If you don’t have a life outside work, join Swiggy. People like you are exactly what the leadership is looking right now! You will learn a lot and will keep your manager happy as well.

Software Engineer

Nothing different, that's what happens in most of the startups. 
 There's some rule right  
 sqrt(total no. of employees) do 95% of the company's entire work, that is soo sooo true

Product Manager

I have been working at remote startup for last 1.5 years which is at the tail end of its life.   I'm 24 years old and I feel like at I don't work enough. Being from a tier 3 college, I know that th...

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I have been working at remote startup for last 1.5 years which is at the tail end of its life. 

I'm 24 years old and I feel like at I don't work enough. Being from a tier 3 college, I know that the only way forward for me is to work really hard. I got this well paid gig but everyone here slacks and does half assed work. 

So fellow grapeviners tell me what should I do?

1. Look for another job which will probably land me in another mediocre job.
2. Work part time for someone else's startup (I REALLY don't mind not getting paid for this / paying peanuts). As long as I get plenty of work with other motivated folks. I'm open for such gigs if any of you folks need a good mobile dev. (Also open to be a full stack dev)
3. Stop whining and enjoy the "work-life balance". I hate this option because full disclosure : I don't have a life outside work lol. 

Hoping to hear insightful opinions from you folks!

Need more work!

Need more work!- Grapevine

I was recently impacted by layoff and having 20yrs of exp into application support and service management with last 10yrs grown into a middle management role(limited tech hands-on and no dev experience nor CS background)

While I am financially ok atm and can manage staying at home for next 12-24 months, I am not financially independent yet. its getting too boring and I want to get back into some sort of work routine as I am keen on retirement yet.

Challenges I am seeing with finding a new opportunity:

- The job market seems to be quite restricted for senior roles with that experience
- Few that came across were at a substantial low salary.  
- Some others required significant hands-on experience 

Thought process::

- While salary is not a major concern, I am not sure if I makes sense to take a pay cut.
- Given the speed of tech changes, not sure what kind of learning/certification would be helpful
- Even if I do tech self-learning, lack of practical hands-on seems to be a drawback
- At 40+ while I am open to work hard and learn, i view is to find a job and learn into it , rather than other wat round

Any guidance/pointers would be appreciated. As would any leads/introductions on suitable opportunities you know of.

What next at 40+

Start a hotel of your own or a small CCD why work in boring mncs

Software Developer

Analyst

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

I have been working there full time. Still they aren't able to pay for last 5 months. Whenever I ask them about salary, they justify it by saying that they are trying to get funds, but to get the funding we need to create the product first.

To take care of my family and myself, I am working as a freelancer in the freetime. I don't know what to do?

Please suggest your views on this.
Thanks

[Advice] I am currently working in a startup. I have worked there for over 8 months, but only get paid for 3 months. What should I do ?

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

So I am working at a startup for around a year now. Everyday I see, it feels, what am I really doing? Where is the life headed? 
    Doing bare minimum or doing your tasks and fucking off isn't enough. It's expected that we outgrow constantly, as if it's this work that we can always think about and nothing else. At the end, am wondering if it's still worth it?
    1 day it feels that let's just quit it! Next day I feel, okay, I do want the money. 

I ain't looking for suggestions here, just wanted to see if anyone else felt this way

Getting increasingly bored of work at startup

Been there, but money is very important especially for a middle class family, for most of us we are earning 5x more than our parents at least and have huge expectations from families to provide them with good life

Consultant

I work at corporate and i really want to move into a startup, i have about 2 years of work ex, can anybody help me find a startup job in the tech space?

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Hey guys, I have been working in a startup company for 3 weeks. I am a fresher and I am forced to work on weekends and even during holidays like 2nd of Oct. My Team lead always tells me to come to the office during weekends and he says it's an order. I am working in sales and the reason they gave is that we have to work as festivals are coming.

How should I tell my team lead and manager that I  am exhausted and can't work like that. I am totally new to the Job life and don't have any clue how to move forward. Please help!

Need help! Been working 7 days a week since 3 weeks.

