List of Companies to avoid - short reasons welcome
Hi Grapeviners, creating a thread where you can post the name of a toxic culture company along with which department. This thread is created as a one stop place to know about Toxic Culture Companies whether it, Early/Seed/Growth Stage/MNC . #community
Putting this again
Most YC funded startups
Most *.ai
All “Ed-techs” (aka “SalMa” sales and marketing)
Uber-for-X
10min-thingmajings
Niche funded D2Cs
BNPLs
Rodriguez
Stealth
a year ago
EdTech I understand. Why are Sales & Marketing companies bad?
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MrWane
Stealth
a year ago
EasyEcom - shitty work life balance
Rippiling - fucked up work life balance, India team doesn't have any say on anything.
OnePlus - Chinese buggers control everything. No WLB.
Node
Stealth
a year ago
Indian work culture ruins every organisation. The same company can be a good workplace in the US because the people are better. When it's in India, things change drastically.
Qwerty2398
Stealth
a year ago
Our work culture is all about showing efforts. This is think is the reason for the crab mentality.
faang
Stealth
a year ago
Lets start with PayTM
AliveYouth71
Stealth
a year ago
Why?
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Avoid all AI companies if you want to stay relevant as employees (and humans) 10 years down the line.
Otherwise, embrace the dark side and contribute to our downfall as a civilisation.
Jobless
Stealth
a year ago
100% disagree with your statement. While it is understandable to have concerns regarding the impact of AI on job roles and society as a whole, it is important to note that AI has the potential to bring significant benefits to our daily lives.
Through the development of AI, we are able to create technologies that can enhance our decision-making, improve healthcare systems, optimize transportation, and even help solve problems related to climate change. The opportunities for growth and innovation in the field of AI are vast, and businesses and employees that embrace this technology are likely to remain relevant and competitive in the future.
Moreover, as with any emerging technology, it is important to develop and deploy AI in a responsible and ethical manner. This includes considerations regarding the potential social and economic impacts of AI, and ensuring that the technology is used for the greater good of society. By working together to develop AI responsibly, we can build a brighter, more prosperous future for all.
ProteinPancakes
Stealth
a year ago
If I could reply with a GIF, I would use the “Arnab Goswami - KUCH BHI!” template for this.
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There's no official pip % in uber like Amazon. Yes, there are perf related firing(every company does that) but it's no where near 10% pip and 6% ura of Amazon.
Culture and wlb are okayish.
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OTP-less
Toxic Culture
Clue-less Leadership
Absolutely no governance
Senior Management confused
donna
Stealth
a year ago
wtf is it? i thought they were doing great in terms of onboarding new users
Have fired 10+ Sales people (6 didn’t even work for 10 days)
Fired 3 Founders Office hires including 1 who was poached from EY.
All retained employees are ex-BharatPe hence a bro culture who have been promised insane ESOPs.
Earlier the team was meant to be remote but now calling each employees to Surat with immediate effect (commanded by Bhavik) with no preparedness- no relocation expenses to be paid to the employees
No communication within the senior management as each one has a personal relationship with CEO and the founders
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ITC, unless you want to work in a bureaucratic dinosaur era work environment
adango
Stealth
a year ago
But how is ITC growing though?
Asking because I have heard similar comments from a lot of people.
Brother the Cigarette business is the Cash Cow, earning insane cash and funding all other businesses. And the other products on the FMCG side are also good products per se, even though not market leaders. So, this good product mix greatly negates the toxic work culture.
I am immensely confident of the business and have been accumulating ITC shares from the last 8 years back when I started working there and even after I left after working for 3 years.
But from an employee perspective, not a good place to join imo
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Learningmind
Stealth
a year ago
Klub
What's wrong with Klub, i got asked to interview a bunch of times.
donna
Stealth
a year ago
tell us more
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Amazon:
Horrible work culture
Poor WLB
More miser than "frugal"
In my case - Boring, painful and tech debt ridden projects
Org name had a similar experience at Amazon Appstore but with all politics included
Ola - Poor wlb, toxic culture , worst leadership I have seen till now.
Qwerty2398
Stealth
a year ago
Avoid companies that are in 3rd to 5th position within the category of business. The ranking could be within a sector or team within the company. Toxic cultures starts when the new head is hired to improve the business. Managers reporting to him will bend over back and do stupid things to impress him/her. Tisbthe starting point of toxic culture.
Qwerty2398
Stealth
a year ago
Avoid these -
1. If it is a startup and no operational profit till 3rd round of funding...
2. any company that is not profitable (ebita or other).. within 3years of starting business...
Join these startups for the money. But a have a mental exit date (1 year or 2 year etc.. imagine like engg. A professor you may not like but will have to sit thru the semester.)
But If the Bosses talk a lot of story (like how they are creating revolutionary model et.. ) but no sign of a profitable business... run... dont look back.. just run...
MessyAide72
Stealth
a year ago
Ninjacart
skadoodle
Stealth
a year ago
Avoid ITC-toxic work culture, employees shouts and sometimes abuse on their subordinates. Although they pay good.
Nerd101
Stealth
a year ago
CraftedQ or YCSPL
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