GroovyMarshmallow
GroovyMarshmallow

Kotak Bank to start lay offs

Guys a friend working there told me Kotak Bank is going to cut approx 20 percent of the workforce across all departments. They have already started revoking offer letters. Also they will not be giving increments and bonuses. Tough times ahead. Anyone bearing things from established companies.

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PeppyMarshmallow
PeppyMarshmallow

They also over-hired?

GroovyMarshmallow
GroovyMarshmallow

Big time across departments is what he said. Also there are huge salaries paid to tech folks and hence HR had to fire across departments to compensate

SillyHamster
SillyHamster

Maybe my lunch was too heavy but Kotak backwards is Kat-ok

It was a sign all along :(

GroovyMarshmallow
GroovyMarshmallow

Supposedly they concentrating on tech and paying huge salaries to Amazon Flipkart Meta Google tech folks.

FloatingCupcake
FloatingCupcake
Google16mo

Up, got paid more than I was getting at Amazon, I saw this coming

FloatingLlama
FloatingLlama

how s the culture there, is it better than amazon

BouncyCupcake
BouncyCupcake

Kotak employee here. Take this news with a pinch of salt. The layoff speculation is only for Tech roles, UK and team wanted a total overhaul of IT/Tech, hired a lot of folks from Amazon - thinking tech from Amazon will be god-level and will miraculously transform their biz+ tech. Didn't happen. Plus a lot of old folks saw the huge pay disparity and left. HR has now realised this hence there's talk of rationalising pay structure across the board. Not sure whether they're rescinding job offers though.

FuzzyNarwhal
FuzzyNarwhal

Word on the street is they are rebranding as Kotha bank.

FloatingLlama
FloatingLlama

off no just now got an offer from them

and posted Checkout this post on Grapevine - https://share.gvine.app/maXej5cm2fpSmtou7

Kotak mahindra offer

GroovyMarshmallow
GroovyMarshmallow

Just keep an eye and talk to folks. Word is out that they are rescinding offers.

GroovyMarshmallow
GroovyMarshmallow

Can't believe a bank doing this across departments. Wonder what hdfc must be doing since their stock price is taking a beating

BouncyCupcake
BouncyCupcake

No layoffs in the traditional teams at Kotak. This is mostly focused on Engineering/Tech.

CosmicDonut
CosmicDonut

Kotak 811 was a scam neo bank is a hoax they hire people in Amazon , Swiggy but culture is worst

SqueakyMuffin
SqueakyMuffin
Zomato16mo

Funny. I saw at least 3 posts by Senior EMs at Kotak regarding hiring for SDE-2 and SDE-3 positions just yesterday

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
Plivo16mo

Didn’t even know they hired and paid well. Idk why they are realizing this late on issue of overhire. Maybe they just want to layoff and reduce pay for next hires

GroovyPanda
GroovyPanda

I thought indian banks/ financial institutions were the safest. This will surely have a domino effect on other banks as well

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