You have to understand if this behavior of your manager is consistent or not. If it's a one time thing then try to understand the reason. Otherwise it's time to find a new manager.

Not the first time. For the past one year. He/She simply rejects every request without giving any reason.

Software Engineer

Ahh same as my manager then, yeah if it's a consistent behavior find a new manager. At least that's what I am doing. For me it's been 1.5 years with a lot of toxic display of traits. So..

Senior Data Scientist

Is it a good time to fight your manager or go against his/her decision in terms of the job market. Is there any other solution?

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Manager not allowing WFH on diwali

Manager not allowing WFH on diwali- Grapevine

My manager is asking me to be on-call on Diwali and has asked me to report in person. This is absolute stupidity.
Although I will be compensated at 2.5x of my hourly pay but I would rather spend time with my family.

What should I do? I have already tried to indicate that I have old parents and I want to spend as much time with them as possible especially given the limited moments I get to celebrate special occasions with them.

HELP ME PLEASE! My manager won't give me a holiday for Diwali 😔

Dunzo might be celebrating their last Diwali. So they ensuring to do everything they can to make it their best one. 😂

Product Manager

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I can’t believe it’s almost Diwali, and here I am, stuck in Bangalore. My family is in Meerut and I am sitting in front of my laptop, drowning in code and deadlines. Ten days to go, and I’m just feeling more and more frustrated.

My manager is pushing me too hard, expecting me to work like crazy. It’s not like I don’t have deadlines, but does he really think I can just skip home? I’ve been pulling late nights, drinking coffee like it’s water, but it doesn’t matter. He keeps piling on tasks, like he thinks I am a robot or something. 

I mean, can’t he see the value in taking a break? Everyone else is talking about their plans for Diwali. Meanwhile, I’m stuck in this office with a bunch of guys who are also grinding away, pretending it’s just another day. The energy is just off. It’s like we’re all just sad, doing the same thing day in and day out.

I tried talking to him about it. I was like, “Hey, it’s Diwali, you know?” But he just waved it off, said something about how important this project is and how we need to keep the momentum going. Seriously? It’s just software, not the end of the world. My parents have been calling me every day, asking if I’ll make it home. Each time, I have to give them the same excuse: “Work, you know?” And it sucks. I can hear the disappointment in their voices. 

It feels like I’m missing out on everything. My mom always makes sweets. I can already imagine my little sister running around with her friends, the excitement in the air, while I sit here scrolling through Stack Overflow ffs. 

I don’t get why companies can’t see the importance of family and culture. They preach about work-life balance, but when it comes to things that really matter, like Diwali, it’s all about the deadlines. 

There’s no way I’m getting a break now. The team is already stretched thin, and I’d just feel guilty leaving them. It’s just unfair that I’m here while everyone I love is celebrating together. I should be there helping my mom with the decor.

I wish I could just tell my manager to shove it and take leave. But that’s not how it works, is it?

manager not letting me leave for Diwali this year...

This is to bring into notice that we have been asked to work on Diwali day and following weekend just bcoz the client has planned sone data migration to production. Is it fair by company management to ask their resources to work on such festivals. People earn to celebrate such moments with family. Why can't they push a bit n do this the next weekend. We have been working long hours n weekends for the project already. But asking us to even work on Diwali is just too much. EY SERIOUSLY NEEDS A BETTER WORK CULTURE!!!

Working on Diwali -EY GDS

But isn’t that with newsrooms too? And a lot of blue collar roles and essential services? 
 Plus, businessmen and hawkers, or farmers don’t have offs. 
  
 Is corporate culture taking things a notch too high? 
  
 While toxic workplaces are condemnable, a friend pointed out and I do concur- people earning 4x the usual salary need to slog more, and some of them are fine with it. 
  
 If I wanted a relaxed life, I chose such a profession. Many of my friends have turned to freelancing. 
  
 Choose your hell. Complaining might not help!

Content Strategist

Salesforce Developer

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For context: Weekends are off. So just fri WFH. This is a Series B startup. I am not even asking for a leave but WFH for just 1 day. I joined recently. The only thing I did wrong was possibly informing a little too late.

Want to get opinion if I am overthinking or this classifies as toxic culture in startups where you are expected to push limits above and beyond regularly and sometimes weekends.

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Is this toxic work culture or I am overthinking

Not a great culture, also you don’t have to give the actual reason, instead say due to some unavoidable work or family health reason you will need to wfh. Its a good way of seeing what kind of employer one is, when they also treat urgencies like that. Indians feel they need to give a detailed explanation as to why they deserve wfh or leave, whereas in international companies, you just have to inform the manager.

Senior Designer

Growth Manager

Context: I work at a startup, it's a pretty chill work environment, very flexible, hybrid model. Everything is great.

