Axiva Sichem Biotech New Delhi

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They give good salary to the freshers

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There is lot of politics and the senior doesn't address our issues. Training is partially given to joinees and jr. person

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Axiva Sichem Biotech - A nightmare of mine It was March 11, 2020, when I communicated first with Axiva as they were looking for a product manager for their chromatography division. They proposed that I should stay in Sikkim for 6-9 months, develop their chromatography business (columns, mostly) with the help of their local salesperson from Kolkata, appoint a local salesperson in Sikkim, and start operating pan India from a location of my choice. Since Axiva was an HPLC/GC column (and the related consumables) distributor of Thermo Fisher Scientific, India in the East, did not have their own column brand established in the market (Axiflow at that time), and a salesperson (so called a product manager) at Axiva was running the show with his little knowledge (other than him, all in the company had practically zero techno-commercial knowledge (forget about expertise) on HPLC/GC columns), I insisted that 1-2 years must be spent before the organization could see a significant business development. Shortly after the COVID-19 lockdown started in India (Mar 25), and the plan was held up. When the Indian government withdrew the lockdown, we started talking again, and Axiva proposed that they would match the compensation from my last organization (I was laid off from IMI Precision Engineering in Oct, 2019). However, the HR called me one day, and let me know that their budget would be lower than that. On July 9, I had to accept the offer letter at that lower budget (as no other jobs were available at the time of COVID-19) and decide to move to Sikkim. But COVID-19 was still strong, and Sikkim had extreme travel restrictions. The Axiva management decided to make me move to Delhi (their sales office) first. On Aug 4, 2020, I officially joined Axiva as Senior Product Manager – Chromatography Division and was "supposed to" provide technical expertise to the salespeople and the customers. Travel restrictions in Sikkim did not change; so, I continued operating from the Delhi office. The older son of the Axiva owner, Mr. Jatin Agrawal, asked me to conduct technical training one day, only to tell me once in the training session that I was delivering something wrong (I ignored it thinking that he said so since he did not know what chromatography could be about, but did not realize that was just the beginning of the insults done by clueless people with a lot of money). The owner, Mr. Arvind Agrawal met me another day and questioned my understanding of the chromatography column pricing (seriously?). And, after 3 months of work only, the HR met to tell me that my salary would be reduced to 50% as there was no significant column business progress. When I asked what “significant” business they were expecting within such a brief time when the entire industry was struggling due to COVID-19, the HR said the overall business of Axiva was not good; so, they had to go for a pay-cut (which was a lie as their P&L statement said otherwise). Strange enough, the pay-cut was applicable only to me, according to the HR. I could not agree to it, and stopped talking further; however, without any formal agreement, starting the next month, my paycheck was only 50% of what was in my appointment letter. Dear Readers, would you negotiate or resign at that moment of COVID-19 when you did not have any other offer in hand? I could not do either of those two as I had a family to feed. I had to stay silent, and accept that humiliation day by day, month by month, until I grabbed another job and resigned on Feb 17, 2022. The owner (who was my manager as well) claimed in an email, “In 2020, based upon your extremely poor performance, you were asked either to Work on half salary or leave. You chose to work on half salary that time and since Then you are being paid half salary as agreed.” As agreed? WHERE WAS THE NEW AGREEMENT WITH MY SIGNATURE ON IT? There was no question of inferior performance within 3 months of my joining as Axiva never developed the column business before; so, I was developing a business, which would take time, and in that grave COVID-19 situation, I tried doing my best. I was afraid of termination because of erratic behavior from my manager; so, I continued being quiet. Moreover, he did not offer a job confirmation even after 6 months. I never received a work laptop (used my personal laptop all the time). These are "proofs" that as an employer he always took me for granted and enjoyed the privilege of having a highly qualified employee with years of knowledge and experience in the industry of chromatography, who was basically a brand ambassador when he was visiting customers to promote Axiva’s own column brand until his official departure on Feb 26, 2022. Dear Readers, there exist numerous companies like Axiva. Expose them when you get an opportunity. Tell the story so that a jobseeker does not end up getting similar evil treatment from an employer....Read More

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Work days: Monday to Saturday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, International Travel, Travel Within Country.