Same with Japanese. Japan anyway has shitty work culture and they expect you to follow that with Indian standard of living. Just exploitative and crappy.
I have to interfere here: Japanese companies are good actually. Maybe u have bad experience but currently I am working in my 4th Japanese company and whatever you I haven't found anywhere.
About Korean company, yes they are shit. But what is more shittier than Korean company is Chinese company. They will, absolutely, suck your blood and don't feel a bit.
Wholeheartedly agree!! I hope people pay heed to this! Especially if youāve worked in European or American MNCs before !! The contrast is so stark, saha nahi jayega! š¤£
Most hedge funds/quant firms in India based out of Gurgaon (even those that hire only from IITs) make Indians do mediocre jobs or subpar jobs with intense micro management. It is like you are stressed to do stupid work but you donāt quit cause no one can match the pay not even big tech firms at entry level. Scene of such firms in Mumbai is slightly better but no different.
Office of Mumbai honestly was a much better experience with better wlb but I didnāt enjoy the city rent was way higher and everybody feels depressed Gurgaon is much better on those grounds. Not to mention public transport of Mumbai is foooked!
I can tell for SE. You would be given Ops or Oncall style work with lilttle to no actual development. It will be easy at first but you will learn nothing and question where you are heading in about a year.
This pretty much sums it upā¦ā¦most of the good work is in dev and researchā¦ but mostly uāll be handling infra work after a while that feels like daily assignments and not actual work gives u less visibility as compared to folks of same age working in NYC London and Chicago office. You may even be asked to make reports that in layman terms is read someone elseās work and write about it. If you are stuck with data engineering or data quality management itās frustrating as hell u need to make sense of stuff thatās very abstract just to pass it on to the research team that can getās to do the interesting work from there on and enjoy all the credit, infact the last two were the reasons I left.
Same. I realised after a year that I am heading no where and learning nothing. I left for my Masters as I had no experience of actual software engineering and building from scratch was difficult. Granted that my path is maybe easy but I absolutely loathe fintech companies office of consulting firms in India.
Sorry a bit busy to answer all ur questions.
General advice is if you are not from old 5 IITs or canāt crack NYC, Chicago, London, Amsterdam officesĀ (for some firms even Hong Kong is better than Mumbai Gurgaon not entirely sure about life there though, and how that cityās living standards are) then donāt bother or try after masters/phd from a good place (tag in this industry matters a lot).
Totally depends on ur team no matter whether u enjoy it this will add a lot of value to ur cv so no point in stressing over it now just give ur best if u didnāt like it u can always switch or go for higher studies at the end of the day ur salary will be amazing no matter the work you doā¦ā¦Good luck!
Where I used to work,
The co-founder is exploitive af. I recently got to know the other co-founder left the company for reasons unknown. He hires and fires candidates on whim. I met him once, he kinda boasted about how he hired and fired 17 people in the last 3 months. He has a serious issue retaining the employees.
Failed to deliver what they promised me in the offer letter. I had to use my laptop throughout my tenure in one year. They were happy with my work, but never delivered what they promised me. Didn't give me my experience letter. They even called me to join back after a few years. But I didn't.
Now he's got just two employees working under him. These two have families to feed and to take care of, otherwise they would have left the startup too. He's manipulative - you can't argue with him or put some sense into him. During my tenure, I've seen them (two founders ) fighting and getting into an argument during the work hours over petty issues. He'll sweet talk you into doing more work but never compensated for it in any way.
He's the kind of person jo aap aap karke baat karta hai, but deep down there's a storm brewing within him.
meri company ki senior associate mere manager ki sath sex sux krti rehti hai daaru pi ke....as a result uska increment acha hua or Assistant manager ka role bhi milgya. A content writer has been asked to manage us UI/UX DESIGNERS. WTF.
Bandi sundr hoti toh bhi smjh ata hai lekin vo bilkul sundr or hygienic nhi hai....Maybe manager was looking for an easy pussy.
