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"Hi everyone,

I’m currently working as a Marketing Manager (Bangalore) at X company with a total package of 12 LPA (11 fixed + 1 bonus) and have over 5.4 years of experience.

Do you think this package is fair compared to industry standards for my role and experience?

Would love to hear your thoughts!"

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In my appraisal meeting, they didn’t ask or discuss my expectations about my salary or hike percentage. The entire discussion was only about feedback and performance review. After the meeting, I asked why they didn’t allow me to share my expectations or reveal my hike numbers. They told me that the hike numbers would be decided only by the owner and then they would inform me.

I feel an appraisal meeting should include open discussion about both performance and future expectations. What are your thoughts? Does this happen in your company too?

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I recently went for an interview… and honestly, m still trying to process what just happened.

Instead of being asked about my skills, experience, or how I could add value to the company… the questions took a totally unexpected turn. The interviewer started asking things like

 When are you getting married?
 Are you engaged?
 And m sure, if I had said I was married, the next question would’ve been How long have you been married?

What does my personal life have to do with the job m applying for?

This is where I felt the gender discrimination hit hard. These types of questions are so casually thrown at women during interviews  but are they ever asked to men? No one asks male candidates if they’re planning a wedding or how old their kids are. So why is it okay to ask women?

 Can we please stop normalising this kind of behaviour in interviews? Our careers shouldn’t be judged by our relationship status. Period.

Why are women still asked such personal questions in interview?

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Hello guys, 

I started my career at tha age of 21 with the pay of 11k monthly in A company in year of 2022, the main reason of doing job to support my family, my father was doing job, he left bcz of multiple health issue….

Then I switched in healthcare company that time i was undergraduate i was getting 19k in hand and no night allowances, after switching 2 company now i have almost 3 years of exp and getting 44K in hand after OT/incentive salary credit at-least 48K in hand……

Now i’m graduated in 2025 from B.A, my current CTC is 5.7 LPA…

I want to learn any technical course so it could 
Boost my career and salary…

Requesting you to guys kindly suggest me the course name, I’ll really thankful all of you….🙏

Need suggestion on technical courses

Worked on a project from zero. Thought-through the idea, built the base, delivered the framework, and ran it till near-finish while my manager was on a 6 month leave.

Meanwhile, a colleague with a strong talent for saying “yes sir” to the right people kept requesting to be assigned. Eventually, he was.

I trained him. Not out of obligation, just so the handover was smooth.

A week later, I was told the project’s being scrapped due to low ROI. I was reassigned. He stayed back to "wrap it up."

Also got told, “Nobody asked you to train him.”

4 months later, he’s promoted and given an award for that project.

Sometimes it’s not about how well you work. It’s about who you work around.

The project that got me nothing , except a lesson

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