So I cant say about Bharat Pe, but my experience says this overthinking is generally true.
The culture might be shit, with too much pressure on monthly targets

I have interviewed with many red flag companies, like the interviewer is only available post 10 pm, call from hotel room while vacationing, unavailable during work hours as they are busy with office celebrations, etc.

We generally overlook these thinking all of them are similar. Really shouldn’t normalise such things.

Consultant

Culture ka thoda dekh k rehne ka, market mein news hai udhar maja nai aane ka!

Brand Marketing Manager

Give the interview anyway, the interview experience is valuable

Software Engineer

Maybe the person just loves his/her job so much that they don’t have a life beyond work.

Recruiter

You might wanna skip Bharatpe...not worth joining

Growth Manager

So I received a call from a recruiter for a PM role at Bharat Pe. What seems odd to me is that the recruiter messaged me on LinkedIn at midnight and called me today (15th August) to schedule for to...

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So I received a call from a recruiter for a PM role at Bharat Pe. What seems odd to me is that the recruiter messaged me on LinkedIn at midnight and called me today (15th August) to schedule for tomorrow. Is it a red flag? I mean who’d do office work at midnight or on a national holiday. Am I overthinking?
How’s the culture in general since all the drama that happened? Insights/Opinions welcomed.

Bharat Pe - Culture check

Product Manager

Bharat Pe - Culture check- Grapevine

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For context: Weekends are off. So just fri WFH. This is a Series B startup. I am not even asking for a leave but WFH for just 1 day. I joined recently. The only thing I did wrong was possibly informing a little too late.

Want to get opinion if I am overthinking or this classifies as toxic culture in startups where you are expected to push limits above and beyond regularly and sometimes weekends.

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Is this toxic work culture or I am overthinking

Not a great culture, also you don’t have to give the actual reason, instead say due to some unavoidable work or family health reason you will need to wfh. Its a good way of seeing what kind of employer one is, when they also treat urgencies like that. Indians feel they need to give a detailed explanation as to why they deserve wfh or leave, whereas in international companies, you just have to inform the manager.

Senior Designer

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If we can have a list of Best companies to work for then we should also have a list of the worst companies to work for.

I think everyone in the industry has come across very toxic cultures themselves or at least know a friend that did.

Here is my list:
1/ EY
2/ OLA
3/ Wipro
4/ Ninjacart
5/ Mu Sigma
6/ Octro
7/ Invideo
8/ Times Internet
9/ Byjus
10/ Paytm

List of worst startups to work for

Please name the companies that are offering remote roles.

Companies offering remote roles.

Pasting from another app: Airbnb, coinbase, netskope, atlassian, confluent, swiggy 
 Some teams: Salesforce, MS, Cisco, Paypal, OCI

Product Marketing Manager

How is the work culture at Medibuddy?
Asking specifically on the tech and product side of things

People who are there or have worked do share your thoughts

Medibuddy

Software Developer

How's the work culture there? HR reached out for some growth rope and wanted to explore that. Any inputs are welcome.

Anyone here from noon.com? That middle East company?

How’s the company and product culture at MPL(Mobile Premier League)?

Company culture

Hi everyone, can anyone please help how good/bad the PM role at Juspay is? I have been made an offer. I went through a coding round. The money is okay but not sure about learning. Seems to be a very flat organisation and hence dont think will find good mentors in there
Can anyone help? How is the overall culture?

Review of Juspay PM role

How is Practo in terms of culture and WLB? In the growth and prod marketing side?

Product Marketer

Hello people,
We are building a recruitment platform to make hiring easy and fun. Having worked with a recruitment startup, we weren't able to hire for our own team. Hire first, fire faster mode ON tha humara.

So, we found this gap mostly in the early stage startups who don't invest in their recruitment properly.

So can you guys please share your experiences with landing a job with early stage startups.

Rant about recruitment in startups

Generalist

Welcome to News Discussion's Private Community

Corporate catfishing? More companies are posting realistic job listings that don't exist. 

Companies doing this are trying to trick employees into thinking the company is growing and that they are hiring more workers to alleviate their workload. This is not only manipulative, but immoral. 

If you want to increase productivity and alleviate stress in your office, start by showing appreciation for your employees and encouraging them.

