Employee quits Fortune 500 company three days into PIP, lands government job paying $17K more, then notices former coworker checking LinkedIn 8 times in one day before sending a requestAn employee who quit a Fortune 500 company three days into a performance improvement plan (PIP) says their career quickly turned around, wi...
30 Sep, 2026, 03.33 PM IST
Techie claims he met delivery partner laid off from IT sector on the day he joined new job, says conversation ‘broke him’A software professional shared an emotional account of meeting a delivery partner who was once employed in the IT sector. The man, a 2024 c...
22 Sep, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
Salary jumped from Rs 25,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh, but financial stress didn’t. Bengaluru CA explains what went wrongA Reddit user earning Rs 1.2 lakh monthly at 28 said they still feel financially stressed despite their salary rising from Rs 25,000 in 202...
18 Sep, 2026, 07.53 AM IST
Routine IT roles may feel the pinch as Oracle India workforce shrinks to 27,000The company has not publicly made any disclosures this month on job cuts until press time Tuesday. It slashed 21,000 jobs including about 1...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Oracle layoffs: Long-serving employees along with strong performance ratings are also among those affected; India layoffs may followOracle has reportedly begun a new wave of layoffs impacting staff throughout the United States. Those affected were shocked to find their j...
14 Sep, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Oracle begins new round of layoffs: Logins stopped by 4 a.m., Slack disconnected by 5:30 a.m., then came the dreaded ‘6 a.m. email’; more job cuts likely in IndiaOn September 14, Oracle commenced yet another wave of considerable layoffs, revealing a stringent approach to workforce management. Notific...
14 Sep, 2026, 10.21 PM IST
Boss tells employees on Ganesh Chaturthi holiday they might still be called in for work, leave approved by him a month agoA senior manager's WhatsApp message to staff before Ganesh Chaturthi has gone viral after an employee shared it online. The message said em...
14 Sep, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
India’s new middle class money problem: Rs 50 lakh net worth by age 30, but he still feels poor. Financial skill issue or mindset problem?A 30-year-old married man and his wife have built a combined net worth of Rs 50 lakh and earn around Rs 2.2 lakh a month, yet he says he st...
13 Sep, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
‘Gen Z doesn’t work?’ Employee says he was still in office at 1 am as entire floor went homeA dedicated Gen Z employee found himself burning the midnight oil to finish month-end tasks solo. He pondered the implications of being ove...
12 Sep, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
- ₹2.5 lakh salary but 84% vanishes before month starts: 29-year-old married Bengaluru professional shares what looks like a story of every third corporate worker
Despite a monthly income of ₹2.5 lakh, a Bengaluru professional finds himself under financial pressure due to hefty EMIs and credit card pa...
12 Sep, 2026, 10.29 AM IST
Company was throwing away an old server, employee took it home and found nearly 2TB of RAM worth Rs 1 lakh sitting in his garageA Reddit user has discovered a huge stash of server-grade DDR4 RAM in their garage, including around 30 Samsung 64GB DDR4-2666 ECC register...
09 Sep, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
Bengaluru flat security deposit is 'volunteered robbery': Landlord's surprise deductions leave tenant with just Rs 7,500 out of Rs 40,000 advanceA Bengaluru tenant’s Reddit post has sparked a debate over rental deposits after he claimed that his Rs 40,000 advance was reduced to just ...
08 Sep, 2026, 06.32 PM IST
2x salary or a peaceful job? Techie earning Rs 36 lakh confused if 12 hour workdays are worth the career growth in early yearsA tech professional earning Rs 36 lakh a year with a five to six-hour workday and no weekend work is facing a difficult career choice after...
30 Aug, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
‘Leave India, I’ll give you Rs 30 lakh’: Techie says father is offering money to leave country, seeks adviceA Hyderabad techie says his father has offered Rs 30 lakh to help him leave India and pursue a career abroad. The backend developer earns R...
29 Aug, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
Corporate employee lands a dishwashing job after getting laid off, reveals he isn’t even doing it for the money: ‘I want to feel…'A man found himself losing his dream job within moments, and after months of trying to be gainfully employed and failing, he ended up with ...
28 Aug, 2026, 01.45 AM IST
Gen Z job seeker teaches interviewer a lesson about self respect after unpaid overtime question in round one. ‘I got up and said...’A Gen Z job seeker’s interview took an unexpected turn when the interviewer raised a question that immediately made the candidate reconside...
26 Aug, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
Burnout employee quits job without a backup plan. ‘Go on a trip,’ suggests RedditAfter experiencing profound burnout and anxiety, an employee decided to step away from their job. Fellow Reddit users chimed in with storie...
26 Aug, 2026, 05.02 PM IST