Sacch bataun … mera ye saturday manager ne working bana diya😭

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Kya h  deadline mein? Lappu sa deadline hein Kam karna k man kabhi hota nai Kam usse phele kabhi khatam howe na Jhingur sa manager h Usse darunga m ?

Kya h  deadline mein?
Lappu sa deadline hein
Kam karna k man kabhi hota nai
Kam usse phele kabhi khatam howe na
Jhingur sa manager h
Usse darunga m ?

Fed up of deadlines

Fed up of deadlines- Grapevine

A day has 4 options (shabd) in corporate life:

1) First hour me (they ask for it the moment you arrive - starter pack of din kharaab)
2) Lunch tk - the statement says with love, "Lunch ke baad de dena" but they just ask when you take out lunch box
3) EOD - End of December, hai na?
4) 12 bje se phle - generally used by HRs for survey ya forms, we love filling it at 11:45 PM ❤️

Did I miss anything?

When your manager says kal tk

Growth Manager

Write a corporate horror story in three words.

Copywriter

Welcome to News Discussion's Private Community

Hi All
I resigned from my current company and my manager requested me to stop for atleast 1 more year as so many new projects are coming and I am only software developer in Data science team
Since I am getting 70% from here so no reason to stop. He got angry as I rejected his request and now he is bombarding me with a lot of work and messaging me on WhatsApp for joining unnecessary meetings which never happened earlier.
Although I want to leave on good terms, but these unnecessary tasks are frustrating.
Any idea what shall I do ?
Thank you

Manager not happy from resignation, retaliating with lot of work

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I'll go first: "I want you to focus on doing good work and not on how much money you're making." Achchha aur mera rent kaun dega?

What's the dumbest thing your boss has said?

I thought I was the only one frustrated with meetings until my colleagues also mentioned they were not able to get work done because most of the day was spent on meetings

Plus our boss (CEO) loves talking, anyway the meetings are agenda-less. He stretches 30 min calls to 2 hours and then has the audacity to question the productivity.

Cannot tell me this, he gets very touchy when feedback is negative for him. And then writes sarcastic messages.
Also, who wants to take up fights with person who pays your salary

What to do in this case? I'm tired of working 12 hours each day

Too many meetings, and our boss is one yapper

Founder

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I am preparing for the Staff engineer role. Have put my resignation without any offer in hand due to being highly underpaid, no recognition towards my high-value work, poor management, toxic work culture and work-life balance.

I lose all my motivation to study gauzing at the things I am yet to study for the interviews.

I don't want to settle with another mediocre company and stay under paid just like today.
At the same time I don't have any monetory reserve to feel safe on financial side.

Please help me with your words and past experiences of being in a similar situation.

Motivate me pls

There are managers who are paid close to a Crore Rupees a year for doing this.

Scene: Our team is working on it. We’ll get back to you.
Reality: I have no idea about what the issue is. I’m completely dependent on my team.

Scene: I have a hard stop now. Have to drop off.
Reality: I don’t care about the ongoing meeting. My “passive” attendance in some other meeting is more important than the ongoing meeting.

Scene: +team FYI 
Reality: Not my responsibility. Team must take a look.

Scene: Do you have some bandwidth?
Reality: If you say no, I will use this against you during appraisal.

Scene: Feel free to give feedback about leadership. Your opinion is important for continuous improvement.
Reality: Negative feedback should be worded with politically correct statements. Else be ready to face consequences.

Scene: The leadership team expects so-and-so from you.
Reality: I’m not capable of questioning the leadership team. I’m just passing the buck to you.

Scene: Can you prepare a deck by this day?
Reality: I want to show a rosy picture to my leaders. I will ‘use’ you to impress my leaders.

Scene: Who wants to work on this item?
Reality: I’ll judge employees who don’t volunteer.

Scene: I want you to complete this (bullshit work) by this weekend at any cost.
Reality: I want to save my ass in this job.

Scene: Do you have any blockers?
Reality: As if I’m capable of resolving them…lol

Scene: Taking a day off. Reachable on mobile.
Reality: Added the second statement to ‘show’ how important & flexible I am. I know you’ll not call me anyways.

Scene: Manager presenting something. Do you have any questions?
Reality: -silence-

- - -
Have you ever encountered Managers like these?

Inefficient Managers

Software architect

Hello folks, 

Hope you've all been well. It's been some time since we did this, so thought of starting a watercooler :) 

To people who are new: 
Welcome to the watercooler: the place for any conversations that feel a bit small to create a dedicated post. Manager acting weird today? Ended up being really late to a meeting and got angry looks? Need show recommendations? This is probably the place for it. 

