Can’t think of any due to executive level leadership. It was once a great company that was culture and people driven. That has been gutted with 2 major layoffs in the last 4 years.
With recent 12k layoffs, have to do more with less. Incredibly stretch goals that are unattainable which makes me think they are using it to justify further layoffs. Recent change in RTO policy = 5 days a week.
It's time for my annual essay about my work performance. Is there any service or consultant that helps one optimize this? #okr
L6 (staff/senior staff/PE), how many hours are you in meetings per week on average? Remember to include Stand ups Sync Ups 1-1s OpMechs Status meetings All hands Town halls Design/Architecture Reviews Demos Backlog Refinement RCA reviews Planning Meeting with vendors Meeting with other teams in c...Read more
As an Individual contributor who has to do all the real coding I feel like Agile is such a waste of time ... we have spring planning, daily stand ups, reviews , retrospects, demo sessions every sprint !!! Sometimes these meetings take away 3-4 hours from my day !!! And daily stand ups can be very ...Read more
At TikTok I experienced PSC culture for the first time and realized that it's trash. - People are shamelessly claiming multi-billion dollar impact for 100 LOC diffs. Three people claim to be tech lead for the same project. - One person claims 1 million QPS, another claims 10k QPS for the same proj...Read more
Is it best to join a new company at the very start, very end or middle of the companies performance cycle when reviews are done? What about equity top-ups?
I attended a follow-up behavioral round on Monday this week after my on-site this month. I emailed my recruiter and she said that the decision has not been made, yet. My application is at the director level review stage (I believe it's called candidate review). Does FB take so much time to decide on...Read more
I completed my interviews with Two Sigma about a month ago, and I feel it went pretty good. My recruiter reached back to me and mentioned that I have passed the HC review and management review is pending. And since then I did not hear back, I took follow-ups but never got any response. Am I rejected...Read more
Hi, I received offer from 2 different start-ups. Both have decent reputations and reviews on Blind: 1. Series-E: $310k + options (net equity value: $1.12M / 4 years) 2. Series-G $200k + RSUs ($0.84MM / 4 years) Blind tax: YoE: 12 Current TC: $345k
How do you make sure your influence is visible to the decision makers in the review/ promo process ? Having regular 1:1s with higher ups and flexing your wins, ensuring they are invited to some team meetings you schedule with your team so they have visibility into your processes, etc? What are some ...Read more
Can I get a resume review please? I want to start targeting FAANG but I'm not sure if my experience is really relevant. Applied to a few a couple start ups to get some LC & interview reps but I’ve been getting ghosted for the most part so far so I’m assuming my resume is the issue. TC: Peanuts Tha...Read more
I’ve been contacted by recruiting but not sure I want to start the process with Rivian because I’ve heard really mixed reviews. I have one big worry: that Rivian is still a startup which means, and is especially true in tech, that there’s lots of politics and people are focused on pleasing higher-up...Read more
Any chime bank account holders here? Hows has your experience been? I read some reviews about frequent account lockouts, Site being down and missing funds which require lot of follow ups. Before making it my primary pay account.. would like to know some inputs.
Recently learnt my Google interview packet is sent to HC review. Just curious if school, GPA, and past employers makes a bit difference in HC’s decision making. For example I had bad GPA during my bachelors and some internships from start ups that is still small or no longer exists.. TC: 🥜 Yoe:1....Read more
TC: 150k YOE: 6 I spend ~35 hours a week in the office. As soon as I sit down I RDP/SSH from my work machine to my personal machines and work on my own things. No stand-ups, no code reviews, deadlines are months out for 2-3 hours of work, no managerial oversight Apparently I'm doing a great job t...Read more
I got an offer at Celonis (Munich) for a senior PM, can anyone share how is it to actually work there? Was reading some terrible reviews on it and thinking about rejecting the offer. With ups and downs of a big company considered is that an overall “good” career move? I currently have a job that ...Read more
Just had my second phone screen for L3 in NYC. It was easy and I crushed it - solved the problem + two follow ups with no hints. Today my recruiter emailed me: “After multiple reviews of your application, we unfortunately do not have a team match available that best aligns with your skill set and l...Read more
I worked at my current company for 2 years. I got a promotion in first 6 months. I have been a high performing employee. i took over all the work, trained everyone and kept the ship afloat when my manager went on her maternity leave. I got pregnant after and let my company know. I also hired and tr...Read more
What’s it like working for Google Cloud Platform? I’ve heard mixed reviews. Azure has its ups and downs as well, I can’t imagine GCP would be any worse. But I’m interested in knowing directly from people who work there if possible. Anyone working in the Boston area on GCP that can weigh in? #GC...Read more
It has been 3+ weeks, I am getting no update or response to my mail follow-ups from the Google recruiting team after the initial 2 interview rounds, what could be the possible reason? Could be - position on hold? or - interviewer feedback still pending? or - the hiring manager review is awaited s...Read more
Hi Blind, Can I get a resume review please? I want to start targeting FAANG but I'm not sure if my experience is really relevant. Applied to a few a couple start ups to get some LC & interview reps but I’ve been getting ghosted for the most part so far so I’m assuming my resume is the issue. Thanks...Read more