Both the creatures only focus on saving their job/post and power.

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Never trust the managers and politicians

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Never trust the managers and politicians- Grapevine

The biggest conundrum is that everyone claims to not indulge in politics but are sure that there exists politics in companies. Just goes on to show that you have to be extra careful with your colleagues, they aren’t your friends. You’ll be thrown under the bus at a minor inconvenience. Integrity and ethics are rare, mind you, extremely rare. Most managers are class monitors, not leaders. Leaders are rare. A high-performing, transactional team that keeps personal things personal is GREAT for you. We work, get stuff done, and then your life is yours — but we’ll show up when needed. Culture can’t be forced, it cannot be shoved onto a team. “My destiny is more powerful than my will.” — Napoleon, or whoever I don’t know. But you get it, I hope. Keep continuously learning, that’s the only way onwards and upwards!

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Marketing manager

From his humble beginnings, he's shown that passion and grit can take you places. It's a refreshing change to see someone genuinely focused on shaking up the system, especially when so many politicians seem more interested in their own agendas than in serving the people. 
Concentration of power, whether in government or in companies, can be risky. It can lead to a lack of accountability and potential abuse of authority. Having a diversity of voices and options in politics, like Kejriwal, is crucial for a healthy democracy. It ensures that different perspectives are heard and that power is distributed more evenly, ultimately benefiting the people. 

We as corporate employees always cry for petty politics in our own organisation & listen views with open minds.
But, the country politics is always discussed with defending one side vs the other.
Extremely toxic traits of citizens!

Please don't abuse power

Grapevine has become a desperate journalist investigation ground. Get ready for false news to be planted by rivals

Analyst

Who do you think is doing a better job between the two governments that have been in power in Bangalore. We've seen a little bit of both now. I honestly feel the water issue should have been pre-empted and I don't remember this happening before.

BJP vs Cong in blr

Product Owner

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Whenever I read foreign media outlets, India is the new Asian Tiger that will outpace most emerging economies in growth. But Indian media and Indian people act like India is the worst place to be.

The dichotomy is extremely confusing. Why is it that foreign media coverage on our economy is more favourable than our own hopes and aspirations from this country?

PS: I am really big on Indian Exceptionalism, the belief that India's economic development and trajectory are unique or exceptional compared to other nations, driven by our large and diverse population, thriving middle class, our entrepreneurial spirit, and the emphasis on technology and innovation.

Source:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-07/can-india-overtake-china-as-world-s-growth-engine-it-could-happen-by-2028

Why do Indians hate India?

Product Manager

Satta bazaar even giving around 180-200 !!

Is it so bad for Modi ?

Software project manager

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I have been talking to a few companies, across different size bands.
Only Indian startups seem to obsessed with full week WFO/Micromanagement.

A few years back, startups were known for being more flexible, now it just seems to be the reverse.

Why are Indian startups so obsessed with Micromanagement? i.e. WFO

Founder

I joined a new org a few months ago, from my observation folks who struggle at their job are the ones who form a group of similar people and indulge in gossip, they are always scheming and always on extra alert mode if anyone is listening to their conversation. All this seems to be childish while observing from a distance. I think if you are unhappy with your job you should prepare and switch. I'm curious if other people have had similar observations

Observation: People who are not good at their job are more likely to indulge in office politics

Frontend Engineer

Heard a friend talk about something like this happen to them over another colleague who is cozy with the management.

[Thread] Have you ever witness someone get unfairly promoted? What was the reason?

Honestly awed by BJP's PR game

Because AI will do it better and faster than you sooner or later. 

Looking at you consultants 👀

https://x.com/lennysan/status/1810686158201901488?t=2o5TlDoFMnuuAu2WmTwlZQ&s=19

Do not depend on jobs that make you tell others what to do , such as PM

Generalist

I don’t know who needs to hear it, but do not blindly trust good glassdoor/ambitionbox/others ratings. In this bad market every company is working well below what their  rating portrays. Now it could be 5/5 in one team but 2/5 in another in general sense. However, now the top to bottom trickle of pressure, politics and such is ensuing. You might think you’re seeing good people in ur next job, reviews are mostly good, work/role looks fine and jump into the company - only to realise that soon good people are being removed or they’re moving.

See if u are not able to get honest feedback from someone in the company or ur new team before u join - be prepared for harsher reality. Like Swiggy was really good 1 year back or more but no longer. So it’s in ur best interest to get the current ground reality before joining somewhere in this economic condition.

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Software Engineer

Thought I will make this revelation. Smart Managers deliberately continue to keep ordinary people in their team and these people are given a decent hike too so that they can stay in the company until there is a layoff scenario. This generally happens with product based companies that undergo periodic layoffs regardless of economic slowdown.

So if you are an ordinary employee & continue to get encouraging feedback from your manager plus a decent hike every year, beware! This might be a smart-trap laid by your manager.

Managers deliberately keep non performing employees to use them in a layoff scenario.

Software architect

Employees who are top performers are laid off. 
Employees who are in a firm for a long time are laid off. 
Employees who are freshers are laid off. 
Employees from IIMs/IITs are laid off. 
Employees who work just to get the job done are laid off. 
Seniors are laid off. 
Juniors are laid off
Hard working employees who get good ratings and give extra hours are laid off. 
Bad peforming ones are obviously laid off. 

Is there anyone who is safe. It's just at the mercy of few decision makers at the top and no matter what you do you will never be safe. 

Now I understand why parents say that government job is better.

Is there a pattern in layoffs

Business analyst

How much importance do you give to aesthetics in your life?
We are lagging behind in aesthetics compared to many developed countries.
Why things like having clean roads, good personal care and hygiene, building nice public places is still not an Indian thing?

Importance of Aesthetics

Very well summarised

Retention manager

Imagine if employees make a gang and threaten their workplace that we won’t be working for you instead of the company firing them now that makes more sense then only companies will understand the value of their employees

Maids have more gangism and work offers than educated people and they can easily threaten to leave any workplace rather than working hard like corporate people who actually are sitting in fear of layoffs

This realisation is purely a selfish thing, which led me to think of reasons behind my friends supporting the BJP.

I absolutely hate BJP's hate, religion, divide&rule politics, and I'm sure most BJP supporters themselves also hate that, but they don't have a choice like most of us. 

If you are supporting BJP, you fall in one of the following categories for sure:

1. Your family supports them, so you have to.

2. Someone in your family is a small/big BJP related politician.

3. You have seen/used the perks of supporting them i.e local influence.

4. You are a businessman/entrepreneur who benefited from their policies and believes they will help you further as well.

5. Brainwashed blind faith in Modi.

6. You are a Hindu and you blindly hate Muslims. 

7. No trust in the opposition party. 

What other reasons? Tell me in the comments, what were your reasons to vote for the BJP. 

Now coming to my reason: 

I don't want to see the stock market bloodbath, i have invested a lot and for sure the market will go down 20-30% if the BJP loses. 

But glad i didn't vote for them.

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