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Corporate slaves for no reason:)

Corporate slaves for no reason:)- Grapevine

I just don’t get the meaning of it. You work, you get paid. You love your work, your pay should make you happy. You can be a corporate bull or a slave by choice. 

So I don’t get it when people blame the corporate system. If you’ve got the mass in you, no one can enslave you!

What’s a corporate slave?

Product Manager

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The stupidity and arrogance of some leaders in some companies to use colleges as filter criteria for what is clearly irrelevant for the role. 

Mostly these idiots end up fucking up company after company creating these neo-casteist groups sucking off and living off each other.

This identity based hiring is the start of corporate politics. I still don’t understand how difficult it is for fucking idiots to understand that while hiring for most roles you have to encourage diverse backgrounds at the start of the process to help you hire the right candidate for the long term, specially in a startup. 

PS I’m not against preferring candidates from certain colleges if it’s relevant. What i do hate is this herd behaviour of trying to hire only from your alumni the moment you are given leadership roles.

It must be such shitty experience to work under idiots like these if you are not from their alumni colleges because their biases play into all evaluations they do about their teams.

Idiots hiring! Pocketfm edition

This is pretty common, has been like that for ages. It’s their company and their rules. You also have the freedom to NOT apply. Maybe they have had better experiences with candidates from top tier universities. Remember getting into most tier 1 colleges is itself difficult and only top talent make it. Also get better academic infrastructure, exposure to alumni networks, etc. So there are high chances they will do well. 
  
 Doesn’t mean that candidates from non-tier1 universities can’t excel. Some can be equally good or even better. Maybe these guys don’t want to take a chance with this role.

Product Designer

Sharing something I saw on X. 

https://x.com/smb_attorney/status/1745609324544536778?s=46&t=75M9ooHyv6ZxcnXYHYGynw

I thought she asked the right questions and that Cloudflare team actually were just throwing corporate doublespeak.

Saw this. Thoughts?

Brand Communication Manager

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you must have noticed people speaking against anything big/small issue that happens in the west but rarely say anything about issues in their own country.

are they afraid of the government?

you won't see any celebrity or famous person saying anything in support of farmers protest or manipur violence or any other oppression faced by people.

what do you think is the reason behind this mentality?

Selective/Fake outrage: Is this limited to the upper middle class?

Senior Software Engineer

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Tech spending has gone UP by a lot. These companies are playing on the USDINR arbitrage and still will choose to pay you peanuts so that they can enjoy insane profit margins in this business. You are literally being treated like a daily wage labourer here, the only difference is you are dressed up in formals. 

Let this be your call to start something new or switch jobs.

Why don't IT employees realize that they are being treated like corporate slaves?

First time seeing this coordination of employees in any big company in India. Corporate slaves are realizing that they need to come together for their rights.

Well done!

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Stages of corporate slavery

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Best job in corporations!!

UX/UI Designer

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I am an engineer, what I enjoy is solving technically challenging problems. I don't really want to spend my time bothering with non-code solutions to your business problem, and I don't care how much money my code makes you. Just have a tech lead give me a challenging tech problem to solve or build for(WITH the necessary requirements) and I'll get it done. Simple. 


Personally I'm saddened to see how chasing impact has taken over all good tech companies, and how you basically HAVE to create value and take ownership in other ways if you want to be SDE-3 or higher. I would rather be a more technically competent, deliverer SDE (think someone who's extremely good at being an SDE-1). Climbing the SDE ladder is boring.

Any other engineers find it boring and frustrating to chase impact?

To be fair, companies are paying you to earn money, not solve tech 
  
 You have to find things to simplify and innovate in that impact only

Software Developer

Software Engineer

Joined this organization as an SDE. Initially, had a great experience for the first few months, got to learn a lot. However, eventually, the management (co-founder) started showing his true colors where they would favor a few people who would say yes to everything the co-founder had to say, while others who asked for justification would suffer.

One such issue is the lack of concrete documentation for policies, and surprise, surprise, the policies change based on the mood of the founders. HR, oh, where can I begin? I honestly haven't seen them work, other than salary processing, where they have outsourced their work like LinkedIn management and basic tasks such as wishing employees on their birthdays. This is perfectly fine with the co-founder, as he considers this innovative.
Unnecessarily, we are forced to follow processes that hamper productivity, and we have to attend meetings for half the day. Still, they expect us to work for more than 10 hours when the salary is peanuts—hell, even peanuts are better; at least we can have them with alcohol.

My learning is saturated, and there’s no zeal to learn as the manager and others demotivate you. The most frustrating part is the quarterly rewards, which make no sense, as the rewards are given to people who can appease their managers (confirmed).

And now that we have increments incoming, they have all of a sudden started highlighting mistakes, finding mistakes even if they don’t exist. Like one such example was the co-founder asking us to write a script when the script was already shown, and asking for an update on a JIRA ticket when it was already given in the comments.

They lost my respect when they started canceling people’s PTOs and disturbing people on their much-needed PTOs where they spend time with their families and unwind. The co-founder asks the PO to call and disturb the developer on their much-needed vacations after working for long hours and weekends as he wants to satisfy his ego.

Rant post

Googlers,

You may have seen reports of protests at some of our offices yesterday. Unfortunately, a number of employees brought the event into our buildings in New York and Sunnyvale. They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers. Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened. We placed employees involved under investigation and cut their access to our systems. Those who refused to leave were arrested by law enforcement and removed from our offices.

