Fun at work is necessary.  We all must laugh, crack all types of jokes, silly ones, nerdy, matured and some good ones too.  Taking joke on yourself is also a sense of humor.  That said, cracking a ...

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- Fun at work is necessary.
- We all must laugh, crack all types of jokes, silly ones, nerdy, matured and some good ones too.
- Taking joke on yourself is also a sense of humor.

That said, cracking a silly joke with the intention of showing cool or smart is not funny. Some people are in continuous pursuit of getting browny points and they pretend to be funny & cool. They are under the illusion they are smart.

Do you have anyone like this in your team?

Crack silly joke to act smart at work & gain browny points

Software Architect

Crack silly joke to act smart at work & gain browny points- Grapevine

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Men who crack intelligent sarcastic jokes are so hot 🔥

Is it just me or design culture in India is just becoming worse?

Saw a lead designer come in for work. Sit down for 5 minutes and make crass jokes and then leave. What even man. I am super disappointed. All the best people I have worked with have either left or are about to leave. All the women in office become uncomfortable with these jokes and it is visible on their faces. 

They then take credit for our work and speak really well to the senior management about "HE" has done. 

I transitioned to design to learn and grow in my career but this is the least ambitious field I have seen in my career.

What do you think?

Design in India is toxic 💩

Software Developer

Hey fellow grapevine friends, let me share a hilarious tale of my recent job interview rollercoaster ride! So, picture this: I chanced upon interviewing for one those new age alternative fintech firms, feeling like a boss, acing every interview level with flying colors. The interviewers were practically showering me with positive vibes about the role and the company. I was on cloud nine!

But hold on to your seats, folks, because things took an unexpected turn. After the initial warm reception, it suddenly went colder than an iceberg. I waited eagerly for responses from the TA team, but all I got was radio silence. Not even a peep. It was like they vanished into thin air!

Now, I wasn't keen on pestering the hiring manager, but desperation got the best of me. I decided to shoot them a message, hoping for some answers. And guess what? They hit me with the most mind-boggling news ever – a hiring freeze! Can you believe it? Talk about bad timing, right? I must have brought some serious jinx along with me.

As if that wasn't enough, I then discovered something straight out of a conspiracy movie. I noticed that the TA team's LinkedIn profiles had that same little green circle, indicating they were open to work.. But wait, there's more! A bunch of ex-employees and other members of the team also had that eerie green circle. What on earth was happening here? Are they secretly communicating in some LinkedIn language that mere mortals like us don't understand?

Oh well, my friends, the job hunt can be a wild and wacky adventure, full of unexpected twists and turns. But fear not, for I am armed with resilience and a great sense of humor! So, with popcorn in one hand and my resume in the other, I shall continue my quest to conquer the job market. While also finding the anomalies of the start up world. Here's to embracing the unpredictability and staying positive on this crazy journey! Cheers to the next chapter of my job hunt! 🍿🚀

From fintech hopes to deep freeze: My epic interview saga

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Got to know from my skip manager that there will be another round of layoffs starting Monday.

Another layoff round at AWS India

All because someone forgot about their running EC2 instance. 😂

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My manager dropped my new iphone 15 pro 😔

He asked he’d pay for it but it’ll take 26,990 for repair.
How this’ll change me relationship with him 😔

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Guys life updateee: it is lens cover 
 Apparently my sister installed it before handing over the phone to me 😭😭

It can end me up in jail, the way Indians are overtly sensitive

I have a skewed sense of humour

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Disclaimer: Probably a rant.
Let me give you some context. I am an ambivert, I don't like interacting with new people. I have been working from home since the pandemic. 

Last day I, along with 20 other people was asked if they can come together on a weekend to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of a project(who does that) that I too was working on
One guy said he is busy and might not come. The organizer started to plead with him to go to the event, on the call, a conference call. And since I don't like the attention I didn't say I won't be going to that event either.

I understand from an organizer point of view, you have to show the maximum amount of people. But consider this, it's a freaking weekend. It should be a time to unwind from work and find some comfort of their own liking.

Thank you for attending my Ted Rant. Have a nice day

I really don't want to go to team building activities

Team building activities should definitely be done on working days and most preferably within working hours.

So I have couple of friends from college and I meet them during weekends.
Whenever I meet them they wanted to talk about how much they have given taxes, what their salaries is or how they worked this week.
I know that work gets too much and sometimes you need to vent somewhere, but everytime we meet this is becoming too much.
Sometimes I feel a bit out of place as they comparatively earn a lot than me.
I meet them to clear things out of my head and prepare for next week,but this constant comparison is getting too much for me.
I have asked them to talk about some other topic but sometimes after we come back to discuss the same things

How to deal with friends who only want to talk about salary whenever we meet.

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One hack I know is that sending emails after working hours (like 8), considered as "Banda raat bhar kaam krta hai".

Please share yours!

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Software Test - QA

You know those type of people? The ones who believe they know everything, everyone else is beneath them, but in reality are extremely stupid?

The ones who will never admit they are wrong even if you show them why? The ones who will try to demean you at every step of the way cause it gives them pleasure? The ones who you just want to punch as soon as you see them in office?

Yeah, I know you’re thinking about atleast one person while reading this. My question is what has your strategy been in dealing with these people? 

So far in my journey, I haven’t faced any sadistic manager, so that has been great, but the people, my god, some of the tech guys in my teams have been absolutely the most frustrating human beings I’ve encountered.

Ofcourse the first thing to do is to take a step back and reevaluate whether if it is you who has been the actual asshole all along, but after that, if you are still convinced that the other person is nothing but the living embodiment of satan, how do you guys go about dealing with them?

How do you guys deal with annoying assholes at work

The truth

Let me go- 
Coworker who used to lie a lot and spread rumours. Like they'll make up a story in their head, and start telling random things. Once she pinged everyone saying that I got engaged, and I suddenly started receiving texts in company groups 🤷🏾

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Nothing major, but this bothers me a lot! 
 "Hi" 
 Just say what you want to say instead of waiting for me to reply

Frontend Engineer

Now it is enough struggle in life, stress, tension, Work Life Balance..where is my life? Where is my enjoyment? Whole life I have compromised to please others. I have earned money, spend money, one day I will go out of this cruel world, who is there to cry for me? So, I just wanna live my own life without any tensions... because life is very short. You never know what next....

I just want to live my actual life

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Are all funny people like this?

Amazon is inviting you to apply for the SDE-3 position for a well-known CXO :) Overheard this in a watercooler conversation. Is this how they give a stinger to senior people or is this just a way for them to mock?

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