What's the dumbest thing your boss has said?

"2% is a good increment, considering the current environment"

Me: Hey sorry I can't work beyond 10 hours. Boss: Are you married? Me: No Boss: Then what's the rush in going home?

Quick call?

"I made a mistake hiring you" This was when I was undergoing treatment for anxiety due to the passing away of my father to be honest ...I didn't pay heed to that bi@#! I just ignored and went on to become the highest performer and joined another company with a 70% raise 😁 (PS: I was earning peanuts and got a massive jump during the golden days of 2021 tech boom)

Don’t come to me with problems, come to me with solutions.

"No great producs are built on iterations"

CEO: I don't work for money. Only for passion. Shows his new iPhone and Audi.

Itna time kyu lagega, ye to aadhe ghante ka kaam hai

When i was your age I never bothered about my salary.

Boss: How does one handle pressure? Me: take some time off the given work, relax, drink lots of water, meditate or go for a walk maybe!? Boss: Wrong, by working even more

Me: I want to discuss my promo doc, or any gaps that we need to fill for me to move to the next level. Them: I think you don't perform good enough for the current level also. 2 weeks later when I handed my resignation. Them : We were thinking of your promotion, your promo doc was my next priority! Me : Good to know that you were "thinking" about it. But, it was never conveyed in that manner to me. Thanks, but I can't stay back.

"The reward for good work is more work"

"what are you" <Blank face> "What are you!" "I am product manager.." "Then manage your bloody product!" Best boss I ever had :)

Let me tell you a story. One day he said “I don’t think there is need for data engineering in the company.” The next day “we need ETL for new business reports, analysts are unable to make reports with the unprocessed data” Next week two guys left. He was laid off 1 month later. Karma Bitch

You have a financial crisis going on at home, you should be working twice as hard.

Work without looking at the clock. Overtime kaun dega?

"Why you want a hike, more salary means more tax, less in-hand post tax, kyu sarkar ko paisa dena"

- you should work at least 12-14 hours a day during your initial days of your career and don't about salary. Le employee salary - < p50 numbers, and boss salary in p99 i.e. crs - I can't give you more appraisal number. Otherwise during bad times, I will to decide my list of layoffs. I am keeping you safe. Le bu**lickers got double the numbers - I can hire someone to replace you at half of your salary - oh you're planning to resign us... we're already thinking if we should PIP you. And I can't assur you early release with official notice period of 90 days - I will throw you out of my team which I have build this on my own...this is my team - major production release - le boss comments - I am disappointed and 10 faults - system broke due to senior blow**er ...le boss - I don't like prod bugs because of you ... Not happy with your performance

Me: “Can you tell me more about the appraisal cycle and what is the management expectations from me?” Manager:”blah blah… excellent results… team player…etc. Can give max 5% raise dues to layoffs, market condition, etc(even though company posted highest QoQ profit growth)” Me:” Numbers doesn’t make sense” Manager: “Other companies are laying off and not giving raises, you should be happy to have a job” Me; “but as per your report I did good job and exceded expectations” Manager: “That’s what I expected from you” Me:”🙁”

I had an offer letter with 60% more salary during early days of covid(july 2020) My then Companies senior manager came to me and asked me to take back my resignation and said “Son, you’re a valuable asset to the company and project. Take back your resignation and I promise you’ll get good hike in the next hike cycle” When I asked are they going to match my current offer letter, he said and I quote, “See son, My personal guarantee, you’ll definitely get 5% increment in next hike cycle🙂” I politely declined and closed my laptop and didn’t write a single piece of code for next 1 week until it was my LWD