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I worked with some amazing people for 6 years...vacations, deep talks, and real bonds. I tried to be a caring manager and genuinely loved that team.

But ever since I left the company 3 months ago… silence. No messages, no check-ins.

Maybe it’s because I was their boss. Maybe I’m overthinking. But it hurts.

At my new job, I’ve told myself not to get too attached.
Because I’ve learned, work friends are often just that… friends only at work. Once you leave, it’s like you never existed.

what are your views...any advice?

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I’ve been in this company for 4 years. In the beginning, I was excited and doing well. But slowly, that feeling just went away.

These days, I barely open my laptop. I manage most of my day through my phone. Haven’t felt truly engaged in months. I’ve been applying out consistently for 7 to 8 months, reaching out, networking, tweaking my resume everything. But m exhausted.

Every single promotion cycle just brought another reorg. And with every reorg, I got moved farther away from the work I actually wanted to do. The team I cared about doesn’t even exist anymore. There's no real growth path left, no appreciation, and now there are whispers about layoffs in the next 6 to 7 months. 

I’ve emotionally checked out. I dread opening Teams. Most meetings feel like noise. I don’t even know what I’m working toward anymore. And the worst part? I used to care. Deeply. About the impact, about my team, about doing good work.

How did you pull yourself out of it?

How long am I supposed to last like this?

Kap’s Café was targeted in a shooting incident in which multiple gunshots were fired at the establishment.

After hearing the recent Kapil Sharma Cafe news, honestly, I’m rethinking the whole Canada dream. 
Whether it’s for a job, education, or launching a startup, maybe it’s time to pause and think twice.

Why not invest in India instead? This is our home, with immense opportunities and growth waiting for us.
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I have no dependency and financial burden on me, happy guy. So I was working in a service based company 6.5 LPA 3.5 years of experience.

I released I was being paid less worked my a** off got in product based company, 21 LPA and all the perks with good WLB.

But now everyone around me are also earning like crazy and I feel I am being underpaid still. I feel more hungry and unsatisfied as ever before. I used to enjoy my life much more before and my focus used to be experience and fun. 
I don't know what is up with me.

Have I become Greedy?

Sneha Debnath. 19 years old. Math student at DU. Doing a course with IIT Madras. Interning with an Australian firm.

She came from Tripura to Delhi with dreams bigger than her age. Studying hard, earning her own money, never asking anyone for help. Her LinkedIn said she loved maths, computers, and anime. Just a normal, brilliant girl chasing a better life.
 
Yesterday, she was found dead in the Yamuna.
Her family called her an “overachiever.” But behind that word is a painful reality, of a generation that feels they must do everything, all at once, just to feel “enough.” Two courses. One job. One life. No time to breathe. And nobody really asks: Are you okay?
 
How many Snehas are quietly drowning in expectations right now?

This isn’t just tragic, it’s terrifying. If a girl this talented, this driven, couldn’t find space to be heard, what does that say about us?