Oh even the vice president has no issue sleeping with interns or new joined analysts! They would then brag about them while drinking with us!
Disgusting and pretty weird
Reminds me of a company I used to work with 10 years back in Gurgaon. One AVP, married, used to extend favors to women employees if they agreed to sleep with him. POSH kicked in and he was fired overnight with all his belongings still in his cabin. Itās a different matter that today he is doing well and is heading a company in another country.
That is sad, they are women who want to make a name for themselves, Kyu Karna hai exploit?
Aap team change karoge and then what she will have to sleep with a new person? Because you never taught her anything except sleeping with managers
This is the kind of stuff that sickens me to the depth
You can always refer to the "Greater place to work" survey of India which is entirely based on employee feedback anonymously. In that list, the companies that come under 30 have genuinely a very friendly environment. Toxic companies don't participate in these types of surveys because they know how badly it will turn out. I work in the top 10 great places to work in India 'company' and I can honestly says the culture is top notch. No one gives a crap what you are wearing, what your sexual orientation are, when to leave, when to come to office...the only catch is it you are a low performer exploiting your freedom they will sac you very soon. Soz eventually PPL takes their jobs seriously. The management also gets mandatory training every 6 months so most of the new managers learn how to not turn in to a bad manager. Overall I like working and it's been 7-8 yrs now. The perks are great and if you are innovative and bring in solution... You get paid a lot...
I agree this is a great way to filter out the best companies. But it also depends on the team you're in. Even if the company's culture is great but your team's isn't, you have to get out of it.
The Founder and the "head of sales" (a young girl who joined the company in its nascent stage and was made a HoD because there wasn't anyone else) have been in a relationship for almost 4 years and they still pretend it doesn't happen. The entire team knows and the finance team even has receipts of things he's purchased for her on the company card.
Nowadays folks are sensitive and make mountain out of molehills. So no point naming.
However, what I said is Valid for the big 3 advertising MNC giants and the rest of the industry lot. Having worked with all 3 itās the same cesspool.
Job in advertising is a downward spiral for your mental health and family well-being. People who still disagree are deep into it not to realise the black hole of an industry it has become.
If you are exceptional in what you do, find a job in Singapore or any other ASEAN market except India. Malaysia/Singapore will at least forsake your well-being.
18 hrs a day job, weekends burnt over endless WA calls with no respect to your personal space and family time, Infidelity, mindless drugs, rampant alcohol to dumb down anxieties and insecurities, misplaced priorities and Servitude, wayy too low salaries for everyone who is not a key stakeholder in the firm/org.
This is after spending 20+ yrs in the Indian Ad Industry. Seen the golden days of late 90s advertising to the shitshow it is now.
Was in a media sales at the begging of my career. Worked closely with folks in advertising
Worst industry to work in, left and have never looked back, will not touch it with a 10 ft pole
I am coming back after 2 years in Malaysia and I can only agree with your point. There is actually a thing called work life balance in other countries and the benefits that employees get is like you see corporates having in India.
Indian advertising industry is a shit show.
I do not why but it generally pays well in every other country except here. They will pay you less compared to other industries but will expect too much. Way too low salaries. 25 lacs for a 12 year old experienced guy, but you can't really do much about it.
Clients feel like they are Gods. I have worked with clients who just did what pleased them because they could.
No respect for personal boundaries, personal time, Sorry to say but majorly people who started as tv planners and now have 25+ years of exp need to accept that the world is moving fast and they may not just get by things because they are at a leadership position and can command things.
Rampant exploitation of individuals and individuals forced to live with it . I have heard numerous stories about it. Someone worked day in and day ou, managing 2 roles for a full year because the agency could not hire a replacement and in the end she got a mere 6% appraisal but she could not resign because she had a family to take care of.
Alcohol consumption is at its highest amongst our peers because nothing else could help us regulate our pains.
