Haha what's that coronavirus thing?

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Haha what's that coronavirus thing?- Grapevine

I have seen this in 2020 😭

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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...'😅

Consultant

Hey Viners, 

Thought I'll start a thread to share everything that can make each other's holidays better. Let's share our recommendations of what one could watch/hear/play/or do and maybe even tag it so. 

Could end up being a very handy list when one of us is just lying on the bed just scrolling through insta mindlessly or when somebody has ordered some amazing pizza, but it ends up getting cold because you can't find something to watch :p 

Hope you do relate :p 
Let's comment here, and hopefully make it a good set of days :)

[Holiday Megathread]: Cool ideas on what one can do in the holidays (movies/shows/games/music/others) 🎥🎶👾

Corporate Strategist

Brace for AGI 🥲

Partner

Thanks team Grapevine for the wine and the 10k!
You guys didn't have to do it, I would still be here for the great community but I appreciate the gesture.
Lets keep growing in 2024💪

Grapes 🍇 do get converted to 🍷

Founder

Know at least 4-5 people around me who have had dengue in the last 1-2 months 

This is abnormal in everyday

Stay safe out there folks

Dengue is everywhere

Project manager

While work culture wise we aren't a toxic place
We did have two bats enter our office in the same day and caused quite a havoc! I don't know of anyone who's ever told me they like bats. I particularly hate them. They're disease ridden and can cause quite a lot of harm if not taken care of around our houses 

Our office is quite nice, but some unfortunate events have allowed for these bats to enter from an opening in our building. I guess that's the cost of being around nature :/

I'm sad to say that Grapevine is a toxic company (literally 🦇)

It's been 4 years since covid started and all of us went into the first lockdown (24 March 2020). I just thought of this while making another post, and this has actually taken me aback. It was such a crazy time, and now it's just long gone. 

- We got a lot of time to be home, to be around loved ones, most of us are privileged and hence Covid wasn't bad at all. We were mostly making Dalgona Coffee, sourdough bread, playing PUBG, watching movies, etc. 

- A lot of us also lost loved ones. It was really brutal for those who did. And it was always scary for the rest of us. 

- Most of us who have been in tech saw our salaries climb the fastest. The absolute peak job market, best hikes, the world was very positive in that sense - not as much work and enough pay to enjoy 

- The biggest thing I've noticed: Covid got me hooked to Instagram/YT Shorts/and other social media. I feel like I used to be more aware and awake before covid. Somehow, a lot of exposure to social media/content etc. has made me just very zoned out in life. I think a lot of us have a much shorter attention span. 

IDK if this is true, but certainly feels like it is true. 

Just penning this down because I'm genuinely tripping how long it's been.

4 years since Covid started. What are your memories from that time? How have you evolved since?

Product Manager

Am I alone feeling anxious about the market going down and the job situation becoming more volatile? I mean another lock down with companies not performing in FY23, idk got me anxious, stressed and just blah

So COVID is back, feeling blah yet?

Category marketing

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Very sad to see this. And scary given how fit he seems.

Nithin Kamath got a stroke 6 weeks back 😳

Product Owner

Here We Go 🥲

In Bangalore Covid cases has started to spike again, please wear mask everyone. Yesterday one person age 62,  passed away due to Covid. 

A leading well known MSME book keeping and Peak XV surged backed startup, has active COVID cases in the office and they are doing nothing about it. I asked the HR and the person was clueless. The positive person themself is informing everyone to be cautious. Health of employees is a joke here. Basic courtesy of informing employees is severely missing. Also not sure what Office Admin/HR leaders plan for our safety. These people will have no impact of their health and their families. I’m expected to come to the office though my work doesn’t require to come to office. I was okay with this. But after hearing Covid cases I have started to feel panicking. 

Also I have isolated myself from my fam and elderly parents. 

In Q4 the organization said it would be transparent. This is how it is planning to do that? Our health doesn't matter? :/

Only making things public, makes them take action. Is this what I have to do every time I need them to meet basic expectations?

If any other company facing this problem? How are you dealing this? Please share ideas to isolate or precautionary measures 🙏

Bangalore people covid is spiking, found cases at my office

Analyst

1200 Active cases in Karnataka, is it a 2020 Jan Recap ?

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The new variant (JN1) apparently was identified in 56k people in SGP in a week. That's huge for Singapore.

'Because of its transmissibility, JN.1 can become the dominating strain of circulating COVID virus unless proactive preventive measures are not followed which are - frequent hand sanitization, usage of Triply mask, and social distancing,' said Dr Tushar Tayal, lead consultant, internal medicine, at CK Birla Hospital in Gurugram.

Covid variant JN.1 spreading in China, US, now detected in Kerala. 10 points

New covid variant spreading, just as I fell under the weather today. Bad timing 🥲

Happy New Year 2020 4 😅😅😅

Account Executive

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COVID 19 cases are back in India

This is absolutely meme material!! They declared that 75% of employees will work from home by 2025, and before even 2025, they reverted that and now claiming everyone to come to office all 5 days!! I mean not even Hybrid, but all 5 days!! News mentioning recent report of asking employees to come all 5 days- 

https://m.economictimes.com/tech/information-tech/tcs-asks-employees-to-return-to-office-five-days-a-week-may-end-work-from-home-from-october/articleshow/104049381.cms

TCS- From 75% to 0%, that was pretty fast!

Would love to hear your one liner on 2023 wrt world.

My take : increasing extremism on either side. I felt we are seeing this trend increase exponentially in almost everything around us.

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