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It could be telling your manager off or something spicier. A moment you can't believe you got away with in a work environment.

What is your best "I can't believe I got away with this" experience?

Creative Head

What are your stories of toxic bosses and companies?
What do you want to say to them now that you have left?




Source: https://northindiastatesman.com/biglaw-harassment-a-rusted-culture-that-needs-sanitization/

Leaks: Another exposé: Partner says "I am a f****g senior partner and I will f*****g fire you"

Robotics Engineer

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The manager here will give you unachievable targets will shout on you and put the blame of everything on you this is the dumbest company ever and such ill-literate managers gosh should have never entered xoxoday, never go for this company warning you guys ,gonna give my notice period tomorrow wish me luck

Xoxoday the worst sales culture in a company

Founder’s Office

There are news that massive layoffs are coming in Paytm. HR and Business Heads have been given targets - average 30% reduction expected across all teams. #bravenewworld

Massive Layoffs Coming - Paytm

Poor timing !! Festive season, Christmas/new year and these layoffs. 
   
 It's a remainder for everyone that companies won't even think twice before laying you off. So stop making any company your dream or glorifying it.

Software Developer

Data Scientist

Recently came across this on my LinkedIn. Just out of curiosity how does this happen. I mean the guy started as an Associate 2.5 years back and is now a VP.

Guys at BlackRock, WTF is this

VPs are inflated titles in investment banks and other financial services companies. Such companies often have hundreds or even thousands of VPs. 
  
 This was done to make their clients believe that they're interacting with important people ("VPs") even though they're interacting with someone with 3-4 years of experience.

Research Specialist

After a confirmed research, following resignations are happening at Unacademy, resulting in a massive instability in the organisation

1. CHRO
2. COO
3. CTO
4. VP IT & ADMIN
5. CBO ( JM)
6. HEAD OF OFFLINE CENTERS
7. GENERAL COUNSEL
8. IAS COFOUNDER


Adding to this, following BU's have been shut

1. Content Growth
2. Coheshve 
3. Next Level

TRULY SAD TO SEE THE HOUSE OF CARDS FALLING DOWN.

Series of resignations at Unacademy 👾

Program Manager

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Hey folks!

🌐 Joined X out of necessity. KT for 1-2 days, then POC and client tickets.

🔒 Credentials revoked, told client issues. New guy in team, no intro, he got my creds.

📊 Reporting shifted to HR, no work assigned, sensed possible layoff.

🚫 No communication, red flag, forced office visit despite injury.

💰 Salary received, PF deducted, no passbook data, doubtful deposit.

🔄 Y offered better opportunity, hid X on resume, got and accepted offer.

❓ Should I have told Y about X? Concerned:
1. Tell now, they may understand or revoke.
2. Keep quiet, can they find out later via background check?

🤷‍♂️ Policies differ, but it's about people, not policies—understand or do shit.

LinkedIn: X-> 300-400, Y -> ~4000 (layoffs recently, so numbers might decrease).

X to Y: Navigating the Corporate Maze in Just 2 Weeks—Your Insights Needed!

DevOps Engineer

A friend used to work as AVP at HSBC’s credit analyst team in Bangalore Office. Apparently, one of the female AVPs loves gossiping and went around the office saying our guy doesnt work at all and is shitting on a crucial project. When reported to the lead VP, he failed to take any action.

Upon threatening intimation to HR, the lady got wind of the whole situation and calls up our guy applogising and stuff. But the back bitching doesnt stop and this time our guy ends up leaving the toxic workplace.

No cookies for guessing who’s in line for promotion next.

Other reported incidents against which no actions were take
1) making juniors cry
2) deleting teams billable hours without informing anyone
3) not informing about leaves and then creating chaos over non completion of work

and the show is just getting started….

HSBC India shitshow

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What an insane journey this man has had!
feel sad though that FW will now be a fully american company with all senior leaders in america

Mathrubootham will now be spending more time on the long-term product vision, innovation and AI strategy.

Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham redesignated as executive chairman, Dennis Woodside takes charge as CEO

Girish  Mathrubootham steps down as Freshworks CEO

Product Marketing Manager

Personally- I feel they are very averse to change and are promoters of politics within teams.
Pls comment on your thoughts

What's your take on team members that have stayed in orgs for more than 10-15 years

Human Resources

Only in India will someone speaking scientific fact and sense against age-old myths can get banned by court orders on X

Only in India

He is not balanced. He extrapolates medical terminology to prove his point. There are frauds everywhere but he is no saint either. Good riddiance

Software Engineer

Product Head

He’s one of us…

Hey folks, 

This competitor's CEO reached out to me recently and we talked for an hour. 

In the end, he asked my current TC which was quite surprising. He then offered me a 100% hike + 10L esops. 

Although the offer is tempting. I have a problem. There is a Non-Compete clause in my offer letter for 8 months. 

How can I tackle this? The CEO said that, if I make up my mind he will make sure that my current org doesn't know any of this. 

Please help me with all the suggestions!! 
Thanks in advance :)

Competitor trying to poach

Product Manager

Ashneer is literally comparing himself with legendary Ceo

A lot of people at Unacademy have already resigned, and they are unable to hire replacements from the market( for who knows what reasons). Now as we all know people who are left in the organisation are going to have a tough time. 

Leaves not being approved, longer hours at work, mental harassment in the name of being available 24*7  is becoming a day to day thing. Now they are forcing people to take up sections of business one has never dealt with and are threatening to fire them if they are denying those roles. 

People who left the organisation in 2022 are the luckiest and well a bunch of well informed individuals who saw the end of this company before anyone else could have. 

What a time to be in edtech, indeed

Major Shakeup at Unacademy

Founder

Though in all probability, what you've already heard is true.

I've worked with the CEO/COO at Unacademy. AMA.

I worked in an Indian startup closely with CXO for last few years. 

They are pathetic in any way possible. Tech is limited to crud, that too doesn't work. The pay amongst their inner circle is in no way justifiable. For reference, I know people getting US pay remotely and that too doesn't come close to some of them.

They hired a guy from a service based company with completely different tech stack and no product experience for 60lpa+ (I know this number because he drunk boasted about this once) as VP just because he was acquaintance. Now, this guy lacked basic human decency and tech skills. He didn't know things as basic as how to use git cli or how to talk to people. Every non-tech person that ever had to work with him called it quit. Even 4-5 year old employees (juniors being exploited mostly) that were there from inspection. He would ruthlessly "harass" them for his own shortcomings.

The head of sales gets paid more than what their profit after margin is.

They just keep on raising based on their IIT/IIM creds and connections and there's no business or problem that they are solving. Even the contracts they seem to winning is rather by pulling the strings, because the product or tech doesn't solve or do anything. Yet they're able to raise more again and again.

It kinda kills me and fills me with so much rage that there are so many of them similar ones out there. I could go on and on about all the things that I had to see working here for years.

My pathetic experience working for years closely with CXO in a startup

I'm unable to understand what sort of entitlement does the leadership hold to ask their employees to work their ass off without any compensation for their efforts.

Like literally bro just said that it's a 7 day work week for the next quarter and fuck your personal life and doesn't even bother to highlight that there would be any gratification for the same.

The mid-senior leadership just acts as pawns and complies with this and in case you highlight this shit show you're fired.

Fuckall Leadership

Make a fake profile on LinkedIn, post this mail there, tag a bunch of people and make this asshole famous. 
  
 Fuck this shit, seriously!

Growth Manager

Paytm is becoming the Enron of India with so many allegations of fraud and compliance issues.

Paytm might've committed forex fraud

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nishantmittaltt_yesterday-i-posted-an-analysis-on-apna-activity-7136198472654897153-hMwv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Damn. This is serious.

Founder of Apna lives in US, flies first class, has hired his best friends at huge salaries. More in the link below!

This represents the worst of the ecosystem
All of it happened during the peak bull market. Creating a blue collar marketplace made sense in the bull-bharat era. 

The rounds happened in a peculiar way too, most top investors didn't even get the chance to evaluate. It was all too quick. Tiger came in quick succession. 

Ultimately, we're now saying "The VC's were terrible negotiators & left him with 50% board seats so they cannot fire him". Well, of course. 

VCs created the hype. VCs face the brunt.

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