How do I get a chill job in India?
Tired of working disgustingly pressurising deadlines and work that's never ending. Any idea where the work life is better than tech startups?
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It's chill, but you really question if you could be doing more. I guess the grass is always greener on some side.
Google & Microsoft India are proper 'rest & vest' companies. Good to join after you are 35 or so but join before that & you would be sacrificing career growth. I joined as a SWE last year(age : 29) & am regretting it. But yeah, need to be careful when joining Indian startups as apart from a few most have terrible culture.
I loved my previous employer, which also happened to be my first employer (mid-size tech company). Treated employees like family. Decent pay and working hours. Supportive people and a good work culture. I'd love to return back some point of time.
I am an SDE who recently moved to a new company after working close to 2.5yrs in a startup where the culture is similar to what you described above, add to that, there is no planning.
My new workplace is one of the better places to work IMO, they give decent salary(better than the Bengaluru avg. for an SDE) and prioritise employees' health over deadlines.
One way to choose a good workplace is to identify how patiently they invest in a new joiner. My previous company wanted me to get going in first 2 days of my joining and the CTO(who happened to be my manager) started micro managing. In my current company, at the time of joining, my hiring manager had clarified there is no hurry in delivering results. The deliverables should voluntarily come from your end. Also, expectations from my end wear mentioned at the beginning which I felt were very practical.
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