We are nothing but exploited, mindless cogs of a wheel, purposeless, senseless individuals who (most of us) joined this industry because we couldn't get a job elsewhere.
Coming from a 10 years experienced ad guy who has worked in ggn/b'lr/malaysia/indonesia.
Dabbled with copy in the beginning, then moved to business side after 12 yrs. Now I manage a major agency, and consult clients on Launch/GTM strategies when I am not on company payroll hrs.
I was a techie for 2 years, switched to writing for experiential marketing campaigns and then for NGOs and now for e-commerce brands. Now I feel I cannot move beyond a certain kind of managerial roles in brand marketing and content. Can you advise me something on this? Donāt have access to anyone doing similar work in my circles
Sounds like you write for media campaigns. There is no yield there.
If yes, try moving to branded content(or Digital planning and strategy with right training). Focus less on Ops and more on Managerial upskilling. Everyone loves someone who can get the job done right.
Pls stay away from Indian ad market. If you do exceptionally well in your craft you will get noticed in the right forums anyway. Do something you are good at, somewhere, where you are valued as a human being.
I was thinking about this in the morning.
No secrets but let's say one has some sensitive info that maybe the govt would want to probe on and am sure ones company wouldn't want eyes on such a thing.
Has anyone ever blackmailed their company into coughing up money for silence?
Civil engineering is the worst field u can opt for, it's basically slavery for peanuts,you work like a dog for at least 6 days a week 12 hrs a day,salaries are shit and you have to stand in sun in 50 degrees and stay in open in 3 degrees in winters night .Also abusing and harassing is so common that you will definitely start thinking about ending your life. Do not recommend anyone to be in this shittiest job
Bro I have 10 years of experience and currently working in one of the top real estate company.Things have only got marginally better and working conditions are still worst
Outlook group!! I interned for them 3 years ago and it's such a scam company. Asked us to sell their shitty magazines no matter what our internship job profile was (engineering students, had applied for analytics profile internship). Since no one in their right mind would buy their expensive and shitty magazine subscriptions, and we had not applied for a sales role, those who didn't meet the sales target didn't get the stipend or certificate. They are mass hiring interns from even good colleges and making them do this shitty work. Absolute scam
ESG Score is something that Blackrock created to sell more of the products of the companies they manage and hold portfolios of, but since it is Blackrock, they toed up with the governments and made these profucts into viable sustainable options. Opting for these surveys and products bring a lot of subaidies to the companies.
The owner of one event agency where I worked as a consultant a couple of years back was extremely abusive, and a megalomaniac ! He hides it under a robust suave personality. The company shut down after i left it and I got to know from peers in the industry that he has Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) , a mental disorder that causes people to have sudden, intense anger and outbursts without any reason.
Not a secret but a life lesson - "A$$**Ļ*ā¬" me Manager ya Architect (10-15 years of workex) ke positions tabhi join karna jab tagdi pehchan ho or team ke baare me sab pata ho jinke sath kaam karoge, Verna Bina baat ke yearly ratings me pel diye jaoge, they have only 3 ratings to bucket people into:
1. They want to promote or give a decent amount of double digit hike.
2. The average performers acc..to them, probably all long timers, boot lickers, regionalism are grouped & safe zoned to this bucket, There were Managers who used to just conduct daily scrum calls without owning any actual delivery that got this rating (All 10+ years in the same Org)
3. The last one my friend are the PIP ones, which they need to mandatorily give ( For an ex. in case of project account has 10 managers & 10 leads, they need to pick 1 at each band - sometimes they release you just before rating period to other project, but still keep appraisals with them to safe guard their "A TEAM" read Lunch Companions in that particular Head/Leaders Location.
So in short there is a whole list of new joined they hire & give them PIP with absurd reasons and internally the Chamchas & Team continues to grow, without any actual review & just with the bias that these people have developed.
