I recently got an offer from a seed stage startup for a SDE2 role. They shared the offer in a 2 liner mail. Weirdly enough they have a probation period of 3 months which could also be extended to 6 months during which there'll be no paid leaves, nothing, and you cannot be late to the office any day. I asked them to share the detailed offer letter with all these verbal probation clauses penned down and they've not replied for a week. After getting the offer, they asked me to submit my adhar card, pan card, 10th, 12th marksheet, graduation certificate, passport, birth certificate, payslips, previous offer letter, resignation mail, proof of bonuses and all sorts of documents.
It's funny how they think trust only works one way. I've withdrawn the application as there were too many red flags during the entire process. I really wish the Indian corporate system had an open culture where trust is bidirectional and not act like we're at the mercy of their job.
90% of Indian startups are shit. They don’t have PMF just burning investors money.
This is true of any startup across the globe though. With Indian startups the issues run deeper than just their product. It's the ethics, most of them are just there to treat it like a Ponzi scheme, make money somehow and get out. There's no regard for culture, for cumulative growth or adding actual value for anyone all of which are big plus points in silicon valley startups.
They pay alot and its much more fun to work for them rather than an MNC
Send them a 2 line reply to go f themselves.
A company about to be an unicorn did the same shit.
Did you apply in government?
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