I recently left Amazon and now i miss it. My new company has so much more wlb and no toxicity. My teammates are super nice. There is no pressure, easy on calls. I have even stopped crying in the mornings. TC is same as Amazon too. It has been only 2 months and i have realised that this kind of life...Read more
Basically 49% federal cap gains tax, and 25% on unrealized taxes. Almost complete transition to serfs. Vote MAGA. That’s what I’ll be doing. Capital gains tax should be abolished anyway, we have already been taxed 40% on the original principle. https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/andrewleahey/2024...Read more
Hey all, Few months ago I made a post about being laid off from Block when only two years before that I had 11 offers. Finished my interviews and landed 5 offers! The things that changed from last time I interviewed: - Interviews are most definitely harder to pass. This isn’t because the intervi...Read more
All of my recruiters have been Indian for MAANG companies so far. A friend of mine is a higher level manager at Dell and has told me that he has to keep reminding his Indian subordinates not to just hire other Indians because it’s a huge problem. Not saying I have the best resume…but I am a 3x sta...Read more
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/24/24139036/biden-signs-tiktok-ban-bill-divest-foreign-aid-package Looks like it's goodbye forever to TikTok -- is there chance for things to get reversed the way things are or is Bytedance / TikTok actually fuc*ed? It seems like it is but just checking if any Bli...Read more
I was the only non Chinese speaking person in the team, I got Piped unfairly just to fill the quota after working endless hours and becoming a corporate slave for TikTok. The new manager that came this year, sits in china. Cant speak English even as good as a kindergarten kid. He hated me because ...Read more
As an Indian I don’t get any support but mostly stare and blame. Indians in Bay Area hate other Indians than anything else They look at Indians as competition and don’t help. Have friends only to show off their TC TC 250k
I don’t get stock and I’m too poor to invest so this doesn’t affect me. Who’s the loser now????? TC 103K
Job is unfulfilling. Don’t have much of life outside work except for 2-3 friends I meet every other week. Rest of the time is spent alone. Don’t have girlfriend of course since god cursed me with my looks. To add to the misery the Bay Area sucks and I don’t see a way out without losing my job, unles...Read more
After some time in the industry, I have learned to avoid those teams like a plague because - Due to visa situations, they will work ridiculous hours for the same advancement opportunities, thereby implicitly pressuring you to do the same - They will speak in their own language and make decisions w...Read more
In this video, one can see many people with hope and happiness in their eyes. Ten years ago, many of us lost hope that India would ever amount to anything. All foreign investors had given up on India, but today India is shining. It's all just a decade of Modi.How many of us receive this kind of supp...Read more
I finally got budget to add another team member to my team who were struggling with workloads. Among other criteria, starting date was very crucial in my decision because of new project that will add even more workload to the team. Most qualified candidate was available after a month, and the first ...Read more
Meta stock fell about 15% after they reported their earnings at market close. I think the reason for the fall is the tiktok ban and conditions around it. I think the big guys know tiktok is gonna be swooped up by some American company. It would be stupid not to. They make money, people like it and ...Read more
Who knows what kind of manager you will get. The person in this post is mad because someone joined their team and took paternity leave. They don’t like the lost head count during busy period. What if an existing employee decided to take paternity instead of new hire ? Results will be the same (may...Read more
Got up at 10 am, attended 2 boring 30’ meetings. Got some breakfast and watched some Youtube. Another meeting in the afternoon and took a 2 hour nap. TC 310k
idk if its me but I dont get any dating app matches and work pressure is hard. 33 years male and feel like clock is ticking but don't want to cave in to arrange marriage. tc - 340k