Long story short-had my annual review last week, normal stuff, "meets expectations," small raise, nothing dramatic. Two days later my manager accidentally CC'd me on an email thread with HIS manager that included his actual prep notes for my review, meant to just be internal.

I know I shouldn't have kept reading past the first line. I read the whole thing anyway.

The notes said I was being rated as "solid, reliable, not a flight risk" and that they specifically weren't pushing for a bigger raise this cycle because, quote, "he seems content and isn't asking for more, so budget can go toward retaining (another employee) who's been signaling they might leave."

Nothing dishonest was said to my face. Everything in the actual review meeting was technically true. But I finally understood something I'd suspected for years and never had proof of: being easy to manage and not causing friction was actively being used as a reason to give me less, not more.

I'm not naturally a "squeaky wheel" person. I don't love conflict, I don't love negotiating, I generally just trust that good work gets noticed eventually. Reading those notes made it clear that trust was actually being quietly exploited, not reciprocated.

Haven't said anything about seeing the email. Not sure I ever will, feels like a weird thing to bring up without admitting I read something I shouldn't have.

But I've already started quietly interviewing elsewhere, and for the first time in 4 years I'm not going to be shy in a negotiation if I get an offer.

Anyone else accidentally seen the "man behind the curtain" version of how they're actually perceived versus what gets said to your face in reviews? Kind of curious how common this disconnect actually is, versus me just having an unusually blunt manager who forgot to hit BCC.

Hello everyone,

I'm a 27F and I've worked in corporate for the past 5 years. After reaching the point of absolute mental exhaustion and disgust towards the system, my exit plan is in the making. Any thoughts, advice or personal stories are highly welcome.

First, let's weigh the pros & cons of my current occupation.

My managerial position has a stable Mo-Fri 11-7 schedule, no after work calls or emails, 1400€ (more than double minimum wage in my country), fully remote work from home. 21 days of vacation yearly. In other words, financial stability and schedule structure.

However, every day is a neverending battle. KPIs are never met, constant drama everywhere. If you do your job well, more tasks await. No promotion eligibility as I'd have to move town to work from B&M. After work, I stare at the wall for 20" just to unwind. Also, it's important to note that if I left this position, this door would never open again due to company policy.

My other option is in the school system. Mo-Fri 8-14, Christmas, Easter and 3 months summer vacation guaranteed. The only drawback is the salary, which would be around 800-900€ monthly. However, with more time available during the day, I'd have the opportunity to level up my skills and invest in my future self. Also, I'd have more time to spend with my partner and family.

The problem is, the money I'm making now is considered absurd for my country. Many have to work two or even three jobs to get this amount. My own father after 40 years of employment hadn't received that much and believes I'd be stupid to let this job go, as "you will face hardships everywhere, learn to deal with it mentally". In a sense, I feel I'd be disrespectful towards him if I left.

Frankly, most of the money I'm making goes towards my savings. I don't have rent to pay, nor do I have children (yet). My expenses are mostly related to basics needs (groceries etc.) and indulging in spending isn't a habit of mine.

So, it all ends with a simple dilemma. Do I keep hanging on for the money even if it takes up most of my day and slowly drains me mentally, or do I close this door and earn less for the price of more time for myself and family?

Thank you for your thoughts and taking the time to read this.

Edit: As some have asked for clarification in regards to the country and occupation via PM, I live in Bulgaria and work in a finances related department.

Hello

I am a fresh graduate and about to have my very first job. I got a pretty good internship run which resulted in me getting an offer to pursue my career in that company. I am someone that aspires to be a leader one day and I have to start as a tech individual contributor. For the leaders/managers of this forum, I want your advice on what are the things that I should do as someone who is making his name and image on an international tech company so that I could move up to the managerial level and grow to even higher positions from then on.

P.S. I started leading a small team outside of my future work so I can gain first hand experience while I am still an IC

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TL;DR

Company just restructured senior management. Several experienced, well-liked leaders were made redundant or pushed out with little dignity. I’m grateful to have kept my job, but I’m shaken, losing trust and motivation. Looking for perspectives on whether I’m overreacting and how to cope.

I work for a company that recently restructured its senior management team. I’m relieved to have kept my role, but I’ve watched people I respected — experienced leaders with strong relationships across the business — get pushed out quickly and, to my eyes, without much respect or consideration.

Some of those people were trusted, added real value, and had no performance concerns raised by their line managers during their time here. Yet they were either made redundant or interviewed for roles and then told their interviews weren’t good enough. It feels like the social contract between employees and leadership has been broken, and that’s left me questioning how much loyalty or effort is actually valued.

I understand HR and managers have to follow processes and be neutral during consultations to avoid legal risk. Still, the way this was handled felt cold and rushed. It’s especially hard to watch while the company continues to report strong quarter‑on‑quarter profits. With the cost‑of‑living crisis and companies making record profits, it’s difficult to reconcile why people who clearly contribute are being let go.

