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Good Pay, Crazy Hours

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Flipkart for 2 years
May 1, 2019
Bengaluru, Karnataka
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Pay is good. Some teams have really good culture and work-life balance.

Cons

Working hours specifically at Ekart are crazy.

It ranges from 10-12 hours per day, with many people also working on weekends owing to poor project planning without considering any buffers whatsoever.

There is also a low to medium amount of micromanagement.

People are randomly shuffled to new teams for some time to expedite project timelines, sometimes putting them in a grim situation based on the culture and quality of project planning in that team.

Employees' personal lives and health suffer.

Advice to Management

Random shuffling of people would not help. Hire more in teams that actually require more staff and have more work.

Senior management must own up to the gaps/failures in project planning instead of pushing the developers in the team to work for an uncomfortable number of hours.

People working 12 hours a day, on weekends, with senior management nagging for delivery – all of this destroys team culture. There should be some focus on maintaining team culture and employee health.

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