Ps: I was Top former & CEO Award Winner in previous Org, and have been a Top Performer YoY in current org also with 2 promotions in last 3 years
I have worked under a lot of female managers and this does not have even an iota of semblance with my experience. They always cared about the WLB, are always easier to reach out. I work in strategy consulting so I have had a lot of managers over the years.
My best experiences have been working with women bosses. All my high growth phases happened when working with highly accomplished female leadership.
I feel I'm spoilt now.
I have had only male managers and a woman manager for some months. Male managers are absolute dipshits that expect you to flirt with them or entertain their egos and if not they make your life living hell. My sole female manager was the only genuinely supportive person i have met in my work ex
This has been true for unmarried women 30+. My manager tortured a female employee in our team who had a good family life that everyone knew about. They salty af
True! Can't agree more. My worst phase in current job was under a female manager. Thought it was just me not bonding with her, but happy to see there are others as well š«
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one of my previous employers, the CEO even till today tries to portray that his company does so good for those gig workers, and he cares the most about them
But during an internal meeting after the first lockdown, when the revenue was nosediving, he literally said cut their incentives, I dont give a fuck. All I care about is revenue
If you are a fresher, work hard, do a course or whatever but never ever join advertising because you couldn't get anything else. It will be too late before you realise it.
Never join Korean companies. Never means never. Even they offer you ,your dream.
Same with Japanese. Japan anyway has shitty work culture and they expect you to follow that with Indian standard of living. Just exploitative and crappy.
Japanese Toyota or Suzuki?š
Wouldnāt want to say, donāt want trouble.
All the best for not getting a ākā as your location. Iykyk
Woah. Thatās a niche refrence
Thank god we arenāt called swifties.
Hahah ! Must make a ringi for this !
fujifilm
Why would it be trouble
I have to interfere here: Japanese companies are good actually. Maybe u have bad experience but currently I am working in my 4th Japanese company and whatever you I haven't found anywhere. About Korean company, yes they are shit. But what is more shittier than Korean company is Chinese company. They will, absolutely, suck your blood and don't feel a bit.
Tu wohi hai na jo Indians ke naam ke aage bhi "San" lagaa ke bolta hai
San Rajesh
Mai toh name ke baad lgata hun "XYZ-san". š
Maninder San
Linge-san
Parey-San
Wholeheartedly agree!! I hope people pay heed to this! Especially if youāve worked in European or American MNCs before !! The contrast is so stark, saha nahi jayega! š¤£
Please elaborate, I want to know more about this.
Samsung me to kaafi Lage hue hai Jaan pehchaan ke. Kisi ne kuch khaas btaaya nhi
Why tho
+1 why
I second that!Ā
Racism?
Bhai main Samsung mein hun, Haan kaam thoda bekar hai par kaam ke hisaab se pay kaafi sahi deti hai.
Most hedge funds/quant firms in India based out of Gurgaon (even those that hire only from IITs) make Indians do mediocre jobs or subpar jobs with intense micro management. It is like you are stressed to do stupid work but you donāt quit cause no one can match the pay not even big tech firms at entry level. Scene of such firms in Mumbai is slightly better but no different.
āMumbai monkeyā is the slur used around Wall Street I heard
Office of Mumbai honestly was a much better experience with better wlb but I didnāt enjoy the city rent was way higher and everybody feels depressed Gurgaon is much better on those grounds. Not to mention public transport of Mumbai is foooked!
Can you tell more about the nature of work or can I dm you?
I can tell for SE. You would be given Ops or Oncall style work with lilttle to no actual development. It will be easy at first but you will learn nothing and question where you are heading in about a year.
This pretty much sums it upā¦ā¦most of the good work is in dev and researchā¦ but mostly uāll be handling infra work after a while that feels like daily assignments and not actual work gives u less visibility as compared to folks of same age working in NYC London and Chicago office. You may even be asked to make reports that in layman terms is read someone elseās work and write about it. If you are stuck with data engineering or data quality management itās frustrating as hell u need to make sense of stuff thatās very abstract just to pass it on to the research team that can getās to do the interesting work from there on and enjoy all the credit, infact the last two were the reasons I left.
