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'Joined Monday, quit Wednesday': Techie leaves Rs 42 LPA WITCH job in just 2 days, now worried about 2-day PF creditA tech professional's swift departure from a major IT firm just two days after onboarding, driven by a lucrative offer exceeding ₹50 lakh a...
"Your friend failed to solve a basic problem": Employee refers a friend, HR's next email leaves her stunnedA software professional's referral led to an unexpected HR email questioning her judgment after the candidate failed a basic coding problem...
Warren Buffett on stock market: Fools give you reasons, wise men never tryWarren Buffett gave himself a D in capital allocation – his worst grade ever. But the confession came along with a warning that would prove...
Despite an Amazon offer, techie says applications still end in rejection: Reddit explains how to leverage engineer role for better opportunitiesSoftware engineers with an Amazon India offer are still facing rejections from other tech firms. A Reddit discussion revealed that even a p...
Harvard MBA but no job: How this Indian techie eventually landed at Google with visa clock ticking downAn Indian graduate from Harvard Business School, Abhijay Vuyyuru, shares his difficult job search. He graduated without an offer and faced ...
'Doctors have BMWs, Audis': IIT engineer, who got laid off by a American big tech company, says MBBS is the only AI-proof career left in India; doctors fire backAn IIT graduate's claim that medicine is India's safest career is sparking debate. He argues AI and tech layoffs make doctor jobs more secu...
AI-proof career in India? IIT engineer says this profession can earn lakhs a month and remains AI-resistantAn IIT graduate's Reddit post ignited a discussion on career stability. He argued that medicine offers more security than engineering, citi...
Employee asks if he was getting fired by someone he referred. Boss looked at him dead in the eye and lied — then this happenedA professional referral turned sour when an individual was laid off by a colleague they had recommended for a leadership role. Despite a di...
‘I wasn’t expecting it’: Woman reveals the biggest surprise after getting laid offA Public Health Project Manager, Alison Miller, found unexpected support after a layoff, discovering that the people who showed up for her ...
'I thought my profile was strong': IIM-Ahmedabad graduate shares the CV strategy that finally got her a jobAn IIM Ahmedabad graduate faced months of job application silence in London despite a strong resume. Annapoorna Virdi realized her CV wasn'...
7 rejections in 5 years: Bengaluru techie shares how he finally got the Amazon job after repeated failed attemptsA Bengaluru data engineer's story of persistent job applications to Amazon has gone viral. Aritra faced over seven rejections over five yea...
Engineering dropout quits top MNC job, now leaving India: 25-year-old realises uncomfortable truth about corporate lifeA 25-year-old former American Express employee has gone viral after revealing why he quit his corporate job and decided to leave India to p...
He had to leave job due to toxic manager. Two years later, tables turned: 'Lesson I learned today, to be humble....'A professional shared a Reddit post detailing a former manager's request for a job referral after years of toxic behavior. Despite the mana...
Getting fired became his best career move: 'Got 4+ months of severance pay...'An unexpected job termination at a multinational corporation became a blessing in disguise for a professional. After experiencing a toxic w...
ETtech in-depth: Home interior startups lean on AI to shave costs, chase profitsIndia's home interior sector is turning to AI to combat high customer acquisition costs and operational expenses. Companies like Homelane a...
No IIT, no IIM, techie reveals how he went from Rs 5 LPA to Rs 12 LPA in less than three yearsA software professional detailed his journey from a ₹5 LPA entry-level salary to ₹14 LPA in under three years, overcoming a tough job marke...
'Sometimes, not getting job isn’t the loss': Candidate who waited all day for last-round interview walks away after CEO gets lateA software engineer candidate shared a frustrating walk-in recruitment experience marked by excessive waiting, poor communication, and a me...
Techie reveals how how he landed Rs 36 LPA job with no work experience, 8 backlogs, low college grades: ‘You don't just write code….’Devaansh Bhandari, a young tech enthusiast, landed a high-paying remote job with nearly ₹36 lakh annual salary. He bypassed traditional hir...
He had no clients, no safety net: CA shares his lessons from making 100 cold calls and rejections than an expensive MBA degreeA Delhi-based chartered accountant's journey from zero clients and numerous rejections to building his own firm highlights the power of rea...
Myth Debunking 101: Using a referral is a sign of weaknessReferrals are increasingly valuable in today's job market, helping candidates bypass traditional screening processes and gain visibility wi...