How to handle changes, stress and fear of getting fired

I want to switch my job because I am underpaid but at the same time I am little bit afraid by thinking What will happen in new organisation, in new team, new manager, new client, I have to prove again myself in front of my new team and my new manager etc.. What should I do? I am currently working as a Individual Contributor (IC) role with 9 YOE and having good rapo with my team and manager. And if I switch to new organisation, there won't be career option for me to go to management role (atleast for initial few years) Please suggest?

Have recently started noticing a bunch of times that my manager leaves me out of meetings where key decisions are taken, related to the work that I only have done. I get to know this because I stalk their Google Calendar. It’s just weird. I’m not insecure or anything, I’ve been mostly rated well. It’s just odd. This just didn’t happen before and lately has started. Anyone faced this and knows how to address it?

Hi, I have been working in TCS for the last 7.5 yrs. There hasn't been a good financial growth in all these yrs, so, now I am planning to look for a job change. I have worked on technologies like python, ML, azure cloud, data bricks, azure data factory etc. What's the current scenario for a job change right now? Have hirings been affected somehow adversely by the ongoing news of "recession"? Is it the right time to look for change?

Hi all, I just wanted to ask everyone here if they ever felt the way i am feeling right now in my role. I’ve been working for over a year now, and i feel burnt out all the time. I have a habit of saying yes to everything to my project managers/ team managers because i dont want to show any weakness or them thinking that I’m slacking off. This has taken a toll on me big time. Whenever I’m struggling with deadlines, i get legit scared, like shaking and all, and it’s frightening and annoying. I want to switch to a more stable company (currently in a company somewhere between a startup and a corporate- it has the downsides of both but upsides of neither imo). I wanted to know if this is something only i am struggling with or if anyone has any suggestions on how to tackle this. Thank you all in advance:)

This question is to anyone who left a stable job and joined an early stage startup. How did you deal with the uncertainty, the high pace, and the changes in life style. I have accepted an offer from a startup and i feel very nervous. Mainly because Im afraid of what if it doesn’t turns out right. I do not want to start looking for jobs again.

A little background: I started coding properly from Nov’21, started with C++ and gradually leveled up and began full fledged problem solving in vacations as there was nothing else to do exams were over. I did problem solving with the intent on fetching a job offer. Overall during my entire preparation I solved more or less 450 problems (leetcode & others). Then came the placement session. I somehow secured two offers on the same day and the TPO office decided to give my name only for a single company which was Amazon. Present: As offers get rescinded to Jan’24. I somehow got an off-campus offer in a PSU where I am currently working. Here I am working in s/w development team, and till now: 1. I have developed two modules (by looking at already implemented code and figuring out how it can be used in my modules). 2. Some generic classes to format all reports generated in the entire project. (object, constructor and methods, fairly easy although understanding the requirement was the tough part). The problem is that I always take time to figure out the things and I have this solid impostor syndrome. I take time in understanding the requirements and how to get started and what to do next. This may be due to the fact that I didn’t get converted into full time from my internship (In retrospect this was seriously my fault, I was too much occupied with my final year thesis, the project itself was too hard and complicated and the mentor was mostly busy and no-one else in the team of entry level from whom I could discuss more, also other college issues). Sometimes I think that I could have done it better. Dilemma: Now as my joining date is coming close I’m super confused and nervous (given the present scenario) a bit scared to leave the current job and join Amzn or not. I am starting to feel that I am not prepared and have not solved any problem for the past 5 months. Read some reviews regarding Amzn and it all seems that the pressure is going to be too much and I'm not sure

Hey guys, I'm sure that almost everyday we see the news of layoffs and I feel like I made the mistake of switching in this tough time. I have 3.5 YOE and I switched my job in September 2022 last year from a very comfortable SDE job, only the pay was less, I had a good reputation there and only switched because of money and growth, since I thought that i'm not married yet so I can take the risk. I was very confident when I joined but then I saw that it is client facing work and with strict deadlines, my confidence has been waning every day, the environment here is completely different from my previous company, they need work quickly and i'm scared to ask for challenging work, so far I have survived with picking work that I know or somewhat know, but I don't know how long it will last, i'm scared if they give me something I dont know and I don't deliver, what will happen. I have enough money for 5-6 months and I give myself some comfort by thinking, the worst they can do is fire me, not kill me. But then I see all these layoffs and I think how will I get a job in this environment. And If I do get a job and it turns out the same with the same stressed environment, then will I switch again. I feel trapped and think I made a mistake when I was confident, I should not have aimed for growth, I should not have left my comfortable job and should have known my place. Is feeling like this natural or is it just me, how do you guys maintain your peace of mind when you feel trapped and stressed. I don't want to give up but I also want this horrible feeling to end

For the past few days, my manager isn't involving me in any major work. I send my work, but he doesn't review it and leaves it seen zoned. He's been giving negative feedback as well. What should I do, I have just graduated this year and am afraid that I might not do well going ahead too. I'm working as an APM. He even remarked that he wouldn't have hired a candidate, had he solved the problem the way I did. Could anyone suggest what to do? I'm feeling very tensed.

Two days back I had a call with Walmart Hr regarding offer. I gave my previous compensation 22 l fixed 2 bonus 5 per year esops. I said 29 L fix as expectation. (Though I am okay with better than 22 l ) as I know I have very less skills and I need to learn a lot to get a good salary tbh. I joined as SDE last company but exited as sde 2. My increment would have happened in October but got laid off in Sept. So she said no for this salary and didn't give a good feeling that a good salary she will propose and said we can't give this definitely be ready for negotiation kind off. So. Are there any points that I can use for negotiation? I am an immediate joiner. If I join Walmart then it would be my 3rd company in 3.5 years of my career and j don't want to make job hops. I have nobody who can give me some advice. So, in my head I think I can take whatever my salary is and after working on my weak areas are and then after 1.5 years change to a better company but another job hop will happen. I am not working since the past 5 months. Don't know how to handle thoughts in my head. Please guide.

Recently i had changed my job, previously WFH now new job WFO. I constantly feel that i may loose my job and i had to take some medicine for this as well. Doctor told me i was having pessimistic thinking and was depressed. I am the sole earning memeber of my home, 23 father dead, mother remains ill. Sister small in college. I am in constant fear and this thing is eating me alive.