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Used to be a very good company. Work-life balance was decent.

1. New hires get more salary even with lower experience.

2. Lot of re-orgs hamper your growth.

3. Rules are on paper, and managers or directors apply rules according to their own choice, be it for promotion or project assignments.

4. Fire culture. Not given prior info to improve performance; rather, people get fired at the whim of management.

5. As a lot of management folks were hired from outside over the last 4-5 years, the culture has gone for a toss because of them carrying their bad legacy from past companies.

6. Referrals – lot of nepotism, lack of transparency, and fake rejection points. Because the managers and directors all want to earn referral bonuses. My experience: candidates with very good interviews rejected without reasonable explanation; referrals not getting the calls most of the times, but if you apply on LinkedIn directly, you get the call for the same job.

7. Managers don't help in your career growth. Either you become politically active to know what projects you should take, or you are doomed.

8. Promotions are very tough for existing employees. If you have another company's offer letter, you get a promo easily at the cost of other loyal employees who did not give interviews outside.

9. Core principles – only inclusion is what is trending around the world matters here now.

10. Not uniform judgment for all.

11. Even directors, bar a few, have biased views and don't think about people working under them. Selfish.

Be impartial and helpful. Stop your bad management. Be a leader who defends and leads the team. Do pranayama.