Look forward to hearing from you all :) 

- The Unpaid Intern* 
(*Disclaimer: I am actually paid though)

Watercooler: 20th Feb

Intern

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I'm working as an APM at a startup for about a year now. I work with another guy who happens to be my senior, PM and both of us report to the director.

Of late, my senior, i.e., the PM has been undermining my work when the two of us are working together, subtly taunting me that what I've done is pretty easy and non impactful business wise. He also disregards the decisions made by me, modifies the PRDs discovered and written by me and mails them as his own.

Eventually, he ends up adding me to the walkthrough calls because I had discovered the features but then concludes everything such that he had owned everything end to end.

Recently, both of us were given a documentation to be done by our manager, i.e., the director. I had completed almost 70% of that document, but in our call with the director he presented it saying that he had written that document and I had made a few changes to it.

This undermines my work and visibility of my capabilities. I don't know how to tackle this situation, my manager is usually busy and leaves it upto this PM to allocate work, which he unfairly uses.

How do I talk to my manager about this. I'm fairly new to corporate, just graduated last year and don't know how to handle all this.

But this thing has been bothering me lately, really looking forward to any advise my fellow grapeviners may have.

Senior taking credit for my work

Product Manager

Hello everyone.

Starting the Watercooler for today - the place for all casual conversations and thoughts that might feel too small to make a post out of :) 

Look forward to hearing from you folks!

Daily Watercooler (17th July)

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

My manager called me in the meeting and said that from now onwards all 7 days are working because we are behind tasks.
( These tasks are irrelevant to me as these are not related to any customer development, he just wants to see how the data adds up )
Honestly I think it was the diwali week where people took things lightly and not that we are behind deadlines.
He asked me to be available 24x7 this Friday to Sunday but I had already planned the weekend off with family and pre intimated this 10 days in advance.
Now I'm getting calls that 'x' task was not done and 'y' customer is complaining etc. ( which is not the case )
On this break, I've finally made up my mind to quit.
The mental pressure is not worth it.
WHAT is a good way to put it across to the leadership??

I am ready to Quit !

Analytics Manager

How many escalations have you had , I'm on 2. Working on two projects simultaneously and I'm just behind on both of those , I'm a fresher , I told my manager that I don't have bandwidth but he said that take responsibility and finish it? I don't know what to do anymore ?

How to navigate this situation

So thing is  In last 1 week my manager/project lead has been threating that you will have to work on weekend if you dont complete your task by friday and put the the task to testing.

And this boils my blood soo damnn much . But as a person who is on lowest level i cant do/say shit. I just disagree with him and dont argue.
What would you have done .[ practical advice only]

And thing is i do all my dev work on time even earlier almost everytime and he just goes around and threatens everyone with this. Soo annoying thay dumbfk needs to get rekt .

Work on weekend?!! Advice needed

Data engineer

how do you guys deal with managers setting up unrealistic deadlines? My manager without even consulting the team about efforts required gave the estimated completion date of the project which is impossible to deliver by that time. I tried to reason with him several times about extending the timeline but he doesn't listen at all. what should i do in this case?

unrealistic deadlines

Analyst

Rant 
I have this person who has been nominated as POC from New Zealand. I have been trying and chasing the person to schedule calls, and till now I have rescheduled 4 times because he is now showing up on the time slots HE communicated. Even though I adjusted my work schedules according to his time slots, given I start my work as per USA timing.
That's highly unprofessional. It goes like-
Me: Hey! Let me know what time suits you?
Him: my calendar is free from so and so. Please schedule 😃
On the day of call

Him: Hey can you reschedule to * absurd timings which don't suit IST* 
Or
Him: I'm unable to join, my calendar is blocked 

I'm so frustrated. I have messaged him ( in corporate speak) that I have already rescheduled so many times based on your schedule ( which you communicated) I would appreciate it if you show up. I am already working beyond my standard working hours for you.

Onshore employees have no time  respect for fellow Indians working in India

Do you catch up weekly or monthly?

Strategy & operations

@president_trump's meme really made me do it 😂

Hello people, 

Hope Monday is bearable :) 

Welcome to the watercooler: the place for any conversations that feel a bit small to create a dedicated post. Manager acting shady today? Had a heavy weekend and still not recovered? Office food was stale? This is the place to share anything random.

Look forward to hearing from you all :) 

- The Unpaid Intern
Disclaimer: For legal reasons I must confess I do get paid

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