How's the hunt treating you?
CognizantNever urgent. Never a decision. Just a standing hostage situation at the exact moment the week should end. The calendar invite is the only power he has and he uses it religiously.
The 6pm Friday sync is a personality type, not a meeting. Run.
CapgeminiSix weeks of my work, presented in the first person, while I sat in the audience clapping like a hostage. Documented everything after that. Paper trails are self-defense.
Always CC yourself on the wins. The paper trail is the only thing that survives a reorg.
HCLTech"No pressure, enjoy your holiday!" followed by "just when you get a sec" messages every four hours. Approved leave with an asterisk is not leave, it is remote work with worse wifi.
Tech MahindraAsked, professionally, with data. Got a lecture about passion. Passion does not pay my EMI. The audacity of framing wanting fair pay as a character flaw.
"Is money your only motivation" from the guy whose motivation is definitely money.
IBMBe visible, but not in this meeting. Speak up, but not right now. The advice and the environment were in direct contradiction and somehow that was my problem to solve.
OracleThe update on the update. We have reached peak process. I spend more time reporting the work than doing the work, which I assume is the point.
WiproThe flexibility is a one-way street and it runs toward the company. "Unlimited leave" energy: technically infinite, practically zero.
Unlimited PTO = unlimited guilt, zero actual days off. Every time.
You've reached the Mariana Trench. That's everything for now.