Twilio

Good work-life balance, but it depends on the team.

Favoritism is rampant in India, especially.

Generally, 90% of L4/L5 managers are from WITCH companies.

WITCH tier managers only promote WITCH talent from IC to management.

WITCH talent at Twilio India knows they are not talented. If there is some high-caliber talent on the team (say, ex-Microsoft, NIT/IIT grad), they gang up like eunuchs and file fake complaints that the high-caliber talent is difficult to work with. I have seen multiple such cases, and since WITCH tier talent has an iron grip on the management hierarchy, such cases are never acted upon.

Finally, high-caliber talent leaves this rat hole filled with WITCH tier talent and joins FAANG at a higher level, doubling their TC. And the rats in the rat hole remain rats.

Why were 90% of WITCH tier talent promoted to L4/L5 management levels in India?

And this does not happen in the US?

It has severely degraded the workforce quality in India. Because X player hires Y players, and Y players hire Z players, and Z players hire trash talent, and the company revenue growth tanks to a single digit.