I'm a CSE 3rd year undergraduate and it's not THAT bad but it might be because I'm from a Tier 2 college. Internships are definitely hard to come by tho.

As someone with 24 years of experience in nontech with a salary of less than 10LPA, how are people dealing with the meagre salary hikes? In my case, I know that my contribution hasn't translated in...

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As someone with 2-4 years of experience in non-tech with a salary of less than 10LPA, how are people dealing with the meagre salary hikes? In my case, I know that my contribution hasn't translated into the hike I've got and I've also expressed my concern about it but there doesn't seem to be anything happening.

Note: I'm talking about undergraduates.

How are younger folks dealing with the market right now?

Talent Acquisition

How are younger folks dealing with the market right now?- Grapevine

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

I've recently got an offer from a Unicorn Startup, and they pay pretty well (My friends do work there) 
But I'm getting lowballed. They're offering only 50% of what they offer, and even after having so many calls, they're at max pushing it to 70%, which doesn't make sense to me. 
They are claiming my Current CTC & saying they can only offer a 30% hike. I don't even get that point. 
 I think ur new CTC shouldn't be based on your previous especially if you are already paying so much to others. Getting less than what my juniors are earning in the same position, baffles me. 

How do I move forward? I've clearly said that I'm only interested in this amount of money. At the same time, I feel it's better than what I make right now (not much better tho, because WFH vs WFO) I'm okayishhh with the work I do, but the brand name is also a valid concern (I do have a few brand names in my Resume, and that does actually impact) 

How do I push more? 
I've clearly told them that this is what you pay & they accept it but constantly raise my Current CTC as their brahmastra. Also, I don't like the tone she's talking with (repeatitvely making me feel inferior about current CTC & my less exp & all),  nor do I want to lose my temperament

Also one question, they've asked me for the Offer letter, and I have stupidly handed it to them. Is that a norm? What to do in that case next time? 
I already told them before interviewing how much base I'm expecting.. And they said it would depend on your interviews (where I'm a strong hire) & CTC. And now they're behaving weirdly. 

What to do!

How to negotiate?

Software Developer

I work as a software engineer (Backend) at a startup ( valued over $200m). 
Most of my revolves around designing and building applications using python based frameworks (Django, flask, fast api). 
Integrating AI models to the backend, not so exciting but yeah I do.
Also, deploying them in Google cloud and setting up the cloud infrastructure. 
Occasionally I do write load testing scripts using Gatling.
At times I feel like I'm not doing any deep tech work and I'm bored. Most of the days I have zero motivation to do anything. 

How's the life of people doing deep tech at work?
What am I missing? What should I focus on?
I wonder if I'm underpaid at times (18 lpa) (exp - 4yrs).

How should I move forward with regards to my career?

Feeling like I'm stuck

Software Engineer

Hiring for a bunch of roles for an early stage startup. Salaries of people who have been laid off is through the roof

2-3 years experience asking for 30-40l and while we chose not to judge the experience and spoke to a few of them, most of them are not even worth half of the pay. 

Many are jobless since last 2-3 months and none of them are willing to take a paycut of even 5-6L and are willing to stay jobless ( probably have a ton of savings )

Market correction is necessary.

Roles : PM, software engineers, generalists

What's wrong with salaries

If you are paid less, don’t extrapolate it on others. If they are willing to wait, let them. You should keep praying for “corrections”.

Product Manager

Genuinely curious! Like I graduated about 4 years ago from an NIT and started with 40k pm for an analytics role, now everyone I see is earning atleast 12lpa after tax?

How is every person here / on reddit earning 1-1.5lpm as a fresher? Have the entry level salaries increased ?

Business Analyst

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Lead social, brand, perf, SEO, partnerships, community, growth, pretty much everything across zero to fairly high budgets. Happy to help.

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Brand Marketing Manager

I have interned for an iot based start-up for 3 months. Following the completion of the internship period I was offered a full time offer and got a chance to negotiate my salary.
CTO offered me 4.8 LPA and I could only say that my expectations are around 6LPA knowing that other developers with the same experience are getting 7LPA +. Now I am feeling bad about not negotiating well (though my expectations were also around 7LPA). The CTO said he will see what he can do, and I doubt he will give me around 5.4-5.5. Now I don't know what to do, I've blundered in negotiation. 
Any tips on what I can do? I can't change job as I am a fresher with only 3 months of intern experience.

Loosing on negotiation

Backend Engineer

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You all might obviously guess that I'm speaking about the other two posts in which each of them in their early 20s making 50+ LPA and 70+ LPA respectively.

Honestly curious, how do these guys get paid so much? I feel like salaries in IT industry are heavily inflated.

I'm from EEE background, trying so hard to find a job in Data field. I've previously worked in my field for 3 years, but the growth seemed pretty less in the long run, hence the switch.

Finding a job as a fresher (in IT industry) is so hard man. I'm mainly looking for the startups. 

They either ask for experience, or the pay is very similar to what I made previously in my field. (which is <10 LPA). 

Above all, I'm not even getting responses from companies for my applications. 