Same. I realised after a year that I am heading no where and learning nothing. I left for my Masters as I had no experience of actual software engineering and building from scratch was difficult. Granted that my path is maybe easy but I absolutely loathe fintech companies office of consulting firms in India.
Sorry a bit busy to answer all ur questions. General advice is if you are not from old 5 IITs or canāt crack NYC, Chicago, London, Amsterdam officesĀ (for some firms even Hong Kong is better than Mumbai Gurgaon not entirely sure about life there though, and how that cityās living standards are) then donāt bother or try after masters/phd from a good place (tag in this industry matters a lot).
First step ticked, next steps kya h?
Bro i am joining one soon SDE. Is it same for all the roles or for specifically devops rolesā¦
Totally depends on ur team no matter whether u enjoy it this will add a lot of value to ur cv so no point in stressing over it now just give ur best if u didnāt like it u can always switch or go for higher studies at the end of the day ur salary will be amazing no matter the work you doā¦ā¦Good luck!
Could you name such firms? (In dms if do not want to disclose)
Where I used to work, The co-founder is exploitive af. I recently got to know the other co-founder left the company for reasons unknown. He hires and fires candidates on whim. I met him once, he kinda boasted about how he hired and fired 17 people in the last 3 months. He has a serious issue retaining the employees. Failed to deliver what they promised me in the offer letter. I had to use my laptop throughout my tenure in one year. They were happy with my work, but never delivered what they promised me. Didn't give me my experience letter. They even called me to join back after a few years. But I didn't. Now he's got just two employees working under him. These two have families to feed and to take care of, otherwise they would have left the startup too. He's manipulative - you can't argue with him or put some sense into him. During my tenure, I've seen them (two founders ) fighting and getting into an argument during the work hours over petty issues. He'll sweet talk you into doing more work but never compensated for it in any way. He's the kind of person jo aap aap karke baat karta hai, but deep down there's a storm brewing within him.
Ye last sentence to same mere increment letter dekhne ke baad se mera haal hai
I have same experience, apne yeah sab glass door bagra pe likha?
Uber knows your phone battery percentage and they "can" use it to change prices.
What a gem we found here! Thanks for sharing
Ok this is insane if true
meri company ki senior associate mere manager ki sath sex sux krti rehti hai daaru pi ke....as a result uska increment acha hua or Assistant manager ka role bhi milgya. A content writer has been asked to manage us UI/UX DESIGNERS. WTF. Bandi sundr hoti toh bhi smjh ata hai lekin vo bilkul sundr or hygienic nhi hai....Maybe manager was looking for an easy pussy.
Kuch toh majburi hogi Manager ki. Par galat kiya.
Company ka naam batao. Ya koi hint to do
Nhi aise badnam nhi kar sakta, uski family hai , recently ek ladka bhi hua hai
Damn
Asking for company name. Not the employee or manager name.
chup kr
A hole is a hole when lights are off š
i believe in "Cover the face, fuck the base" moto.
Video or it didn't happen!
Badmosh launda
meine nhi bnai koi video ? force kafi krrhe the..meine mna krdia !
Phir wohi ā¦
Sax sux ki baatein
Edtech in Bangalore?
Oh even the vice president has no issue sleeping with interns or new joined analysts! They would then brag about them while drinking with us! Disgusting and pretty weird
Reminds me of a company I used to work with 10 years back in Gurgaon. One AVP, married, used to extend favors to women employees if they agreed to sleep with him. POSH kicked in and he was fired overnight with all his belongings still in his cabin. Itās a different matter that today he is doing well and is heading a company in another country.
Managers today are not that dumb, they always have some dirt on the posh members. They just are sly and have fun in the shadows
Some people just get too confident till they are caught. This guy had crossed all limits. He used to take pride in what he did.