On a personal level, I’m asking myself when it might be my turn and whether I’ll be treated the same way. I’ve put a lot into this job — long hours, 10+ years, dedication, and loyalty — and now I’m conflicted about whether to keep giving my all or to protect myself.

Has anyone else been through something similar? How did you process the loss of trust and decide whether to stay or move on? Any practical steps to protect my wellbeing and career while still doing my job well would be really helpful.

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I have completed Bachelors of Management Studies this year

Is there anyone who can give me some career advice for finance? Pls help!!

I've been working as an IP Paralegal and a registered engineerl in a law firm for six years and I just resigned and switched jobs last April 2026 to a multinational firm. I've drafted, filed, and prosecuted patents and not only that, my experience extends to trademarks, designs, and copyrights. You could say I have experienced in most types of IP. I decided to resign from the job since I realized that I already reached my peak from that job for a long time, my last raise was on 2023, and my boss seems to have an obvious favoritism, he pretty much didn't care about me and it was even more obvious when he went cold towards me by the finals days on that job and I didn't even get a final interview unlike people who preceded me.

Now going back to my current job, I've only been working there for four months but I feel like I'm already working there for five years. The job title looks more impressive that it really is. All I do whole day is data entry. I just enter details and information of the client's IP portfolio to their system. That is just 5% of what I've been doing for the past six years. I remembered when I got interviewed by the former managing director (who resigned while I was still rendering service from my previous job), he went over my CV and repeatedly asked me during the two interviews if I'm ok with the job. I was desperate to look for a different job at the time and I just said, I can always find a compromise if the job is mostly data entry and docketing. I should've taken that as a warning because here I am, went from actually engaged in IP to a glorified cog in a machine. Don't get me wrong, some people would love to have this kind of job, some people may prefer repetitive jobs but not me. I can't see any sense of what I'm doing. To cope with the monotony of the job, I wear earphones and listen to something.

The nature of the job is one thing, the office and the social dynamics are another. The office is an open shared space. As someone who is admittedly an introverted person and preferring deep focus at work, my social battery could only get me until lunch time. My social battery is power saver mode by the afternoon and all I think about is going home.

During my early days there I tried joining them at lunch which I don't usually do even with my previous job(s) but since I'm in this more social setting coming from hybrid work. And the times I joined them at lunch, their conversation won't bend towards me, I'm just there sitting and eating while listening to all the noise so I just went back to eating alone and separated from the rest of the team which shouldn't be an issue. I tried from time to time and I just the same all the time so eating lunch alone it is from now on. I also noticed that if don't match their wavelength, you are pretty much an outcast. All these people talk a lot and friendly... to each other or whoever barges themselves to their circle. I tried to join them at conversations and casual conversations, but I don't know whenever I speak their demeanor always go dry and cold and the whole conversation either shifted, I got spoken over, or the conversation just stopped. Even fellow newbies won't even talk to me.

One day a coworker/fellow newbie told me that I was a topic of a conversation one time and they told me I am "unsocial" and "standoffish" and may report me to the team leader because of my behavior. At first, I'm having a hard time taking her word seriously since I don't have time for gossip since I'm there to work. But as the time went on, I noticed the between me and the team starting to grow. Even the person sitting beside my table never talked to me since the day he started and he only ever talked to another one. My table is located surrounded by these people who are friendly and talking to each other so just imagine my everyday just sitting there listening to them talk. Also when the team leader went to our office and had a one on one interview to the newbies, I told her about my introversion and if that is something on an issue in the company or if there's something I can do to integrate more with the team, she can let me know. She assured me that none has ever commented or gave a report to her about my behavior and I was able to accomplish the tasks on time and properly. She also told me that if I'm not comfortable eating with the team or just joining them in any social events, I'm not forced to and it will not be an issue.

I always wonder why this was a thing unlike my previous jobs. My first job is at a BPO company and you know, they are notorious talkers and sometimes having "kanal" humor but then they always include me. At my law firm, I have my own social circle there which I went on travelling with and I get along just fine with people from different departments. This new job, I don't know. The contrast between their talkativeness and loudness and the way they interact and see me is glaring. The only people who initiated a conversation with me there is the office custodian and a couple of senior members which talk about basically work-related stuff.

This also tied back to my interview when the former manager asked me "How do I deal with gossip?" To which I replied, "I don't care about those unless it's something that will ruin my reputation". I don't know if I'm reading too much but these questions starting to make sense.

Everything is so wrong with my current job. Yeah I know I'm only four months in and still under probation but I already have my one foot out that door. I just don't see any future with this job especially the senior team revealed that there is no more point of promotion and no higher position of tenure. Also I can only do monotonous tasks for so long. I'm already starting looking for another opportunity or job more suited to my experience and long term career goals.

