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Looking for genuine and non diplomatic answers since it will be anonymous. It is upto you to reveal the name of the company you resigned from.

Lets discuss!!! I will go first -

I quit my last organisation (a famous UPI company) in 2020 because, they still are in old technology. No cloud computing, no kubernates, no terraform. Their entire baremetal infra are in 2 DCs (Mumbai and Bangalore). Leadership ideas are outdated. I was very much bored and looking for a change.

Why did you resign?

DevOps Engineer

Have u ever resigned without any offer in hand?

If yes what was the reason and how things went ahead??

Resignation without another offer

Senior Consultant

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I am currently working as a senior  engineer at a startup (yoe 6+).

Initially things were good , but from the last few months The workplace turned toxic and all the nasty things started happening around me.
The burn out was deteriorating mental and physical health, so i lost my patience and resigned.

Making this ama , so that I can help someone who is going through the same situation.

Resigned w/o offer(AMA)

Backend engineer

I am thinking of leaving my current job and focus on myself, getting to know myself better etc. Currently I have enough money saved for my expenses for next 6-8 months. 
   Everyone I have asked about this say don't leave your job if you don't have another lined up, in this tech winter. I understand their view point. It aligns with what my parents think as well.

Is there anyone who has had done this in the past? Do you recommend this route? Are the consequences far too severe? Does anyone have a different opinion from one stated above?

Anyone ever left job without having another job lying around for their mental peace?

Consultant

How did your personal life affect your professional life ? Share your positive/ negative experiences.

Product Manager

Going through something similar where the management has laid off 1/3rd the total team via forced resignation and without any severance. A bunch of folks who stood up to ask for reasons, severance etc are being threatened with termination and bad experience letter (and even lawsuits)

Could really use your take if you or your colleagues have gone through something similar.

People who were forced to resign but stood your ground - how did you handle the unnecessary pressure?

Business Development

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I want to share my experience as a fresher at Accenture, my first company from a college placement. The first six months were fine, but then I faced severe mental harassment from my supervisor and manager. She constantly criticized my work and gave negative feedback, causing me immense stress. I often skipped meals and worked weekends to improve, but nothing helped.

Despite reporting the issue and requesting a supervisor change or a different track, my requests were ignored. The harassment worsened, affecting my physical health, and I couldn't eat or sleep properly. My manager controlled trivial aspects like where to sit and whom to talk to, making the situation unbearable. I was even forced to switch from a developer role to a tester, despite being trained as a developer.

The final straw was being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) without a clear reason, with the same harassing individuals assessing me. I only had 1.9 years of experience then. I reported the mental harassment to HR and resigned due to deteriorating health, panic attacks, and weight loss. Despite having no other job offer, I couldn't continue. Even during my notice period, I was forced to complete PIP assignments, which led to suicidal thoughts and further health issues.

Now, I am jobless, feeling helpless and frustrated. With less than 2 of experience, I struggle to find offers in a down IT market and don't know what to do next.

My Experience as Fresher with Workplace Harassment and Forced Resignation at Accenture

Software Developer

I joined TCS 3yrs ago and since then I couldn't switch. I am planning since last year March but actually not able to work on it. Even I couldn't apply actively. Currently I am involved in a role which has nothing to do with development and I feel bit less confident. So I want to know why it is so hard to leave? Does everyone feel same? Is this ecosystem somewhat responsible for this?

Why is it so hard to leave first company?

Software Engineer

My employment was terminated last month from the organization’s side but they have put things like “his performance was average” & “he left the organization in his own accord” in the relieving cum experience letter. 

I am not much worried about the performance part because I have good experience letters from my past organizations and believe would be the same in case of reference checks.  Should I be worried about these?

Any suggestions on how to move forward with future applications would be helpful.

Laid off last month and negative relieving letter

I've been working with ICICI since 2008 everythg was fine I had mny promotions wid a promotion too in the last FY of my recent working tenure..n then all of a sudden before few days of COVID, our profile staff received a mail that they going to end the whole profile from the very next day...the question is now how our profile staff going to make it thru when our profile was ended in a day and bank wud not b doing much, rather then depending on the people already there in other departments higher profiles to adjust us into the system somewhr....n as we all was handling audit profile so sumtimes we had to be a bit strict for getting the staff asking them to follow the process..making them do additional stuff was always taken as a burden so but obvious due to which we r no one's fav either..tht never liked us much..hence the implications was no departments head wanted us to become a part of the teams that to from a operations profile in a bank full of sales targets in every department it was a big no no..finally after taking all the measures to save our jobs when nothing worked out .. one fine day i received a call from HR tht either u leave the job by your own or we have to fire you (it was sugary quoted but obvious) inconveniently i had to leave the job.. without a backup job..after 13 plus years of work ex..i feel cheated as after receiving the bestest rating and a promotion in the previous recent year of my tenure with all my hardwork n a travelling job, as a single parent, staying away from my four year kid at home leaving him wid my parents ..just bcoz the profile was  finished i was all of sudden not of any use  n 'no one' to the ICICI Bank..overall this is the culture of many companies asking the employees last minute to leave..the more I love n felt proud working for 'MY' ICICI Bank the more betrayed i felt when i had to leave it abruptly..thts y PPL say "Love your job, not the Company" . A learning I took back home pretty late

Shocks widout Warnings!!

Audit manager

hooked up with someone from my previous job, now she is my girlfriend and we are going strong 5 years.

what is your best mistake in office?

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I was hiring for a web designer in last role.
We had an internal referral, and I checked her portfolio before reaching out.
She had multiple projects, worked with many customers across countries, the designs were fresh and inviting, no clutter.

She was the one (for the role)!
Exactly what we were looking for. 

I had a budget of 25-30LPA, had quoted 19-24 LPA (because well)
Her expectations were 30-33 LPA

Cut to, she was the only one till final round and they were processing her offer letter at 31LPA


Find your star and make it shine bright!

[Storytime] Know your worth

Hi All,

I Joined this Irish-American tech consulting company  in 2021 with a 130% hike & 3.8 YOE. 
I learnt a lot of new things and made some really good connections within 1.5 years.Now the work has been saturated to a point where I no longer write code , but only review it while approving the prs of juniors. Also I don't like the way the people at the client side run the project. 
Even if I ask for a change in a project I know for a fact that either it will take at least 6 months or the other project will be mostly like be support work.  
Please help me come up with a polite reason that's not about higher education or salary. 
I have an offer from Deloitte and TCS currently with a 50 % hike.

Reason to resign from a good company.

Data engineer

I did that with my previous manager. He was extremely toxic for me. I ended up complaining about him multiple times and since nothing happened, I quit. The relationship soured to the point that we didn't even look at each other, let alone greeting the other. I know I might be an extreme case but has anything remotely similar happened to any of you?

Has any of you damaged your relationship with your manager beyond repair?

Brand marketing manager

Were you offered any salary hike when you told your manager/HR that you are resigning. If so, how much %age hike were you offered. 

Curious to know the interesting stories even if you weren't offered anything.

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