You can be good at things that you dont enjoy doing. If you don't enjoy it, most likely...others don't enjoy it either. So if you do the most unenjoyable work (that is of great importance to the product or the company), you are immune to layoff.

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What’s the most valuable lesson you learned from a job that you didn’t enjoy?

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How has it impacted your work or perspective?

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I have become bitter about this corporate work culture.
Had some terrible work culture in my last 2 jobs
This has affected me a lot.

Joined a new one, though it's good in terms of culture to an extent.
I have gotten into the phase of not taking phony talks or fake conversations .

It's getting hard to socialize, all I see is power play, insecurity and selfish motives.

I can't talk to everyone and mostly can't take the fake things.
This has increased more as I changed jobs and got older

All they say is communicate more , increase visibility.

Not sure how I will get used to things.
It's getting very tough as I gain experience.

I somehow feel this is affecting my growth.

Any suggestions to overcome this

Software Developer

I interned at a company for more than 10 months.
Gave my heart and soul to it
They made me work late nights, gave me so much work
I completed them all
And now they denied a full time offer citing budget reasons
I feel like a loser now. This is so not fair. Now placements at college are also over so theres no hope left
Completely loss of words.
I don't know what to do
Can someone please guide me

Feeling dejected, demotivated, loser

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What’s the most important career advice you’ve ever received? It could be anything, an advice from your colleague, a lesson you learnt the hard way, or a piece of wisdom that changed your perspective! 🌟🌟

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1. Work hard in your job. Don't complain and waste time. We know everyone is replaceable, but work so damn hard that if at all you decide to resign and switch sometime, it should come as a shell shocker to them.  
 Build a program/product/team from scratch, own it end to end so much that they'll never find anyone close to you who can work with the same efficiency. 
 You'll obviously take your learnings and apply them later on in your next job, but 
 You'll also earn the respect of all your colleagues which might be needed in your future corporate journey. 
 2. Don't chase money early on in your career unless you actually**need** it. Focus on building relationships, knowledge, learning to code (it helps) and earning respect of your colleagues wherever you go. 
 3. Don't get into smoking due to peer pressure. AVOID IT.

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In my org seniors often give random advice, most of it is useless. For example, they once told me that don’t work for money, work for problems, you’ll get money as a outcome.

What’s the worst advice you’ve got in your professional career?

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What's the worst advice you've ever followed that you now regret? How did it impact your life when you followed it?

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One thing you wish you knew before starting your job? To avoid getting laid off

Analyst

I believed in the mission so much that I overlooked the actual job description. Now I'm stuck doing tedious work for a cause I care about. Has anyone found a way to inject excitement into a dull role?

I took a job at a company whose values I admire, but the day-to-day work is mind-numbingly boring. How do you balance purpose with engagement?

What's a lesson you learned from a moment of unexpected challenge?

My employer talks to me in a way that I don't feel good. I feel inferior. I also get to learn a lot.
What do you think I should do? 

1. Be in the company and listen to his bitter voice.
2. Leave the company but that can hinder my growth.

Thoughts Needed

What would be the one professional lesson that you wished had learnt early in in your career ?

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Founder

I was laid off last year, the CTC was reasonably high there (110k USD base, not practical in India ik... Maybe that's why they had to cut us off). That of course was quite a down time but I was happy that I had a lot of side projects in hand, and was up to date with the tech stack. It's something I learned, "A company is a company, nothing less or more than that.

Curious to know, what are your lessons from these times? That one thing you wish you told/reminded yourself before these lay offs?

To me, it would be:

1. Stay humble. Your salary or your company shouldn't define your attitude.
2. Keep learning. Find time for your personal growth.
3. Stay active in the community, be aware of what's happening. Be it good or bad, it can come to you as well.
4. Save while you can! Savings have helped me a lot.

P.S: I mentioned my base pay from prev salary not to boast about it, there is nothing to boast about tbh
... It's just to mention more context.

Lessons from the layoffs?

I've been laidoff, searching for a job.
Had stepped out for a walk and I saw my school teacher crossing the road from the other side.
I, being a person who always talks to people, turned my face and sneaked away, not having the confidence to tell someone that I'm unemployed if asked.
Feels bad. 🥲

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Thinking you should give the company a chance, it's more than a year and you have not moved. Your mental and physical health have started taking a toll.

Has it happened with you?
How did you break free?

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