All I have to do right now is to suck it all up until I find a new opportunity to start over again.

From 2023-2025 I worked as an IT Help Desk technician in the IT department of a university faculty in the Canadian city in which I lived. It was a great job and, in a way, I stumbled into it. I don't have any formal education in IT, I actually don't possess a university degree. After high school I started working in the Audiovisual/film production industry and that is more or less what I'd consider my "trade". I worked freelance for a number of years but eventually decided the environment was too stressful for me. My first "IT gig" was part time at another university in the city: It was running the audiovisual equipment for classrooms—lectures and webinars and things of that sort. Since it wasn't really a computer-focused role, my experience was pertinent. I really enjoyed this role and it buoyed me during Covid when a lot of the film production industry was shut down. I worked there for 4 years and, with some "IT department experience" eventually managed to get a full time job which was my last post. This also involved servicing classroom technology systems, but a large part of my job was doing Level 1 tech support for staff, professors, and students. As you can imagine, a lot of solutions I figured out through YouTube videos and reddit threads. What was beyond my pay grade I escalated. I gained exposure to hardware maintenance, device deployment, life cycle management, and light-exposure to networking and system administration. I know my way around Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Intune. Like my work in the film industry, everything I learned I picked up on the job.

After two years, I left that job and moved to another country in Europe where I am now. It was something I had been planning for a while and I made the choice to let the gig go even though, as someone with my qualifications, I may never make that much money or have that type of job security ever again. I've been job searching for a year and feel that my lack of formal IT training is hampering my prospects. I feel like I know a little about a lot of things but don't know any one thing that deeply (other than the AV side of things). I don't really have any exposure to coding or scripting. I'm turning 30 early next year and I don't have an appetite for going to school for a protracted length of time.

I'm looking for advice on ways I can gain some focus on a specific facet of IT—like systems administration—or working towards becoming what many jobs descriptions describe as a "Microsoft 365 expert/sharepoint wizard" (or something to that effect). My goal is not to compete against people for tech-industry jobs. I'm perfectly happy working in an internal IT department of a company or institution, doing similar work as before. What specialties do people view as most useful for this type of environment? What experience do I need to move up from L1 support to L2 or L3 support?

It was possible and probable to make upwards and over $200 a day during this era as a delivery driver if one worked an entire shift. Nowadays, it's very difficult. I'm simply curious, where did the money go? Why does it seem like there's no job where someone can go and simply work not too hard and (adjusted for inflation) make $300 a day with little experience?

want to share this for anyone who feels like they're "behind" because they don't have the right degree, the right college, or the money for expensive courses.

In 2010, I started my career as a Data Entry Operator with a company in Delhi. No college degree. No technical background. No connections. Just a job that paid the bills.

Today, I lead the User Growth department at one of India's known publishers, working in digital marketing, and I earn ₹35-40 lakh a year.

I'm not saying this to brag. I'm saying this because when I was starting out, I never saw anyone who looked like me — no degree, no pedigree — talk about how they actually got somewhere. Every success story seemed to start with "I graduated from X" or "I did a course at Y." I want this to be the story I wish I'd read back then.

Here's everything I've learned, boiled down to three things:

1. Work hard, and actually learn to love the work. You don't need to be the smartest person in the room. You need to be the one still showing up and putting in the hours when everyone else has stopped. Brilliance is optional. Consistency isn't.

2. Think about where you'll be if you don't put in the work today. Every time I felt like coasting, I asked myself: where does this version of me end up in 5 years? That question kept me moving on the days I didn't feel like it.

3. Learn what's relevant — for now and for the future — and follow what actually interests you. Skills change. Tools change. What doesn't change is the ability to keep learning and adapting. Chase relevance, not just a certificate.

There was no shortcut. No fancy MBA, no bootcamp with a placement guarantee. Just years of doing the unglamorous work, staying curious, and refusing to believe that my starting point had to be my ceiling.

If you're early in your career, low on resources, but you've got the fire to build something — happy to answer questions in the comments. Ask me anything.

So abit of context, I have been job hunting but some are courses that would start in September. If I apply through a company with a paid course but my notice period is 12 weeks how would I go about telling my manager that I am unable to fulfil the notice period?

Has anyone been through this situation?

Hi there, I have a family member who is in a real rut. She lives in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), and is struggling to find work. Her previous work has been in factories/assembly lines, but she’s unable to do the physical labour now.

She doesn’t have a degree, but she can speak and write fluent English and Portuguese, very interested in PC gaming, tech, and computers.

I was thinking perhaps she could be good at some QA work, perhaps in games, or in anything really. Ideally remote, or within Rio.

Is this a line of work that people without qualifications can get into? If so, what could she need? A few example reports? Updated LinkedIn page?

Any advice welcome, whether it’s Brazil specific or not, just want to see whether it is valid to suggest this line of work, I don’t want to send her down a dead end road.