Following investigation, today we terminated the employment of twenty-eight employees found to be involved. We will continue to investigate and take action as needed.

Behavior like this has no place in our workplace and we will not tolerate it. It clearly violates multiple policies that all employees must adhere to — including our Code of Conduct and Policy on Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation, Standards of Conduct, and Workplace Concerns.

We are a place of business and every Googler is expected to read our policies and apply them to how they conduct themselves and communicate in our workplace. The overwhelming majority of our employees do the right thing. If you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again. The company takes this extremely seriously, and we will continue to apply our longstanding policies to take action against disruptive behavior — up to and including termination.

You should expect to hear more from leaders about standards of behavior and discourse in the workplace.

Chris

Google terminated 28 employees Wednesday, according to an internal memo viewed by CNBC, after a series of protests against Project Nimbus.

Google terminates 28 employees after multi-city protests: Read the full memo

Internal Email: Google Employees arrested and fired for protests

Friend shared the email with me 
I'm glad Google is finally beginning to crack down seriously on all the woke shit that some employees do

Corporate Strategist

Growth Manager

~RANT~ Recently, everyone might have heard name of ExxonMobil floating around for making Insane profits of ~$56 Billion in 2022, which almost parallel profits realized by Apple. One must imagine employees floating in Bonuses or gifts or whatever, for helping the company achieve this. And what we get is a food card loaded with INR 2500 that can be used on Zomato/Swiggy. The sheer audacity to give all employees this voucher with a mail stating (idr exact words, but it was similar) "A token of appreciation for all the dedication, hardwork and perseverance of our employees". Houston Office receives good bonuses, and India office has no system of bonus for employees. Salary increase that barely beats inflation and that too different for all employees based on a shitty employee evaluation system. All this after they mention Employees are thier biggest foremost and most important resources. Also, they claim they operate with Highest ethical standards. LOL. This is how you treat your best resources? By giving this 2.5k coupon, it would have been better if they had not given us anything than reducing the value we create for the company to these stupid cards. ~RANT over~

Audacity of ExxonMobil to give vouchers after making record profits

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If I hire you, will you work 7 days a week & take a 35% pay cut on the current base? (forget my GSU & Bonus) 
I understand that the market is bad right now but trust me no one is open for slavery. 🥲

Yours sincerely,
Not your slave.

A Startup CEO asked me!

Engineering Manager

genz

And at work 
  
 + the endless chase for the mirage that is wlb 
 + if anything isn't per their expectation, its toxic

Sales Manager

I am interviewing with an early stage startup in Gurgaon. As part of their leave policy, they offer only annual leaves which you earn at a certain rate every month. They do not offer any sick leaves or casual leaves to employees. Is that even legal? Have you heard of similar policies elsewhere?

Leave policy at startups

Business Development Manager

Majority of Indian startups has toxic work culture and the same is not true for any US or Europe based startup. Indian startups just copy paste ideas from the west and apply it to Indian context. We don't have original product barring few such as Postman and all. Why is it so and how we can improve the situation?

Majority of Indian startups are shit.

Bhakts are showing their true colors.

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Role: Associate – Communications

Location: Delhi / Remote

Number of Vacancy: 1

Job Description:
This position is seeking a candidate who will play a vital role in supporting the communications efforts of Udyogini by creating and disseminating compelling content, engaging with stakeholders, and raising awareness of our organization's mission and activities.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Content Creation:
• Assist in creating high-quality content for various platforms, including social media, website, newsletters, and reports.
• Write and edit articles, blog posts, press releases, and other communication materials.
• Ensure all content aligns with Udyogini’s brand and messaging guidelines.

2. Social Media Management:
• Manage and maintain social media accounts.
• Plan and schedule posts, and engage with the online community.
• Monitor and analyze social media metrics to improve our online presence.

3. Media Relations:
• Build and maintain relationships with journalists, media outlets, and influencers.
• Assist in drafting press releases and media pitches.
• Coordinate media coverage of events and initiatives.

4. Website Management:
• Update and maintain website content, ensuring it is current and engaging.
• Work with the team to implement website improvements.

5. Graphic Design:
• Create visually appealing graphics and visuals for online and offline materials.
• Ensure all design work is consistent with organisation's branding.

6. Newsletter and Email Campaigns:
• Develop and send out regular newsletters to the subscribers.
• Maintain email lists and segment them for targeted communications.

7. Event Support:
• Assist in the planning and promotion of events and activities.
• Provide on-site support during events as needed.

8. Monitoring and Reporting:
• Track and report on the impact and reach of communications efforts.
• Use data to make recommendations for continuous improvement.

9. Intern Management:
• Supervise and mentor interns within the Communications

They copy pasted Director JD on Associate role

Let me explain, managers or senior folks who reply/slack/email or do any form of communication outside working hours and especially over weekends… I hate it. If u do it without the counter party explicitly expressing such urgency then you are way worse. 

Just because their current lifestyle or situation allows them to do it… They do it without a second thought. They do not realize that this sets the benchmark or expectations for others who may not be able or like to do same. 

You might say they’re not coercing others to do it then what’s the harm? Well this little thing is what sets the chain reaction to unhealthy WLB. The stakeholders or their heads get the wrong impression and create unhealthy expectation from others. This is just a rant and if u are such a person… Stop doing it without thinking of its unintended consequences.

Hate can do attitude

Haan toh bhai tu mat kar 
 They reply at a time that works for them- you set the right expectations for yourself. Unke response time se teri expectation setting kyu change hogi?

Corporate slaves for no reason:)

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