Share some companies you might know that have been doing this.

That job you applied for, might not exist !!

Expert

Senior Consultant

I have read that they are burning a lot of money. But I still see them hiring.
Have they laid people off recently?
Current employees shed some light on what’s happening internally.

How is Jupiter doing?

It's become quite a norm for interviewers to jump out of the scheduled slot in between of the interviews, stating abrupt production issues. This is my second in the last 4 companies I've interviewed with. 

Is this normal?

Interview Jump Outs!

Data Analyst

I cleared all 6 rounds of a PM interview with an Edtech startup.  The HR asked for current offer letter, 2 references (current and previous manager), and a couple of other docs. 

Then ghosted me for 2 weeks. When I followed up, the HR said they are in-process of interviewing other candidates

Is it normal to do this now a days? 

I understand the company wants to interview more people. But then why ask for any details from me till you are sure that you are going to give an offer

Is it normal?

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List of companies where you are actually likely to have good time? Work decent hours, get paid well, with low chances of toxicity.

Sharing a list I made for job application with the criteria: 
Google 
Microsoft
Meta
Salesforce
Adobe
Cisco
NVIDIA
Intel
VMWare
ServiceNow
Coinbase
Paypal 
Atlassian 

I have ignored Indian startups because usually culture is iffy. These ones are known for decent culture and pay, tho I may be wrong.

Please add to the list, if any additional ones come to mind. It will help a great deal.

The Best Companies to work for in India? 👨‍💻

Any company is the best one for you provided your manager is good

Operations Manager

Just gonna leave it here. Never gonna join Pristyn Care even if they offer 10X.

WTF is wrong with the founder these days?

Anyone working there can share about work culture, teams, pay range etc?

How's Keka HR?

Program Manager

I'll go first. I got a call for an APM role from one of the companies which did sound pretty sketchy and the recruiter was started bullying me into answering questions, when I asked to know more about the role. The recruiter was extremely unprofessional, and obviously the conversation was nowhere great. They however, did go ahead and sent me the JD and other links, etc to fill in and apply for the job. Mind you, I hadn't applied for the job. 🥲
It just was a pretty sour conversation which had left me in an uncertain situation. Any similar experiences?

Weird recruiter experiences

Asked for my expected CTC. I answered and they weren't happy with it. Said they could only give at 40% increment of current CTC and then asked for my current CTC. After hearing my current CTC they said I shouldn't be earning this much and that I was obviously making it up. Then asked to send over my salary payslip which I refused. Basically the HR started being extremely rude at this point stating that I was being unprofessional. I asked their salary budget for the role which they refused to answer. Then I asked if they were willing to hire me for a lower CTC which she instantly agreed and said she knew I was reasonable and I shouldn't have lied about my CTC. I then said good luck finding a candidate for that amount and hung up.

Hey there everyone, 

I hope you all are having a wonderful day.

I'll get straight to the point, I've been applying for jobs for last 3 months and i haven't got a single call back or interview calls from anywhere, I've applied to 100 of companies, from entry level job to mid senior level job, I've tried every job portal, I've tried getting referrals, hell I've sent 500+ cold emails, I've also tried tailoring my resume for the role.

Now a little bit about myself:


I'm currently working as a product analyst and have 3 YOE. I did my b.tech from tier 1 college and graduated in 2021.
Right after graduation i got a job with a decent package.

So considering my profile and YOE, it shouldn't be this hard tp get a job or even a call back!!

Can anyone tell me what am i doing wrong?, or anyone care to give any tips.

Ps: why the hell are companies asking for 5-6 YOE for an analyst profile??!!!

Thanks y'all
Cheers

How do i get a job?

I mean I have work experience of over 12 years but it’s the first time I have seen this. Like mostly am gonna go with red flag with the company but what are your thoughts? The company is Engati btw. Based in Bangalore and mumbai. Anyway stay toxic Indian tech scene…!

Is it normal while applying for a senior level job to be asked for high school (10th and 12th percentage)?

Creative Head

Got a call for interview. Can anyone share some info on product culture at Revolut?
And they call the role Product Owner, any material difference in terms of roles and responsibilities from a PM?

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