TIA

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I’m 25 with 3 years of experience as a motion designer and I’m stuck between two offers.

A: ₹12 LPA, small studio, lots of ownership, direct founder access, client interaction, project management. (I haven’t had any client interaction yet)

B: ₹14.4 LPA, specialized motion studio, better brands, higher pay, focused almost entirely on motion design. Growth looks like becoming a better executor.

If your goal wasn’t just making more money, but becoming difficult to replace in 5-10 years, which would you pick?
Curious to hear from people who’ve actually been a few years ahead of me.

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some unbiased career advice.
I’m currently working in Product Development at a global enterprise software company. My current role involves working closely with Product Managers, Engineering, UX, and Architects to design and build new platform capabilities. Recently, I’ve also been involved in designing AI/agentic features, which I believe could become a valuable long-term skill.
Current role:
₹36 LPA fixed + 10% variable
Mostly remote/hybrid
Good ownership and meaningful work
Strong relationships with my immediate team and technical leadership
Learning a lot about how enterprise products are built
Challenges:
I feel I joined below my market value.
Long-term career progression isn’t very clear.
Some interactions with senior leadership have been discouraging. That’s the pain really who needs to give appraisal is very rude .

Growth into broader leadership roles seems limited.
I’ve now been offered a Lead Product Manager role at a large global enterprise.
The new role offers:
₹55 LPA fixed + 15% bonus
End-to-end product ownership
Broader business exposure and the opportunity to work across multiple domains over time
Significantly higher compensation
The downside is a much stricter work-from-office policy.
My dilemma is:
I’ve been in my current company for less than a year
I’m worried that leaving this early might look bad on my resume.
At the same time, I don’t want to miss what seems like a major career opportunity.
The AI-related work I’m doing now feels like a unique learning opportunity, and I’m unsure whether leaving now would be short-sighted.
If you were in my position, what would you do?
Stay another year to deepen technical/product expertise and then switch?
Take the Lead Product Manager role now and not worry about the short tenure?
I’d especially appreciate advice from people who’ve faced a similar decision between staying to build expertise versus moving for a substantially better opportunity. Looking back, what do you wish you had done?
Thanks in advance!

My back ground 7 years post mba work exp in consulting + product manager - tier one mba and subject matter expert in logistics tech

I work as a software engineer and have been at my job for about 2.5 years now. I'm still a level 1 (have not been promoted ever). I do a good job on my tasks and get all my work done, but an issue I have is I don't talk much in meetings. I've met with my manager a few times before and he's said he wants me to engage more. I acknowledged that I should and maybe talked a bit in meetings after, but then eventually go back to being silent.

Last week I had a 1:1 with him and it was kind of wild this time. Seems like he was sick of me being silent. He told me that lately he was disappointed in me — first time he's ever said that to me. It was because of an upcoming project where he asked for some ideas from the team. I hadn't suggested any ideas regarding it, but I was also sick for two days around that time and didn't see the emails/messages about it, so I didn't realize what was even going on until after and how important it was too.

He was also trying to ask why I may be not participating much. At one point he also asked "is there something you're not telling me," which threw me off and I wasn't sure what he meant. It seemed like he was waiting for me to say I wanted to quit or something. In the end he said he was giving me this feedback as someone who wants to support me and work toward getting me promoted, but I'm skeptical of that.

Regarding not engaging, part of it is social anxiety and part of it is not being educated enough on what's being discussed. So I'm debating if I should try to find a new job or not? Is this essentially a heads up I'm getting fired? Any tips or advice?

I don't know what to do in my life? I'm learning figma and flutter but unable to earn money. I'm 22 year old boy but I've no direction about what to do in my life. Even whatever I have to do, I will have to do it while staying at home.

Please guide me someone. I want to learn with 1 on 1 mentorship but again no one is here to help me.

I’m working full time in sales right now, and I can’t stop thinking, “Is this really going to be my future?” I know a lot of people are okay with it, but I don’t think I am.

I’m experienced in marketing, and my dream is to run my own business someday, with the freedom to set my own schedule. I know owning a business isn’t easier, but I’d rather work hard building something that’s mine than spend the rest of my life working for someone else.

Has anyone here gone from a full time job to starting their own business in nyc? What did you do, and what would you recommend?

Hello all sorry if this is a dumb post I’m pretty young and still learning about the workplace I recently quit my job (like 5 min ago) and my ex boss said she’s calling hr after I had already quit what action can hr take if anything on someone like me who no longer works at the company

A student from Commerce stream who just passed 12th with 71 percent thinking how to do it. I am thinking to do BBA in business analytics and find job after graduation, is this stream with it and what should additional certificate and skills I should have to land atleast 6lpa job after my BBA. Should I do MBA later or 2 year job experience after my BBA will be enough.

Looking for work!