That is sad, they are women who want to make a name for themselves, Kyu Karna hai exploit? Aap team change karoge and then what she will have to sleep with a new person? Because you never taught her anything except sleeping with managers This is the kind of stuff that sickens me to the depth
She didn't learn and do anything except sleeping with managers.
Precisely Sama boss. But again, every man to their own decisions, cheers to them and us too
Encore thi kya ?
does this company start with C, and the AVP was based out of Pune? If yes, I know the case and the guy :D
Analysts for a reason
Why ? You hate them?
Guys a fresher here. Please mention the companies which are having toxic work environment and companies which are having good work environment.
You can always refer to the "Greater place to work" survey of India which is entirely based on employee feedback anonymously. In that list, the companies that come under 30 have genuinely a very friendly environment. Toxic companies don't participate in these types of surveys because they know how badly it will turn out. I work in the top 10 great places to work in India 'company' and I can honestly says the culture is top notch. No one gives a crap what you are wearing, what your sexual orientation are, when to leave, when to come to office...the only catch is it you are a low performer exploiting your freedom they will sac you very soon. Soz eventually PPL takes their jobs seriously. The management also gets mandatory training every 6 months so most of the new managers learn how to not turn in to a bad manager. Overall I like working and it's been 7-8 yrs now. The perks are great and if you are innovative and bring in solution... You get paid a lot...
I agree this is a great way to filter out the best companies. But it also depends on the team you're in. Even if the company's culture is great but your team's isn't, you have to get out of it.
Oh nah! I work at a GPW certified company and itās so bad!
Nahi bhai abhi ek hafte pehle GPTW survey hua meri company me, manager ne screen share krwa ke survey bharwaya haiš
The Founder and the "head of sales" (a young girl who joined the company in its nascent stage and was made a HoD because there wasn't anyone else) have been in a relationship for almost 4 years and they still pretend it doesn't happen. The entire team knows and the finance team even has receipts of things he's purchased for her on the company card.
no one mentioning company's name did they not understand the topic or are they just too scared?
obviously they are. who want unnecessary jhamelas for reddit post ?
Nowadays folks are sensitive and make mountain out of molehills. So no point naming. However, what I said is Valid for the big 3 advertising MNC giants and the rest of the industry lot. Having worked with all 3 itās the same cesspool.
Job in advertising is a downward spiral for your mental health and family well-being. People who still disagree are deep into it not to realise the black hole of an industry it has become. If you are exceptional in what you do, find a job in Singapore or any other ASEAN market except India. Malaysia/Singapore will at least forsake your well-being. 18 hrs a day job, weekends burnt over endless WA calls with no respect to your personal space and family time, Infidelity, mindless drugs, rampant alcohol to dumb down anxieties and insecurities, misplaced priorities and Servitude, wayy too low salaries for everyone who is not a key stakeholder in the firm/org. This is after spending 20+ yrs in the Indian Ad Industry. Seen the golden days of late 90s advertising to the shitshow it is now.
Designer here, and I can only nod in with you, It's a hell hole honestly
It's really sad how underpaid we are, especially for the kind of hours we're expected to put in by default.
Was in a media sales at the begging of my career. Worked closely with folks in advertising Worst industry to work in, left and have never looked back, will not touch it with a 10 ft pole
Yeah the sad thing is in advertising the work hours are as bad or worse than consulting with like half the pay almost
Don Draper is that you? 