Problem: They take flexible work hours too seriously, I have meetings at 10 PM on weekdays and almost every weekend there's some work which they need the next day in most cases but apparently have to keep the meeting on the weekend with no prior notice.

I mean, i like going to office twice a week around 11-12 and coming back around 7, wfh when I have a few meetings that day but is it normal to work on weekends? and after work hours?

P.S. I've only been in this company for a month and joined as a fresher.

Now that I've put it down, this is such a gen z problem lol

But what should I do?

working post work hours and on weekends?

Product Designer

I have put down my papers. My LWD will be on 10th of Jan. I am trying to convince my manager that since I will not be part of my current team after this PI (Program Increment) which will end on 6th December, I can't really contribute that much to a new team in a month of time.
All I am asking is to reduce the NP by 10 days since we have an annual shutdown from 25th dec. But the manager is not understanding. What should I do l?

Manager not reducing notice period for even 7 working days

I'm a 2023 grad but I've worked in VC/HFT/GSoC/startups

I'm so fed up with the WFO culture. What do you even get by getting employees in office?

What's the point? I'm an engineer, I can write code from anywhere on the planet with internet and laptop.

Been looking for a role since August, while having a solid dev ex yet all these fools are WFO that reduces half the number of companies I want to work for.

Any suggestions or am I being a fool?

RANT: I HATE WFO

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I have been attending interviews for this company for 3 weeks with around 5 rounds of technical interviews. I did well in most technical interviews and okay in one. And HR said I am selected but they are trying to get an idea of my fitting in the role or some shit. The management is asking them to position me in one level lower than what was mentioned when they were hiring as i am not suitable for tech lead position(I would agree though and I am okay with being positioned less as i am more interested in IC roles). And was asked to reduce CTC as well.

So they are providing 5 lakhs less than what i asked and i also have another offer 3 lakhs more than this offer. This offer is remote but the other offer is wfo. I don't hate wfo but wfh would be good as it is flexible.

How do i convince the HR to get what i asked early? I am thinking of walking away if they low ball.

HR lowballing after getting selected.

Web Developer

So thing is  In last 1 week my manager/project lead has been threating that you will have to work on weekend if you dont complete your task by friday and put the the task to testing.

And this boils my blood soo damnn much . But as a person who is on lowest level i cant do/say shit. I just disagree with him and dont argue.
What would you have done .[ practical advice only]

And thing is i do all my dev work on time even earlier almost everytime and he just goes around and threatens everyone with this. Soo annoying thay dumbfk needs to get rekt .

Work on weekend?!! Advice needed

Data engineer

Hi all,

Recently, my father passed away. I have been working at TCS Kolkata Gitanjali park since 2021, and my salary is around 25k. Now, I have to take care of my home. I live in a PG in Kolkata, for which I pay 7k per month. It will be very difficult for me to manage my home and live in Kolkata on a 25k salary.

I asked my manager and HR to grant me WFH, but they refused. They said they would release me from the project. I am trying to apply to other companies, but I am not getting any offers. 

If any of you have suggestions or can help, please let me know.

Thank you.

Urgent help!

Test Engineer

We just received a message on our company  (Graphy by Unacademy) from our business head that, we should not come to him asking for 6-7 leave for Diwali. These are the employees who want to go back to there home town for the featival. Additionally he said that it is an optional holiday and we can ask for 2-3 days work from home max not more that that, and we should understand our business’s needs and remain focused on it. 
What should I do now I have to prioritise my family and going to my home town, like this I will have pressure from both ends, please pass on any advice.

Can’t celebrate Diwali now!

Business Development

I mean it can help save a shit ton on rent and other expenses for running a office. So why exactly do they hate it?

What makes founders/ top management hate WFH?

Zomato is strongly discouraging WFH. How do you guys see it when it's competitor Swiggy allows remote work?

Zomato discouraging WFH

Analyst

Happy almost Halloween! What have been your most horrific experiences at work? 

I’ll go first. My manager went on a week long holiday, all the while not replying to texts or calls and came back and yelled at me for going on without his approval :__

Job horror stories

I developed an API that basically took inputs from a webform and loaded it into Salesforce (I have oversimplified here).  
 While testing , one of the fields was "website", I simply typed "www.rk.com" which were the initials of my pet doggo. 
 The test went well, data got loaded into Salesforce. 
 I then get pinged by the multiple people that rk.com is a porn site and multiple people while verifying the test results ended up clicking on the link and got flagged by the IT security team for watching porn on office laptop🤣 . 
  
 It was an honest mistake nonetheless, but very horrifying for me🙈

Database Administrator

I travel for 2:30 hours from home to ofc and again 2:30 hours back home, so 5 hours travel and only visit ofc for attendance purpose so I sit in ofc only for two hours.
Is it really worth visiting ofc ?

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