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I got to know my org is hiring someone for a managerial position in Blr office and ever since then I’ve been anxious as f because I KNOW how badly this can go.

My current setup is literally perfect for me. Whole team sits across different time zones, practically I’m the only one from India region (Blr office) while the others 2 Indians are fully remote. Till now all my managers were European/American and absolute gem of people

Like I never even had to ask for leave. I’d just inform them over calls or teams chat. And as I’m typing this I’m literally on a 4 month WFH streak because one day I casually mentioned on a call that Bangalore summer was cooking me alive and there was LPG nonsense happening… My manager literally just went “ why don’t you go to your natives, take your time, keep me in the loop” and asked me for a tentative timeline on when i am coming back😭

That’s it!!! She just trusted me like a normal functioning adult.

And mind you this was my FIRST ever corporate experience so I genuinely thought this was how companies worked 💀

this woman somehow even got me approved for a maxed out MacBook even though our team usually isn’t eligible for that config
Then one of our extended team members from SFO came to Bangalore and THROUGH HER my manager sent me THREE Guess backpacks lmaoooo. Like what kind of corporate fairy godmother shit was this???

Never had fixed working hours. Never had anyone breathing down my neck. I’d just ping on Teams, join calls, finish work and everyone was chill

Then she went on maternity leave and I temporarily reported to one Indian manager and HOLY SHIT this guy sucked the soul out of me. Mind you HE HIMSELF was remote but suddenly became started moral policing me to go office daily, earlier I used to go twice, Wanted exact timings, wanted proper leave approval mails, wanted me to SEEK permission for leaves. Earlier I literally used to just INFORM my managers not even seek permission if I was taking leave because everyone trusted each other to get work done. Cocky af too for absolutely no reason.

Then thankfully I moved under another European manager and EVEN he turned out to be the sweetest human ever 😭 Like genuinely caring type. He’d always check if I was doing okay, if I was comfortable, if workload was manageable, if I needed support with anything

Then AGAIN for like one month I had to report to another Indian lady manager and oh my god equally exhausting. Constant weird pressure, unnecessary formality, passive aggressive corporate energy. That one month genuinely irritated me so much

And now I heard from TA folks that they are on the final stage of interviewing, and I am soo anxious idek how to proceed with that ahhhhaaggggggg

TL;DR: My American/Eu managers treated me so good with full flexibility, Every time I temporarily reported to Indian managers it instantly became bs, leave approval drama etc etc. Now they’re hiring a manager in our blr office and I’m stressed af 😭

Out of all the times I’ve asked to see the cockpit, I’ve probably faced rejection barely 5% of the time

Almost every pilot I’ve met welcomed me with genuine enthusiasm, answered every question with patience, and you can literally see their eyes light up when they realise you actually know stuff, fly on simulators, and understand the basics beyond rookie questions 😭 Suddenly they start explaining things in a much more technical way instead of the usual simplified answers.
and the whole conversation becomes sooo much more interesting

And honestly, huge respect to the lead cabin crew as well for not instantly tearing up my requests

Highly recommend this to fellow aviation nerds just deboard last, politely ask the lead cabin crew, and most of the time they’re surprisingly sweet about it

I Am planning to attend either the Singapore or Bangkok show. Will be travelling from BLR. If anyone’s planning, hmu. Just putting it out there for now, let’s see how it goes