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They know madam

They know madam- Grapevine

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If you call a lady younger than you as 'Madam' /'Ma'am'
What does that mean?

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This is the CEO of a tech firm. Had a discussion & told me he'd reach out for further updates. After 2 weeks, i reached out twice & he wrote this.

Just wondering why would he call me sir? Is this him mocking me or was the interview a joke to him or am i just thinking too much?

Maybe a stupid question but why would he call me sir?

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Why do female founders and other budding LinkedIn female influencers post their personal pictures(gym photos, selfies, random photos of themselves) on LinkedIn? It’s a professional platform for fucks sake. 

You don’t post these photos on Leap Club but LinkedIn is okay because validation. 

And nobody calls them out. Men are lost in simp behaviour and others ignore them.

Personal photos on LinkedIn

Are married females incompetent as managers?
I'm contemplating a move to Google. Recently received an offer from them. Got to know about my future manager through team matching phase. Read a review about her on teammatemeter.com . She looks like a serious red flag.
The recruiter also sounds very desperate for me to join this particular team only when I asked for another team in team matching phase. What to do? Join or not? The manager and colleagues matter more than the money on the table! But money is also important.

Are married female managers incompetent?

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Hey everyone,
Hope it's going well. 

What this post is: a place to hang around and chat just about anything - without having a specific topic to discuss.  
Think of it like the watercooler at your office.  
 
Look forward to hearing from you all :)

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MediBuddy made Period leaves a joke!

Partnership manager

It may sound misandric, but how/why are men setting up businesses that deal with women's health

No uterus, no opinion!

Consultant

Apparently, a family of cats had adopted our family some time back (Have food from here, stay at our place, essentially not inside - but kind of welcome to kitchen and other places when threats loom around). 

It's been almost 3 generations now. Now, the main thing that I need your help with: 

One of them became mother to 3 kittens yesterday. All of us have ran out of names for them, since it's been a lot now. Please suggest some good names for them 😇
(we always name them something and end up knowing that we got their gender wrong - anyway I don't know that yet)

Not related, but sharing with you all:
- they really like vegetables as much as milk/non-veg
- they kind of shout for food at sharp 7:00 am, and my mom and dad gives them the same (they adore dosa and tea)
- They do understand what we say, and behave accordingly. Apparently, a couple of them call my mother 'amma' or 'ma' in a much sweeter way than me!
- They know how to stand up and remove locks from the doors.

Folks, need your help! A bit out of context!

Posting after a long hiatus. 

Share an interesting read / article from the recent past. I have two for this week. 

https://x.com/dhh/status/1705737715827064949?s=48&t=veFqB14w0kw5mRYqkg7ibw

https://marcellus.in/blogs/urban-indian-women-have-more-money-than-men/

Let me know your thoughts on the above too.

Weekend musings - edition #7

Growth manager

I came to Bangalore 2 weeks ago. this is my first time visit to Bangalore. One fine day I was casually walking to my PG after having a tea at chai house. in the middle of a road a person with his newborn baby and wife approach me with folding hands. He asked me if I speak hindi. I nodded, then he said Iam from Maharashtra and he came here for job, but his master has kicked him out and not given him salary. He has no money for food and to travel back. He asked me to give him 300. I sensed it might be scam but being an emotional guy I thought 300 is not a big deal. I said I don't have cash but I can pay via phonepe. he showed me his qr on mobile. A thought ran in my mind does he has no one who he can call and ask for online money if he has working smart phone. when I started typing the amount 300 he said sir 300 for one person, pls pay for my wife too. I said I only have this much money only. I paid and walked off quickly. I think I'm scammed but it could be a genuine case too. 

tell me guys have you faced/heard this before. this might probably aware someone in future.

Is this a new scam?

I completed education from tier 1 colleges (MBA and Engineering both from coveted IIM and IIT). After MBA, I joined Wall Street bank and life was really good. Was enjoying the perks of a MNC although the work was also excruciating but was an overall good experience.

Left it for a startup (fast growth kida in me led this decision). Worked in the startup across multiple roles, learned a lot of new things. Tried staying away from office politics and earned a good name in the circle. But growth (read pay) was not that enticing and was not growing hence decided to leave. Was naive enough to quote this reason to business head and HR as well. Obviously it didn't go well with anyone.

Joined startup2, changed cities and joined it. The role was similar, although my manager was an epitome of a toxic manager. Was doing good but he always was able to find some or the other mistake in my work. If he would not find any mistake then he would suggest some tangential hypothesis and then reprimand me for not thinking about it. Was so toxic that I didn't take leave when my wife was hospitalized and giving birth to our child.
Tried doing everything possible but couldn't save the job and got laid off in the 1st lay off wave.

Was shattered. Confidence was at rock bottom. Tried searching for roles. Luckily I got into startup3 who had remote work at that time. Although I joined the marketing team (which was not at all related to my previous work) thus creating a mess of my profile.
Worked hard but in a "restructuring" exercise got laid off again.

Within a year 2 lay offs with random work and no concrete direction in work. 
Now searching for roles but not able to find anything suitable as I was in non-core roles and in this difficult time everyone is looking for cheap resources with 1-3 yoe and not looking for 7+ yoe with generalist profile.

Contemplating starting from zero in Marketing or learning coding/Data science so that can start my career again with right basics.

I fucked up my career

Growth Manager

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Normal women: AAAAAAA! Here take my earrings!

Sudha Murty: I'm going to use my umbrella now and save myself, and will do an organised PR about this when I turn old.

This week's quota from the family.

Program Manager

Guys - do you think women aren’t as smart/hardworking/motivated OR that the women working around you have been hired for the wrong reasons? 

Girls - have you experienced sexism at workplace? How do you tell that someone’s behaviour toward you is BECAUSE you’re female?

[Serious Q] Sexism - how prevalent is it in startup ecosystem?

We are in the 21st century where everything has changed drastically and we are now in modern technology and living in an advanced culture, and it's very surprising that people are still following the Sir/Madam culture in some MNC'S and that also in the city like Bangalore. Some Supervisors/Managers like their subordinates to call them by Sir/Madam instead of by their name and also they like to sit in cabins separately. Are we living in the 21st century??

Sir/Madam concept in some MNC's

Human resources

Has your maid ever asked your salary? If yes how did you respond?

Alright everybody, let's have fun, choose your warrior 🤵🏻

- Leading Indian actor Madhuri Dixit has bought shares in Swiggy ahead of its IPO, investing Rs 1.5 crore along with Ritesh Malik.
- The shares were purchased at Rs 345 each in a secondary market transaction facilitated by Swiggy's investment banker Avendus.
- Swiggy is set to list on the stock exchanges later this year with a $1.4 billion IPO, recently upsized.
- Swiggy's revenue grew 36 percent in FY24, while its losses decreased by 44 percent.
- Dixit is the second celebrity to invest in Swiggy, following Amitabh Bachchan's investment in August. 

 Source: [Moneycontrol](https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/madhuri-dixit-goes-dhak-dhak-for-swiggy-snaps-up-shares-ahead-of-ipo-12824603.html)

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