Only once i.e. Got my parents when I was born... Since then most of the time I got something for a price...

Software Developer

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Share a time when you got something valuable for free.

Consultant

Share a time when you got something valuable for free.- Grapevine

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I feel very privileged when office gives me free food, I know few names who does that like - Arcesium, Google, JPM (sodexo voichers). 

Mention more to know more.

Free food in your office?

Strategy & operations

Does your company offer free lunches at your office?

What's your take on this?
Do you think free lunches improve productivity or affect profitability 🤔

My company ended its free lunch program recently 🙁

Free Lunches at the office 🙂

Category manager

I will go first, it doesn't matter if you really work hard on a project, in the end only result matter, no matter how much efforts you made for it

Lesson you have learned from Corporate

Software Engineer

They ain't even sparing EV owners...yuck 🤮🤢🤮

Tax the rich

Senior Consultant

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Recently, a sales representative called me from HDFC Bank offering the HDFC Regalia Gold credit card stating that it would be lifetime free for me since I'm an existing Credit card holder

I went through the charges for this credit card online and the annual fees is around Rs 2.5k

Would this credit card be actually free for lifetime or are there any hidden tricks here?

HDFC Regalia Gold Credit Card

Growth Manager

This is the role that I am eyeing-

Check out this job at Microsoft: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3833859740

Hi! I wish to apply for a role at Microsoft. Can somebody please refer me?

UX/UI designer

I just want to vent out! Many businesses are earning double than me and paying less than 50% of tax and yet here I am as a professional bound to pay tax. And that’s not enough, I still can get audited!

Paying 29L as tax this year!!

On average, every Indian pays 24% of their income in indirect taxes. They in no way contribute less to a country's development than corporate folks. However, when a government announces a welfare scheme for the marginalized, everyone starts shouting "freebie.

The Indian middle class is often caught between two worlds, and they can feel insecure and resentful of both the wealthy and the marginalized.

If India had set up an unemployment benefit (for certain period after job loss) such as the one in developed western countries, will it be considered a freebie? Especially during the current market scenario?

Why are welfare schemes branded as freebies?

Business analyst

Have heard that LinkedIn India employees are able to give friends and family a discount code for LinkedIn Premium.

Can anyone here share a code, please. 😋

LinkedIn Premium Discount code anyone?

Marketing manager

I might get some flack for calling this out on this platform but I see a lot of young professionals monetizing their credentials through TopMate and other sites, for advice.

This might be considered a new age thing, but it's a zero sum approach. I understand that it's an essential part of one's brand building exercise but a sign of a good brand is also being altruistic. Some people might say that you put a price to the time that you may give and also filter from the mass of requests that come through. These maybe valid points but being able to judge every request on merit and being able to provide value is where you are paying it forward. Pun intended 

A good advice that impacts somebody's life/career without a transactional value will probably give you far more satisfaction than some random Rs. 1500 that is credited to your account.

Let the trolling begin....

Don't Monetise your Credentials

Head of Marketing

Now why everyone is talking about benefits of working from office?
I saw post from Sunil Shetty on linkedin.

My take is, when pandemic hit companies asked employees to WFH to keep wheel rolling.
Now we know WFH can give greater control over personal and professional life(at least for me) we don’t want to go back to office.

In my opinion corporate want us to work from office cause,

- they can control our time, 9hrs in ofc, you are getting paid for time not skills.
- they want to show who is the boss here.
- Learning is key reason for WFO, bullshit, we have a lot of learning portals and traffic time can be used to learn but it is never a intention.

What you guys think?

WFH vs WFO

Network administrator

How do you define work life balance boundaries at work? Everyone in my team works 10-12 hrs daily, it’s business as usual for them. I joined recently and it’s very problematic for me, I literally get no time to do anything else. 
I fear, that if I highlight this I’ll be singled out. 
Some people even feel very proud in doing so which I don’t understand. Don’t they want to go back home to their family and spend time with them?
Please provide guidance on how to set these boundaries and am I thinking right?

WLB boundaries at work.

Product Manager

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Your first Salary!!

Which companies have great perks - good free food, free cab, etc. especially in the Bangalore office? Mention in comments.

Great perks

Customer success

I see a lot of folks opening their calendar and offering resume review and career guidance and other things via Topmate.
Some are charging like 6000 per hour. 
And posting that as if they are making some contribution to the community.
They are keeping posts as that is their way of giving back to the community as if it's some sort of charity. 

How the hell is giving back to the community when you are charging 6000 per hour ?? 

I dont have a problem with people who keep it openly as its a way to earn some money. You are giving your time so asking money for it is not at all wrong in my book 

But please dont label it as charity for god sake 🙏🙏

Topmate sessions !!

Hi all,

My organisation does reimbursement of the following upto around 15-20k. 
Can you suggest some good things that I can get benefit of under this.


- In-person or online courses or workshops
- Conferences
- Books
- Journal or magazine subscriptions
- Personal coaching
- Degree programs
- Professional certifications
- Professional memberships



Its like "use it or loose it".

Reimbursement

Welcome to News Discussion's Private Community

Recently saw this YT video (people are talking about it on Twitter/X)

https://youtu.be/yxTuj__LXJU?si=LkVOLdPtSs2a54-T

Only pay for online courses which are backed by known educational institutions

Or those where there is hard skill based development with a clear outcome. 

Rest all Youtuber soft skill courses are nothing but scams - I repeat all.

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