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Rated 1 as there is no lower rating. Pathetic work culture

Software Development Engineer III
Current Employee
Has worked at Swiggy for 2 years
November 3, 2020
Bengaluru, Karnataka
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  1. Challenging problems to solve.
  2. You get to learn a lot of different technologies.
  3. You learn to take ownership of a big-scale project impacting millions of users.
Cons
  1. There is no work-life balance. Even if you are on leave, the manager will shamelessly point to others that they can call you, since you are the only POC of a particular service.

  2. No regard for employees' mental health. Your manager is not your manager; they are Swiggy's bouncer assigned to you to make sure you work like a donkey and nothing less.

  3. You spend half your day in context switching. If a team has 8 people, they will literally be working on 5-7 projects at a time. Also, because of the overlap of ownership, you will be working on something and will immediately be called upon to look at a production issue, which by nature takes a higher priority than the work you had at hand. This ensures that you can get little to no software development done during office hours and have to burn the midnight oil.

  4. Heavily underemployed. For God's sake, if you don't have enough employees, don't take up so many projects.

Advice to Management

When people come and leave within 18 months to 2 years, ultimately, it is Swiggy which is losing because anybody who can get out of this mess, is getting out.

Also, before you promote someone in management, kindly look at the employee morale in his team also along with the deliverables his team has made.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
1.0

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