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These guys sent an email with title Happy New Year. And attached new policies are the end. Insane stuff.

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I don’t see anything wrong with this. It’s clear that the agenda is not to give additional leave benefit, but to normalise women taking period leaves. At present,  women usually use a different reason (headache/fever/backache etc) to apply for leave, while the actual reason is period pain/discomfort. Not every step is meant for a material benefit, you have to see the intangible value to the society.

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I have been working at EY for the past 3 years (joined after the pandemic) and there's been suddenly a shift in their policies. 

Last FY has been really slow for the company and now they're doing all in their power to make people leave the company. 

For example, compliance about things which no one was bothered a single bit in the past 2 years has suddenly become an issue at every possible level. Be it to being in office twice a week or even missing to fill out your timesheets. There have been no replacements for everyone who's left the company in the last 6 months.

At the start it seemed like they valued talent but all rules and ethics seem to be thrown out of the room this year. Attrition is the mantra. 

With the upcoming appraisal season there are minimalistic hopes from the company. And all of the above seems like an effort to have excuses for poor ratings.

All of this seems like a tactic to make you quit yourself before they start firing ! 

I plan to leave this place ASAP

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- Amazon has mandated that staff return to the office five days a week starting next year, one of the strictest post-pandemic policies in the corporate world.
- CEO Andy Jassy emphasized that in-office work enhances learning, collaboration, and cultural integration.
- Exceptions will be made for emergencies and specific projects requiring isolation.
- The company will end hot-desking in the US but continue it in Europe, affecting its 1.5 million employees.
- Amazon's strict policy contrasts with other tech companies like Google, which require only three days of in-office work. 

 Source: [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/401e13fe-d065-4c07-9b51-e21fa38ad6e1)

Amazon Orders Staff Back to Office Five Days a Week

Next update by Andy Jassy: After long deliberation S-Team has decided, only 2 cups of water  and 1 cup of coffee per day. This will improve innovation and collaboration, by reducing bathroom breaks. Since you will now use less water flushing, it will meet our sustainability goals too, mitigating the pollution you cause by coming to office daily.

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Isn't it hilarious that there was so much outrage over the better.com CEO firing employees over a Zoom call in late 2021, fast forward a year we have these so called GIANTS laying off employees via an email.

Disgraceful stuff.

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The company did around 10-15% silent layoffs in the last cycle by putting people in PIP. 
My Manager told me that he has pressure on him to put at least 1 or 2 people in PIP, make them leave the company and reduce costs.

Later, the company did as low an appraisal as 2%.

Senior folks are leaving specifically Frontend Developers.

Salaries of a lot of SDE-2 are below 30 LPA.

They have started new positions called Product Developers which will do the same work as SDEs but with a lesser package. PD-1 salary is around 10-12 lakhs and of Lead PD is 20-22 lakhs.

The company is putting itself in a position where it wants people to leave on their own.

There are almost zero perks in the company. 
The team outing budget is a joke which is 2k INR per person per year. That is 500 rupees per person per quarter. 

Also making office mandatory from November.

Razorpay is too smart!

Good thing. Anyways their frontend devs and PMs were doing everything on Twitter except tech.

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So Bewakoof got acquired by Aditya Birla group and sent a mail to employees that their ESOPs are now worthless “as determined by the board.”
I mean, I know what they’re doing is completely legal, they must have covered themselves with escape clauses, but how are founders okay with this? They basically ripped off and wiped off the wealth of the very employees that worked for them for years. Shameful, man! Never buying from this shit company again. Not that it will matter, but won’t give a penny to this hideous organization.

<Rant on Bewakoof.com> Employees got nothing for their ESOPs

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Google has today announced layoff in India as part of their global layoffs

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Heard they have mandated 5 days WFO and one of the investor has become CEO. Would there be another round of layoffs?

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Hi I ask my manager to allow me for wfh due to heavy rain now a days and my hometown will get affect by flood if continue rain.I used all my wfh balance I about to go ofc but this situation seems dangerous for me to leave home and travel 250km to Pune office.i ask to allow me wfh till rain improve once situation better I will leave to pune but manager declined and said to take leave directly but in this case my leave balance also get finish.HR is asking for past wfo records,present address proof and lots of things.if manager is not cooperative then employee will disagree with policies.in natural disaster who can predict what will happen in future.what should I do please suggest .

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heard from a TCS employee...👀

their company is holding the variable pay for not working from office

he mentioned that the 'travel expense to office is way more than variable pay - so, let them deduct...'😅

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So brace yourself, official firing is going to happen at Glance now...
Silent firing anyways has been happening for a month or so.

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