So yeah, how do people in their 20s make so much in the IT industry? Is it only FAANGand big corps or applicable to startups as well (like unicorns etc)???

How do you people make so much in your 20s?

Data Analyst

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"How long did it take for you to achieve ₹1 lakh/month take-home, and what industry are you in?

 I'm currently earning ₹10 LPA in cross-border supply chain operations (Freight Forwarding) with 3.5 yrs of experience and wondering if this is in line with industry standards."

How many years of experience did it take to reach ₹1 lakh/month?

Supply Chain Manager

I see a lot of people think here that a 3-5 year experience candidate has a right to demand 40-50 lakhs pay.

Is it really the trend now? Am I unaware? I see pay range in 6figr & other websites but don't see the pay scale of 40-50 very often except for full funded startups, MBBs.

What is the reality of pay range by professions for exp 3-5 years?

Salary Discussion

What was your first ever CTC and what's your current CTC with YoE?

Note: you can also share about job changes during starting and current period.

I'll start - 1.6 to 9.8 in 4 years.

This post is intended to give hope to freshers and motivation to experienced folks.

Pulse Check !

Account Executive

I see jobs being there, but even the entry level jobs are requiring experience. I saw a associate level job posting on linkedin for a startup asking for 4-6 years experience. This is in line with the recent article at The KEN.

Are people really ready to work for low salary for high skills? 
What does this mean for the freshers, job switchers/career switchers? Are we all doomed for now?

What's your take on the market?

What's happening with the job market?

Consultant

Asking for a friend. They are a recruiter at a top startup but their salary has increased only 30% in the last 3 years. Joined the company out of campus and has been in TA for 2.5 years now at the same company. They mentioned that they're at 6.5LPA now.

Wanted to know how the numbers are for someone in good startups (Series B to Series F) in Talent teams. This person has worked on mid-level and leadership hiring along with handling talent branding projects.

Salaries in the Talent Acquisition space

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I have 4(2 years in machine learning.) Currently earning 10.2 LPA(Expecting a 10% hike).
Am I underpaid?or fairly paid?
Cause most people I know earn way more than me.I know I shouldn't be comparing myself to others.But I am not sure what is the market rate.

Rant :

Machine Learning Engineer

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I am a Full Stack Engineer, with 5 YoE. I've been working at 12LPA for almost 2 years. In the current company I am in, I got from 56K PM (During Probation) 70K PM (After probation) and 1L PM (Increment of 30K after working for an entire year).

Due to the market conditions I didn't get any hikes, simply because the company wasn't making any money. 

Anyway, since I've started interviewing I don't know what to say as my expected salary. I know I am a quality engineer, my boss, and my seniors would agree. I just want to know what should be the salary for a above average engineer with my level of experience (5 YoE)

PS: I don't have a college degree, in fact I am a dropout, I hope it helps you guys make your guesses. Thanks!

I know I am undervalued but how undervalued am I ?

Hi folks recently made transition as a product manager from marketing.My CTC is way below below market.

Have spent around 8 months in the current company as a PM started giving interviews last week got 6 calls about to successfully convert one of them with many more companies lined up.

Have been asking for 100% hike for salary correction as per market standards but companies are not even ready to give even 50% hike.

Have you guys been facing the same issue ?

Job Change in product management

I made a series of bad decisions, and for the last one year, I've been working as a data analyst, on third party payroll, and with 4 LPA package. I have 4 years of experience with gaps. The work is super hectic, and I am mostly working 9 to 11 just because the team is cheap to hire an extra resource and I am doing the work for multiple teams. I have to add that I have anxiety, and I have a difficult time saying no or asking questions. 

I was managing my life with this pay, but recently, I'm finding it a bit tough. I've been applying for different jobs, and i can't even seem to get an interview. I know unlike SDEs, analysts doesn't get paid on the same scale, but 4LPA seem to be a bit low. I don't know what else to add here, so please ask if any specific details are needed. 

I need to get my life sorted.

Please help! I need advice.

Hi,

I am a regular IT guy, working as an SDE in a product-based company, making around 12 LPA with 2.5YOE and a background from a named Tier 1 (or Tier 2, depending on your perspective) private college.
I am currently on a job hunt and max could leverage up to a 50% hike!

I'm noticing many folks with base salaries ranging from 20 LPA - 25 LPA and overall CTCs in the range of 35 LPA - 40 LPA with the same 2-3 years of experience!

I'm happy for them, but I'm wondering why I'm struggling to reach those levels despite my efforts. Have overall salary ranges increased? Am I stuck in the same salary bracket? It's frustrating and makes me feel inadequate at this stage of my career.

Some might say that salary isn't everything, but personally, I have certain commitments that require a better-paying job. However, whenever I pursue opportunities, they seem just out of reach.

Feeling low, hence felt like writing them down here. Thanks

Feeling dumb about myself!

While we see a 10 yoe person is getting easily 30L now compared to a dream 10L back then in 2014;Why do we see people complaining about zero or minimal hike this year?Is the goal to say a 10 yoe person should get 50L?Dollar vs INR reasons?

Just curious to understand from others and pacify my inner sense:)

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