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I'm a 2022 graduate working in as an analyst in a service based analytics firm. For the past 1-1.5 we have been getting close to no work from our client (avg. actual work 2hr/day) but I have to fulfill 8 hours and stay late for meetings sometimes. I'm looking for suggestions on how to make better use of my time in office since switching right now is not easy.

No work coming to my team

Business Analyst

I recently started a new job. I would like to share some of the experiences I have had with my manager. I am wondering if these are red flags or if I am maybe being paranoid or thinking too much.

It was quite difficult for me to get into this company and this job. The company is quite great and I was quite excited but some of the experiences I have had with my immediate manager have made me a bit apprehensive.
I would like to share them and hear opinions about it.

Here are some things which have happened which I have not liked so far - 

1. I speak to a Senior Engineer one day and next day my manager asks me if anyone asked me to speak to him. 
2. I shared an insight about a new tool which we can use on a deployment pipeline on the overall pod (under my skip manager). My manager immediately called me and started asking my status update and replied 'Discussing 1-1' in the group to prevent anyone getting visibility of the idea. 
3. My manager pings me whenever I go offline and recently he asked me in a passive aggressive way, 'Please monitor your Teams status. It was away for most of today.' I now feel kind of paranoid to never get up as I feel my Teams status is being monitored.

Is my manager too much of a micromanaging red flag ? I started a new job and my manager monitors my Teams online status.

Yes this is straight up micromanagement and insecurity. 
  
 Just stand up to him man. The more of such things you allow him to do, the more courage he will get and more he will fuck your life.  
  
 Just stand your ground for a few times and he'll understand that you are not the guy he can do this to.

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I'm surprised to see on the comment section that people actually support this load of crap. 

To any newbies or freshers entering tech this year, don't follow this advice. These CEOs exploit your time to gain revenue and when the time is not good they wouldn't think twice before considering layoffs. Just do your job and go home to your life and family. 

This advice only applies to entrepreneurs who have huge stakes in the company. Because if the company do well they get millions in returns as dividends. As an employee, even if you work for 25 hours you only get the same salary. 

Don't follow any so called self procalimed entrepreneurs advocating for the hustle culture. You hustle for your life, not for your boss or your job.

More push towards grind and sacrifice.

Being anonymous gives me a safe space. But life is getting tougher than ever each day.  
I wish I had a better paying job. I wish I had time to have slow mornings. 
I wish I could provide for my family and give them the things they much deserve. 

I wish I had a chance to rewire rewind and restart. 

I wish I could do more than I wish to do. 

It's all wishes guys . It's all hopes. .
Nothing seems fulfilling. Nothing seems to make me happy. 

I have forgotten what carefree days were like. 

Adulting is kinda hitting hard. I am not able to cope up. 
Can someone relate?

It's hard to manage work and life

I have been at a company since 2.6 yrs as a founding engineer (joined here as a fresher). I am a graduate from IIT Delhi. I am paid well (50 LPA cash + decent stocks). The work culture of where I am is pretty amazing (5-6 hrs work, 5 days a week), WFH. 
Since I joined when the company was growing, I am  well respected. I would also go in length to say that  I don't expect the culture to be this good anywhere else. However it has been pretty boring lately, the work is very monotonous ( I am a backend engineer with pretty decent technical skills). I think I have little opportunity to grow here. 
What should I do ? 

PS: I got interview calls from various startups but most of them are just matching my salary but after doing some research I see that they are demanding lots of work (12 hrs, sometimes weekends included)

Suggestions for job change

I am a Software Engineer with 6 years of work experience. Currently working for a US based startup. Previously I have worked for Amazon and a couple of Indian startups.

My current org is remote and I am working from my hometown. It's super chill in this company and work is only to build CRUD and APIs. I feel too stagnant here, my manager is also super chill and is in retirement mode. I feel this will message my future.

I joined this company so I can work on my start up but haven't been very active there too.

Recently a Google recruiter contacted me for a L4 role and had the recruiter screen and he scheduled the interview for the next month.
Google base monthly salary for L4 is way below my current since it's a US based startup. But with RSUs Google annual CTC his higher.