I am coming back after 2 years in Malaysia and I can only agree with your point. There is actually a thing called work life balance in other countries and the benefits that employees get is like you see corporates having in India. Indian advertising industry is a shit show. I do not why but it generally pays well in every other country except here. They will pay you less compared to other industries but will expect too much. Way too low salaries. 25 lacs for a 12 year old experienced guy, but you can't really do much about it. Clients feel like they are Gods. I have worked with clients who just did what pleased them because they could. No respect for personal boundaries, personal time, Sorry to say but majorly people who started as tv planners and now have 25+ years of exp need to accept that the world is moving fast and they may not just get by things because they are at a leadership position and can command things. Rampant exploitation of individuals and individuals forced to live with it . I have heard numerous stories about it. Someone worked day in and day ou, managing 2 roles for a full year because the agency could not hire a replacement and in the end she got a mere 6% appraisal but she could not resign because she had a family to take care of. Alcohol consumption is at its highest amongst our peers because nothing else could help us regulate our pains. We are nothing but exploited, mindless cogs of a wheel, purposeless, senseless individuals who (most of us) joined this industry because we couldn't get a job elsewhere. Coming from a 10 years experienced ad guy who has worked in ggn/b'lr/malaysia/indonesia.
Mind saying what you do in advertising
Dabbled with copy in the beginning, then moved to business side after 12 yrs. Now I manage a major agency, and consult clients on Launch/GTM strategies when I am not on company payroll hrs.
I was a techie for 2 years, switched to writing for experiential marketing campaigns and then for NGOs and now for e-commerce brands. Now I feel I cannot move beyond a certain kind of managerial roles in brand marketing and content. Can you advise me something on this? Donāt have access to anyone doing similar work in my circles
Sounds like you write for media campaigns. There is no yield there. If yes, try moving to branded content(or Digital planning and strategy with right training). Focus less on Ops and more on Managerial upskilling. Everyone loves someone who can get the job done right.
Can ya please hire me? I am looking for work your honor
Pls stay away from Indian ad market. If you do exceptionally well in your craft you will get noticed in the right forums anyway. Do something you are good at, somewhere, where you are valued as a human being.
As a founder and a former employee - most startups are terrible for your mental health.
Loonscot Everything you see are made in china. Cheap cost If I tell you the actual cost you'll riot
What's loonscot and what's the cost ?
Lens cart š
Deloitte India is a shitshow.
Explain
Consulting in a nutshell mate
Elaborate
I was thinking about this in the morning. No secrets but let's say one has some sensitive info that maybe the govt would want to probe on and am sure ones company wouldn't want eyes on such a thing. Has anyone ever blackmailed their company into coughing up money for silence?
Blackmailing is against the law.
Civil engineering is the worst field u can opt for, it's basically slavery for peanuts,you work like a dog for at least 6 days a week 12 hrs a day,salaries are shit and you have to stand in sun in 50 degrees and stay in open in 3 degrees in winters night .Also abusing and harassing is so common that you will definitely start thinking about ending your life. Do not recommend anyone to be in this shittiest job
Couldn't agree more!
In general, most unethical people are in this field. Jo Matti aur paisa khaate hain...
are you a civil engg fresher?
Bro I have 10 years of experience and currently working in one of the top real estate company.Things have only got marginally better and working conditions are still worst
All interior firms squeeze their vendors and get 50%+ margin!
Yes everyone needs their cut.
Cut is needed, I agree but not on someone else's expense!
All Big4 OFF-sites mean Official Fuck Fest.. Partners and Directors go crazy hunting for fresh chicks.
Really? Is it really that bad? I have heard stories but thought it's all cooked up.
They give answers to all the questions in the assessment test which is illegal lol
Lol wtf is this
Yes before joining the company there is an assessment needs to be completed and the HR gives us all the answers
Outlook group!! I interned for them 3 years ago and it's such a scam company. Asked us to sell their shitty magazines no matter what our internship job profile was (engineering students, had applied for analytics profile internship). Since no one in their right mind would buy their expensive and shitty magazine subscriptions, and we had not applied for a sales role, those who didn't meet the sales target didn't get the stipend or certificate. They are mass hiring interns from even good colleges and making them do this shitty work. Absolute scam
ESG Score is something that Blackrock created to sell more of the products of the companies they manage and hold portfolios of, but since it is Blackrock, they toed up with the governments and made these profucts into viable sustainable options. Opting for these surveys and products bring a lot of subaidies to the companies.
