After going through so many posts on grapevine..I feel like all the startups in India are toxic only 😕😕
Really want to know which are the startups worthy of joining? Preferably in product roles
Bold of you to keep "non-toxic" and "startup" in the same sentence. 💀
People are toxic and they make organisations. Hence, organisations are toxic.
Many Indian startups are vanity projects by rich, often nepotistic, spoiled brats.
For the rare, struggling founders trying to build something good, I have the utmost respect.
Unfortunately, I haven't met many of that kind and that is saying something having worked with startups in consulting, VC and now full-time. Mostly it is rich people trying to get richer, with a complete disregard for business ethics.
Hope to find a few more founders like Mr. Ganesh B of Flatheads, a genuinely good person.
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Each and every company is toxic at a certain level depending upon your team/vertical. Doesn't matter if it's a startup or MNC.
VC backed (especially softbank vision funded) startups are all by default toxic. The CXOs work to please their investors. So they don’t care about employees. They use the VC money to get the work done and fire them.
Look for bootstrapped companies like Zoho & Zerodha, GrabOn. You can expect decent work policies here. I wouldn’t call them perfect but better than VC funded startups.
KodeKloud. Full remote and great wlb.
HyperVerge. Worked there as an intern, sadly didn’t convert it, but it was the best place. Best people, company has a good vision, best practices followed. Really a good place.
Product roles = large org = heterogeneous culture even within the company's different teams
If you want non toxic culture, better to join early stage startups with less than 50 people, ideally less than 25
Indian based startup, yes. Others maybe
Hi Folks, Can you please let me know which startsups or organisation we should not join
Reason may be:
No Mission and Vision Pathetic HR Policies Burning investors money with 0 Revenue product Random Hiring and Layoffs Other r...
Ola. I doubt there’s any startup which comes even close in terms of Ola’s toxicity.
Can anyone share for the benefit of those who are keen to avoid making mistakes..
Last month I interviewed with NoBroker for a Demand Servicing Head position. The process went like this:
2 rounds of screening with HR/TA - was okay, good conversations. After which they scheduled an interview with the Business Head f...
Hang in there, the efforts you made for assignment will help you somewhere in future. Good luck!