I am confused whether to continue in my org and focus back on startup or start preparing for Google interview. In the long term I want to start my company. At the same time Google will offer an AI ecosystem and resources that will help my startup.

Please share your views.

Please help. Too much confusion.

Been working for top product companies for 6+ years as a software developer and currently product manager.
Motivation earlier used to be learning etc but right now its mostly money where i am currently at.
There is no skill growth, just applying what i already know, days are busy which doesnt give me any time for other things ( upskilling, side projects)
Explored the market and have found freelancing role that lets me 
1. work remotely
2.Gives me opportunity to work on latest tech stack ( frustrated with not being able to code in my current job)
3. Lets me control my time as fixed hours are billed and you can commit hours ( might work only 20-30 hours a week and reclaim the rest)

Thinking of transitioning but not sure as we are fed to work in good product companies and look at service/freelancing in bad light.
I feel like most of what i needed to learn via my job in product management, i have learnt already and feel like not being able to code as much is making me outdated as a builder.

Tldr: good job that pays well but skills are not growing, another option is to turn to freelancing, earn 70% of what i currently earn but helps me upskill, gain control of my time and maybe experiment with side projects in remaining time

Product company to freelancing

I work in a startup, have been since the past 4 years. Earlier it was WFH, I had the liberty to work whenever I want - task had to be done. 

With experience, I've felt that my work life balance has gone for a toss. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I feel exhaused and burnt out. This is also sucking out ownership from what I do. 

To all the GVs out here, have you guys tried doing something that's helped you? Or are we all on the same boat here? Are folks in MNCs going through the same? Genuinely seeking for help here. 

I just feel ki, I should stop running behind money now. Take a pay cut if needed and join a company thats a bit more established. 

Ps: In my case working from office seems like a total waste of time. I had been so much more productive at home. 

Thanks!

Work life balance - Tips

Data Analyst

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Hello Grapevine folks,

I am a 4th year CSE undergrad student from tier 2 college. 

I have done internships at various small startups all remote and also have freelancing experience.
But now in dilemma because of my expectations from me. The companies coming in my college for placement are not very big and not offering much . Mostly offer package in between 5-15 lpa .

For off-campus I am not that confident that I will pull through it , As the no of applicants are very high and have CP experience, ICPC all that stuff but I dont have that.

Another option is to go for remote Jobs in small startups. But they will not pay much . And do their experience matter?

I have a fear of not getting a good company and and being left out 🥺.

Overthinking or Truth?

I have a Remote offer with a company called EventBrite, which is paying well as well. And another offer from Indian unicorn startup (Glassdoor has terrible reviews on work life balance). Should I just accept a remote job roam around India. Do a lot of Staycations, meet a pretty girl. Or take the Unicon start-up with a good brand, hoping that two years later, Amazon or Google or Microsoft would reach out to me.

Is it worth working so hard??

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Huh! So i resigned from my job without any job offer. I am not sure if this is right/wrong, dumb decision maybe but i was at my saturation point. I joined this organisation as APM in April 2024 and resigned in September end, almost a 6 months of journey. This was a fast faced startup with a lot of micromanagement and toxicity. My manager was an asshole. There was a time when i was filling time sheets which was just to justify my manager. Imagine a product manager filling time sheet who is already involved in multiple small and large discussion with tech,qa, marketing, operations etc. The shift was of 9 hours and he asks me to stretch to 10 hrs sometimes as he as a bad habbit of same. There is much more. One day due to an instance i decided to resign without any job offer. My family did supported me which also gave me the confidence to do so. I don’t know what to say to next companies. When will I get a new job. Just wanted to share this somewhere and thought of putting it up here. Open for all your thoughts and comments. Also,Let me know if anybody could help me in any referrals😅preferably in Delhi ncr- Hybrid/wfh.

Resigned without job offer

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Heya,I switched my job 2months back and in the new company work is almost equal to null like it is too chill someday I literally have no work and I just roam around as it is work from home.  Help what should I do.  I have just 3 yoe and I can't just do time pass and chill, need to learn and get hands on exp.

What you guys suggest, what's the right thing to do?

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