recruiters/founders still put out hiring posts on LinkedIn Some funny posts - - All founders acting like they’ve achieved something huge by being on the Forbes/times now/etc 40 under 40 list - Today someone posted about the business model of Shyamji Chole Bhature - People copy pasting the same fake stories

I'm unable to understand what sort of entitlement does the leadership hold to ask their employees to work their ass off without any compensation for their efforts. Like literally bro just said that it's a 7 day work week for the next quarter and fuck your personal life and doesn't even bother to highlight that there would be any gratification for the same. The mid-senior leadership just acts as pawns and complies with this and in case you highlight this shit show you're fired.

I reflected back on my L4 Google interviews. Although I made minor mistakes and rectified by myself without additional hints from interviewer, they were looked upon as incapability. I wasn’t even considered for L3, though I solved all the questions with minimal hints with correct DS. Follow ups I was able to solve and discuss the right approach too. Is this fair ?

People hiring on Wellfound are atleast better relatively