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Some managers have better reach in the company and this let's their team be at the top of everything.

I have seen people get promoted and praised just because of their managers reach to upper management and rest are left for scrambles many a time not because they don't work hard enough but because their manager doesn't cares about their job that much or maybe doesn't has that level of reach in the company 

These well fit in managers tend to benefit their entire team with more opportunities, better salary packages and benefits than rest.

Is this trend everywhere ?

Managerbazi a thing everywhere ?

Data Scientist

I've observed a significant amount of internal politics within Amazon departments, particularly regarding promotions. It seems like individuals who engage in favoritism or 'bootlicking' are the ones often rewarded with promotions. Have others also noticed this trend?

Are Amazon promotions and appraisals politically driven??

UX/UI Designer

Thought I will make this revelation. Smart Managers deliberately continue to keep ordinary people in their team and these people are given a decent hike too so that they can stay in the company until there is a layoff scenario. This generally happens with product based companies that undergo periodic layoffs regardless of economic slowdown.

So if you are an ordinary employee & continue to get encouraging feedback from your manager plus a decent hike every year, beware! This might be a smart-trap laid by your manager.

Managers deliberately keep non performing employees to use them in a layoff scenario.

Software Architect

I have recently got a position in HR team of Bajaj Finserve, need to know os there culture really toxic? I keep getting feedbacks that it’s very toxic.

Bajaj finserve work culture

Talent Acquisition

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Just wondering if the things we write in bi-annual or annual review against objectives or in general - is read by anyone? I have been told in the past that no one bothers reading it as long as manager is clear about your work. Maybe if you’re up for promotion then it’s possible that the things u wrote are read. Although peer feedback + manager feedback (verbal) takes more precedence. 

So is this writing down just part of evidence collection?

Does anyone even read what we write in performance review?

Software Engineer

Travelling over the next few hours. Thought of doing an AMA. 
First job out of college, 8+ year experience. TC :1.8cr

L6 staff at google- AMA

Why does HR ghosts? Is this being taught to them in HR courses? 
In a decent work setup a simple No or Yes either on mail or text would be ideal.

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Product Manager

I have been working as a frontend developer typically in developing cross platform mobile apps with react native and sometimes websites with react an a banglore based startup. My current yoe is 1+ with 5 months internship. When is the right time to ask for a promotion or what all skills are required when doing a company switch.

What all things are required to get promoted to an SDE2 level?

Frontend Engineer

As it stands, i have been through 0 appraisal cycles and this ia my first. Since i always see people jumping to new companies, does anyone get like amazing hike (say a random 30%+) in their existing company

So does anyone even get a outstanding hike without switching

We've seen stories and videos of employees receiving appraisals from their managers. (Of course, more of hatred)

Now, as a manager, how did you prepare yourself to share such feedbacks, both positive and negative. Did your team respect you less or more after appraisals?

There'd be employees who deserve more but due to higher management restrictions, they're unable to get the deserving number. How do you prepare in such situations?

How were positive appraisals delivered?

Share your experiences from your professional journey.

As a manager, how do you share appraisal feedback?

Growth Manager

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Hi folks, I’m grossly underpaid and my work output + impact warrants a promotion and a fat hike imo. But being told that this is not possible mid year. What can I do to make it happen? Haven’t had a proper conversation regarding this with manager yet.

How to ask for a promotion/hike mid year?

3 years in Google
16+ years of experience
8+ years of EM experience
Google hiring committee member

Ask me anything

EM at Google, AMA

Software Project Manager

Assume you're currently enjoying your role as a jack of all trades. If your manager come and tell you that you need to choose whether you need to be a 
- Software Engineer
- Product Manager
- Program Manager
- Analyst
- Product Operations Manager

Which one would you choose? And why? 


Note: You're currently contributing to all of this in someway or the other, and the manager wants to ensure that you are also having a good career growth within the company, or you should be ready if you're looking for an external job.

The manager and the team is 100% in on supporting you on any of the above choice. 

[These are not random options, but came up because of the exposure to these domains and the related results delivered]

Selecting a Career

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I work for a early stage startup (A) right now since about 1.5yrs at base 18lpa (no appraisal since my tenure even though I was told they have a bi-annual cycle, but It never happened)

I have another company (B), willing to offer base 28lpa (but will require relocation). 

I still haven't interviewed at B, and was wondering if i can should talk to A asking for an appraisal? I'm also not sure if i should mention about B at all. 

How much i understand A will be like let us launch something and then we can talk about appraisals, but this has been going on since a year now and we tend to change the architecture or the methodology everytime we almost have something ready to ship. 


That being said still I'd rather stay at A than relocate for B at the moment. 

How should I go about this, any suggestions? TIA

How should I ask for a raise?

Joined as a management trainee in a city I went to for the first time (totally different culture, language issues etc), had a very poor performing team (at times unethical sales practices), made a few personnel changes. New person who joined has great contacts in the market and is helping me grow. Now my boss says it's all because of his connections and experience, what have you done? When the team was bad, I was incompetent, when the team is good, they are good what am I doing? Is this fair?

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What are generally the metrics used during layoffs ?

Is it division by division or each employee is vetted for his performance and contributions ?

Do high salaried folks generally targeted even if they have good performance and history with company ?

With the overall bleak atmosphere in startup ecosystem and lack of transparency in this process from employers wanted to know how are decisions made. Most say it is performance based in news, how true is that ?

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