Company is Great, My Work is Toxic

So, I joined this company located in Delhi last year from Bangalore as a permanent WFH employee. Initial 6 months were fine, even though I was aware they had pre-installed tracking software called "Teramind" while sending the laptop! But in the last 3 months the work culture or environment has completely flipped and turned into Toxic. First they made us install a remote tracking software called "Hubstaff" which tracks keyboard and mouse activity and time, and takes 4 screenshots every 10 minutes. Then they made it compulsory 8 hours a day excluding any break like lunch or tea. This month they tied work hours with Salary and started deducting the entire day's pay even if you are short by like half an hour! Almost all employees know they need to leave but are kinda stuck due to the current job market situation. I'M thinking of quitting without finding another job now, I'm just mentally tired and frustrated with the situation I find myself in. All my emotional energy is spent, I just don't know what to do😞

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. ---

Share your employer toxic trait/policy. I'll go first 👇🏻 - My employer hired me when it was Fully WFH, now they force me to join office after 8 months of joining. - Attend 5 days/week - No hybrid - Biometric system to track attendance - Complete 180 hours in a month or pay cut - No relocation support - Less appraisal (~5%) citing market conditions. - Removed unlimited leaves just a few days below announcing WFO. FYI: I was named best employee for 2023 Q1

It has been close to 5 years that i have been working at this company, the work culture is so bad, overworked, work for more than 12 hours every day, even working on all Sunday’s, it has been 5 years almost and i have not got a chance to take a holiday, don’t get to take my wide out, boss messages about work without even looking at the day or time, micro management is killing it, should i continue to work? I don’t have another job offer in hand but i am completely burned out.

Hey guys, I’m working at Disney Star and it’s been a struggle due to the toxic work culture. Which industry can I switch to? I am so scarred that I want something slow, I work in marketing.

I have heard people talking about bad culture in a company. I just wanted to know what exactly they mean by not a good culture? Is it micro management or no WLB or something else. Please give some examples and if possible with the company's name.(saw in some recent post on GV that Groww does not a have a good culture. A more detailed example would be much helpful)

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Just now I was reading a post that a person has to forcefully resign due to a toxic manager/work environment. Shouldn't there be a movie 🍿 about toxicity of office managers, as there was 3idiots for choosing career. Like how employees get treated in banks (that video which went viral, manager yelling at an employee), another example when an employee stood up against his manager (order swiggy par karo jake), there are so many examples. My team and I also face a hell level of micro-management daily but no one speaks up about it. I tried highlighting it to my manager and team but no benefit. In my company, even if you make an HR complaint they are helpless and reroute you to the manager only. I think it's the same for others as well. Any opinions?? P.S. Not saying every manager is bad. I have worked with some great ones as well.