Urban Company - A spineless org with hypocrite leadership & incompetent middle management

Link: https://inc42.com/buzz/unacademy-fires-another-250-employees-to-turn-profitable/

How is the company, how is it work there , culture etc. any leads on above?

It's getting dirtier by the day and sure some orgs are still up to their dirty tricks. The models: - Appraise and then Lay Off: Why bother putting bandaid on a stab wound? Anyways the folks are going to fight how to answer the ..why were you laid off war, and now you are adding another twist.. why were you appraised and then laid off? - Low appraisals to force quit: Undervalue them so they leave on their own. It’s a leeches way to cut costs. Kill morale 100%. Severance penny spent $0. - Trap them in PIP: Dress it up however you want - very very few escape this death sentence. - Silent treatment: No assignments, No meetings. Watch them spiral into anxiety and leave to save their sanity. - Workload overload: Drown them in work until they break. No need for layoffs list until they make it to your collapse list first. - Strategic reorg: Re-organize them out of existence. Offer a demotion or a proxy role in a random team that you know they dont want as an alternative. - Sudden policy changes: oh! I have seen so many I can't keep up with this one. New policies that make their life hell. People leave to escape your pettiness. - Mandatory relocation: Demand they move to an undesirable location. Then you treat remote employees like outsiders. Exclude them from key projects, conversations until they feel like foster care kids, second-class citizens. You know the outcome from there on. - Use the "Culture Fit" excuse: Call out how they’re not a culture fit. Vague, unchallengeable, and forces them out without severance. And don't sell me "the org has got to do what it has got to do to survive" line. I don't buy that If you have seen this being done, I understand your silence, but I don't value it. If this has been done to you or someone close to you, I am sorry. Orgs and the people failed you. We could be 1000x better than what we are operating as.

Work culture has become ultra toxic. Managers have started nano managing and literally are a pain in the ass. Product giving unrealistic timelines and leadership agreeing on the same without even consulting the developers and even if the developers are raising concerns, no fucks are given infact they are made to realise that this is how a startup should work. Literally everyone is working their asses off and still unable to meet the deadlines. Empathy is completely lost and WLB is a sham. People including me want to switch but are not even getting time to prepare.

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 reason you can mention Dirty Politics Dirty Appraisals and Promotions If i missed anything mention in comments So that our geeks will not join pathetic place and save atleast current job

Quite a large number of people were asked to resign gradually over the 3 weeks. The impacted personnel include SEs,Some PMs, and EMs too. Looks like a massive downsizing. Around 30 percent of the folks seem affected, but I'm not sure on that number. No severance. A month of notice.

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.

1. Most lowest, low to Mid ratings (identified by your manager) 2. High TC — if you are in the same level for a long time (> 3 years) and your TC is reaching the top of that band. 3. High initial stock grant (possible by great offer negotiation skills) and you are approximately in the 2nd or 3rd year (when you got the most pay) 4. those who get retention offer in the past and your TC is L + 1 but not performing at L+1. Time to cut the cost. 5. Coasters: if your manager carefully Evalates your criticality and concluded you are easily replaceable 6. People who consistently complaining their teams are too busy too much pressure too bad WLB are in danger too. How to minimize your chance of being laid off 1. Tell your manager you don’t need any tc increase，or tc is not your career goal 2 tell your manager you are willing to work hard and have no complaints. If you took 2 ppl work, no one will choose to let you go!

50% layoff at a Bangalore based health tech startup. Founder had no shame or guilt. Has raised funding recently but chose to fire people again. This is the third layoff in the last 1.5 years. Terrible management, declined variable pay. Severance is to paid in the next 4 months. Just trying to pivot the company into ‘AI’ without any plan whatsoever.