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Interview ka trend:

1st Round: "You seem like a perfect fit!"
2nd Round: "We’re impressed!"
3rd Round: "Management wants another round..."
4th Round: "Just one last discussion with the founder."

🧠 Meanwhile, candidate: "Kya yeh job hai ya World Cup selection?"

Jab selection ka waqt aata hai:

➡️ "We have decided to put the position on hold."
➡️ "You’re a strong candidate. We’ll get back to you soon."
➡️ No reply, only ghosting!

Message to companies:
Talent ko delay karke nahi, respect karke attract karte hain.

P.S. Still waiting for that "final" call that never comes. 🙂

Interviews mein talent dekhte hain ya patience test karte hain?

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I’m a 26-year-old woman working in a “modern” (lol) tech company in Gurgaon. Today, I wore a knee-length, sleeveless dress to the office — nothing revealing, just a normal outfit I’d wear outside without thinking twice.

After lunch, my manager called me in and said a “male colleague” had raised concern that my outfit was “too distracting for the work environment.”

I was so stunned. I asked if I violated any dress code — he said, “We don’t have a formal one, but we expect decorum.” Same day, a guy in ripped jeans and flip-flops presented to a client — and no one cared???

But I wear a sleeveless dress and suddenly it’s HR-worthy???

I wasn’t sent home, but he strongly advised me to “dress more modestly” next time.

Let’s be real: this isn’t about professionalism. It’s about men being uncomfortable with women who don’t fit their idea of ‘office wear.’

What century are we in? And why is women’s clothing still a topic of corporate discussion?

Apparently my dress was ‘distracting’ — and now I’m being called unprofessional.”

Went to watch Raid 2 with my family yesterday. Movie time was 7 PM. I had a work meeting scheduled at 6… I thought it'll wrap up by 6:30. But nope it stretched and stretched 

I literally had to keep stepping out of the theatre during intervals to attend the call. My wife was super annoyed (and honestly, I don't blame her). She kept saying, “You knew this would happen, toh plan hi kyun kiya movie ka?” And I was just sitting there like… “Bas 30 mins ka kaam tha yaar.”

This is the sad part of corporate sometimes even your family time feels like it’s borrowed. Has anyone else faced something like this?

Raid 2 dekhne gaye the... reddd pit gayi..

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I have been working in tcs for 9years and joined in 2016 april. Company offered me 25k pm although being 4.5 years of experince in Wipro BT and Onprocess as technical advisor.
Here in tcs i have grown my skills in IT, after attempting courses and also completing agile methodology, scrum, sql, Testing master. As being role based company i have worked as a Team lead for 3years till the project got live in production.
Very frustrating i got 1 promotion till now from the joining on 2023 september although i have been working in the project since 2018. Current salary withdrawn monthly 33k. And i have been taken off the role as the project delivered and the team is disolved, and the rating this year after completion of project as a team lead i received C. After fight they said work for this year again and prove yourself to get A next year.
If I dont work how is the testing team delivering and how the project gets live. How the defect got solved? 
I want to change company now but not getting

My career has stuck

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CCTC - 22LPA
ECTC - 30LPA
NOTICE PERIOD - 30 Days
Experience - 7.9 + years

Am I expecting the salary more for my experience and my role? Please suggest someone. 

Initial recruiters will call and get all the details, and later I am not getting call back. What might be the issue ?

I am not getting call back from recruiters, is my salary high for me role ?

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I know that we shouldn't be reliant on emotions to make decisions, but I wanted to get out of mind games, politics, people not justifying their role, bad hike, working in shifts, wasted a year on administrating old tools. Which has no mark in industry

My family is not dependent on my paycheck, I asked if they can shelter me for the coming months,while i learn again and apply for the technology i previously worked on the 1st project (PySpark).

How bad is this decision in terms of market situation, currently I've got 4 yoe

Edit: 80 days till notice ends

Resigned without offer

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