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...
Recruiter told a 32-year-old woman her salary expectations were far above the company’s budget and rejected her application, but she said she was proud she did not offer to work for less just to stay in the runningA Reddit user’s job application was rejected after she gave a salary range she believed matched her experience, but she said the rejection ...
Manager keeps booking 4:45 PM Friday meetings despite team logging off at 5, employee calls it a ‘Friday ambush’ and asks if it’s a power moveA Reddit workplace debate is growing around a manager who keeps scheduling “quick sync” meetings at 4:45 PM every Friday, with one meeting ...
- ₹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...
Techie says interviews in India are lot more tougher than US even though the salary offered is halfA social media post comparing technology job interviews in India and the US has triggered debate over coding-heavy assessments, compensatio...
What does ‘middle class’ really mean in India? Even Rs 2.5 lakh monthly earners say they are not ‘rich’. 3 factors can explain whyWhat does it actually take to be considered rich in India? A monthly income of Rs 2.5 lakh may sound high, but for many people it still doe...
New employee moved an old office chair for a meeting and 3 coworkers immediately shouted ‘not that one’; months later, nobody can explain the rule but the manager warned him not to ask the bossA Reddit user’s bizarre workplace story about a maroon office chair nobody is allowed to sit in has sparked a mystery online. The rule was ...
AI can write, think and create; then why should people learn new skills? Psychologists identify a serious problem that automation creates in human mindAI is making coding, writing and other knowledge work faster, but its growing role is also making some workers question the need to keep le...
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...
Toxic boss made his employee’s life hell and even stole credit. 5 years later, 'karma hit' and that employee became the new boss in a role reversalA former employee has found himself in an unexpected position after the toxic boss he says once made his work life miserable joined his new...
Laid-off employee asked to return to office during notice period despite doing KT online, seeks WFH until last working day, HR responds with one wordAn employee challenged the reasoning behind mandatory office attendance during their notice period. HR insisted on a return to facilitate c...
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 ...
How to negotiate your salary: One mind trick helped Gen Z job candidate get $25,000 more than the maximum listed price rangeA job seeker’s salary negotiation took an unexpected turn after several rounds of interviews. What started as a discussion about the pay me...
Techie earning Rs 1 crore in Switzerland fired after accidentally taking executive's towel post-saunaAfter accidentally using a senior executive's gym sauna towel, the engineer says he was warned to "start looking for a new job," then let g...
After 5 months of never being late, employee arrives 8 minutes behind schedule - manager confronts him, cancels his lunch break and says 40 minutes of pay will be deducted; he quitsAn employee’s eight-minute delay at work reportedly escalated into a confrontation after his manager cancelled his lunch break and said 40 ...
ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox to adhere to EU's "very large platform" rulesVery large platforms and search engines also need to limit risks for fundamental rights, electoral processes and public security.
ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox to adhere to EU's "very large platform" rulesThe services have declared that they reach at least 45 million monthly users in the EU. This qualifies them for the "very large" designat...