New India talks and brags openly about salaries on Grapevine.

But that is done anonymously and in private only. 
  
 I think OP means talking about it openly and sharing in public - pay transparency basically.

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Idk what India you're talking about man, I wfh and every aunt and uncle ask me about my salary as the very second question after asking my company name. The salary hiding thing is more prevalent in corporates maybe. Also, this salary and money no-no talk culture is more prevalent in the west. In Germany (and maybe Europe in general) people consider it rude when asked about salary.

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Outside of the company is  rampant...blatant...audacious... 
  
 Within the company, it's best not spoken or discussed. Just my view.

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Why is it considered vulgar to talk about money in India? What implications does it have for corporate culture?

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In India, can we discuss our salary, compensation plan with our colleague? Is there any generic policy for the same in India location?

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It's a very Indian mindset to treat or look down upon people who make a lot of money. We find some or the other reason to bring them down. We call them names. Though most of our life problems can be solved by money. 

Just like there is an American dream I think the Indian dream is to stay middle class and bitch about people who do the hard work. 

I understand that there are certain classes of people who are truly disadvantaged in terms of caste or patriarchy but for others it's just being lazy and reluctant to change.

Bitching about people who are successful just gives them a sense of achievement without actually putting in the effort.

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I don't look down upon people who make money; I look down upon people who brag about it

What are some common stereotypes you've all encountered in Indian corporate culture?

I'll go first; the meetings that are never ending (and could have easily been an email).

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Working late or working on weekends is a sign of hard work.

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As the saying goes "you are the average of the people whom you surround yourself with".

I would like to connect, network with rich and affluent people in Bengaluru.

Comment places in Blr which are visited by some tech millionaires.

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Seeing a lots of discussion about people complaining about inflated salary, it's quite sad to see such discussions.
Take SWE for example, so an swe is expected to move to an expensive city with high travel and food expenses, scant housing options with landlords hiking the price 40-80%, work 8 hrs a day and sometimes even 12. And if  he's drawing 20-30LPA he's considered overpaid?! Not to mention the guy has to pay a huge chunk to the government and we're not americans who don't care about their family and have to take care of them as well. 
We're all overworked and underpaid (if you consider the amount of hrs one work and how much they are paidpaid in abroad) and considering the situation still underpaid. 
There may be people who might be drawing a high salary and barely do any work (considering they take a lot of leaves and don't put time and effort in work) but that should be the discussion of the inadequate framework for calculating better metrics for productivity and how companies fail to do their due diligence, instead of complaining about high salary. This affects us all and if we all think that salaries are inflated it only hurts us more.

Are Indian corporate employees really overpaid?

2 -3 years exp with MBA  for salary 4-5LPA!

What's golden about this opportunity ?!

What kind of shit culture is this? Why doesn't anyone stand up?

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It's infuriating how everyone's advice to deal with layoffs is side hustles, wasting your life away to constantly upskill and reducing spending. Basically everyone here is saying "live life like shit to appease your corporate overlords" as if layoffs are OUR fault?

Instead, why aren't we seeing any advice on the lines of:

Build expertise in something while you're an employee and later start your own company/business/consultation on the basis of it. This will increase competition within businesses and will force them to treat their employees like humans. This was kind of the reason why things were generally good for employees from 2021-22 because all the startups popping up increased competition for labour.

Or if your employer lays a bunch of people off and starts giving the rest of you their workload, simply refuse! Don't work extra long or extra hard. Get the employees together collectively and make everyone, or at least the majority refuse to entertain these outlandish demands from your employers. What are they gonna do? Fire you all and lose their business? And if that's not going to work, just do everything very poorly and if you're asked about it, just cite that there is a lack of manpower needed to get quality results.

Basically, why have we collectively decided to take the short end of the stick and make our lives miserable when we should instead force employers to face consequences of THEIR OWN poor strategic planning? Why aren't we even discussing ideas for, let alone working on protecting our own best interests rather than interests of those who are screwing us over?

[Layoffs] Why have we just collectively decided to suck it up rather than retaliate?

How common it is to decline an accepted
offer? What are the repurcsuions attached
to it? Have you guys ever done it? How
should I communicate to the company?
What should I write in email?

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I did not grow up in a lot of money. I ordered looking at the prices on the menu. This feeling has stayed with me and has fueled me to thrive, push harder, work long hours and get to my goals.

I'm 5 years into my career, and last year I had a feeling of "making it". I had enough to not look at the menu, or even the place I'd be going to. This feeling is really really satisfying and I took some time to sit with it, enjoy and bask in this glory (humbly).

But I also feel my drive to hustle and do better has gone down. For instance, I'm okay pushing work to tomorrow, I'm not as keen to pickup work.

I feel some of graveviners could relate to 'making enough' story. Have you also feel a lack of hustle to keep you going? What do you think is the reason?

For experienced folks, I'm really keen to know how to get past this slump.

Do you feel lesser need to hustle after making a decent amount of money?

I felt this once I sold my startup. Through my other investments I have enough to not work and make whatever I spend passively. Got my own house, private office and a decent car. Family pressuring to get married. I felt a void though as I was like for what should I work?  
  
 And then I saw one random youtube video of a guy, I think he was some famous personality but I don't know him. He said he works to be "useful" , not to earn money.  
  
 That changed my perspective a lot. I thought why does Mukesh Ambani work? He has to be useful to take millions of people ahead in life. He can retire tomorrow and not have to worry about money for his 7 generations.  
  
 I started thinking about ways I can contribute and that led me to forming 3 new companies. I now have a "purpose". Feels nice to get up and have some aim. And its good that its not money.

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Indian managers will make the work culture toxic even if they are in good international companies. Indian branches of the same company will be shity because of these insecure managers.

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Buying back time, if u had the money what is the thing u would never do?

What do u feel? If you had the money what is the one thing u will never do

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Hi, I joined a mid sized IT consultancy company 5 months ago, since then as a developer I have generated approx ~ 17 lakhs rupees in profit for the company. Based on this, I feel underpaid lol. 

I was thinking of asking for a raise. Do you think it’s a good idea to request a raise based on profit generation? I know this is a bit unusual, but I'm just wondering. If yes, then how much can I ask for CTC? Is there any standard for this?

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We all saw the recent post of FAANG employee earning a lot but not happy. I am sure that must be the case with so many of us. Why do we still talk about money? Speaking for myself, I can say, more money doesn't bring happiness as much as having fun with friends does!

Is there anyone here who has explored lot of things in life and then decided on what they love and want to do? You didn't take the job because it pays you well but because it's fun for you?

What do you want in your life as a North Star Metric? Money or something else? 

Anyone wants to share their take?

I look forward to meaningful relationships and figuring out whats fun for me

Why are majority of the posts about salary/money?

After seeing the development of recent Pune Porsche case, NEET story and few other cases where the rich & wealthy get different benefits than the rest…  do you also also feel that money is everything and the system helps those who have it. Doesn’t matter who you, if you got the money then you can get whatever (legal or illegal) you want and the rules and regulations will change to protect you.

Do you think India runs on Plutocracy?

Why is that India cares less for people on business level?

I will be a full time working professional in June this year. Till now I've no idea about personal finance or investing. I want to learn about all these before I get my first salary so that I can make the best use of my money. I was thinking of starting with Rachna Ranade's course on personal finance. So is it really worth it? And if there are any other courses or books which might be helpful please suggest.

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