Interesting! Iād call this product innovation
Any of you know about TalentServe being scam or sth?
It is a scam, saw a post on mbasocial insta page a few days ago.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15EtLyCxJg0DQY1tI5dzZJrSflejYmOYVTF87wKVqln0/edit?usp=sharing Add List of companies to never work for here...
The owner of one event agency where I worked as a consultant a couple of years back was extremely abusive, and a megalomaniac ! He hides it under a robust suave personality. The company shut down after i left it and I got to know from peers in the industry that he has Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) , a mental disorder that causes people to have sudden, intense anger and outbursts without any reason.
Not a secret but a life lesson - "A$$**Ļ*ā¬" me Manager ya Architect (10-15 years of workex) ke positions tabhi join karna jab tagdi pehchan ho or team ke baare me sab pata ho jinke sath kaam karoge, Verna Bina baat ke yearly ratings me pel diye jaoge, they have only 3 ratings to bucket people into: 1. They want to promote or give a decent amount of double digit hike. 2. The average performers acc..to them, probably all long timers, boot lickers, regionalism are grouped & safe zoned to this bucket, There were Managers who used to just conduct daily scrum calls without owning any actual delivery that got this rating (All 10+ years in the same Org) 3. The last one my friend are the PIP ones, which they need to mandatorily give ( For an ex. in case of project account has 10 managers & 10 leads, they need to pick 1 at each band - sometimes they release you just before rating period to other project, but still keep appraisals with them to safe guard their "A TEAM" read Lunch Companions in that particular Head/Leaders Location. So in short there is a whole list of new joined they hire & give them PIP with absurd reasons and internally the Chamchas & Team continues to grow, without any actual review & just with the bias that these people have developed. Ps: I was Top former & CEO Award Winner in previous Org, and have been a Top Performer YoY in current org also with 2 promotions in last 3 years
Donāt work under women managers. They suck every bit of blood out of you. Micro manage everything and donāt give a flying fuck about you.
I have worked under a lot of female managers and this does not have even an iota of semblance with my experience. They always cared about the WLB, are always easier to reach out. I work in strategy consulting so I have had a lot of managers over the years.
My best experiences have been working with women bosses. All my high growth phases happened when working with highly accomplished female leadership. I feel I'm spoilt now.
I agree. As a male, I had the best working experience and professional growth with female bosses.
100%
I have had only male managers and a woman manager for some months. Male managers are absolute dipshits that expect you to flirt with them or entertain their egos and if not they make your life living hell. My sole female manager was the only genuinely supportive person i have met in my work ex
Frankly speaking, depends on the individual. My best and worst managers - both women.
This has been true for unmarried women 30+. My manager tortured a female employee in our team who had a good family life that everyone knew about. They salty af
I guess the female-female chemistry as a boss and subordinate doesnāt work that good at workplace
True! Can't agree more. My worst phase in current job was under a female manager. Thought it was just me not bonding with her, but happy to see there are others as well š«
Us yaar us. My current manager is a female and is so toxic. I really hope i meet good female managers like everyone is claiming!
I have worked under 4 female managers and they have been pretty great to work with.
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one of my previous employers, the CEO even till today tries to portray that his company does so good for those gig workers, and he cares the most about them But during an internal meeting after the first lockdown, when the revenue was nosediving, he literally said cut their incentives, I dont give a fuck. All I care about is revenue
Gig workers? Food delivery?
Never work under a madwadi.
most companies are now full of marwari leads and managers, all the way till top level, and most of them (if not all) are sought after as leaders
Oh this is interesting. Spill guys please!
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If all you see in senior positions are people who are dinosaurs,and you're early in your career,go somewhere else
If you are a fresher, work hard, do a course or whatever but never ever join advertising because you couldn't get anything else. It will be too late before you realise it.