u/Turbulent_Arm_2631

Title: Management is torturing us - should I quit or stick it out?

For the past year, management has been piling on daily targets and multi-tasking without any breathing room. Last year they didn't give the pre-sale salary/offer they promised. This year when I asked, they said "achieve your target first, we'll see."

I want to quit now, but I have a commitment (bond/notice period), and they're saying settlement will take 45 days after resignation. What should I do in this situation — leave and look for something else, or stay and keep pushing? Would appreciate advice from people who've been through this.

Want me to tweak the tone (more venting vs. more advice-seeking) or adjust for a specific sub like r/developersIndia or r/india?

Working at a company in Bangalore where our reporting manager, who's from Tamil Nadu, has been consistently favoring employees who speak his language — giving them better assignments, faster growth, and softer treatment. Meanwhile, those of us who are Kannadigas get pushed into the harder/lower-tier work, face regular harassment, and get sidelined when it comes to opportunities.

This isn't a one-off complaint — it's a pattern that several of us have noticed and experienced directly. It's happening in a big, well-known organization, which makes it more frustrating because you'd expect better HR oversight.

Has anyone else dealt with something like this? How did you handle it — did going to HR/labour department actually help, or did it backfire? Looking for practical advice before escalating this further.

watching a comedy show recently, and two jokes really stood out to me.

In one, a guy said he spent ₹370 on biryani for a girl on their first date and then joked that she "owes him everything" in return. The audience laughed.

In another segment, a doctor joked about discussing sensitive details related to deceased patients with friends. Again, people laughed.

What surprised me wasn't the jokes themselves—it was how normal everyone seemed to find them.

Maybe I'm overthinking it, but when did entitlement, objectification, and deeply sensitive topics become mainstream comedy?

I understand that comedy often pushes boundaries and not every joke should be taken literally. But sometimes I wonder whether comedy is simply reflecting society or actively shaping it.

If a joke is funny because it humiliates someone, treats people like transactions, or makes light of serious situations, should we still call it harmless entertainment?

I'm genuinely curious where people draw the line.

Are we becoming too sensitive, or are we slowly becoming less empathetic?

What do you think? :::

watching a comedy show recently, and two jokes really stood out to me.

In one, a guy said he spent ₹370 on biryani for a girl on their first date and then joked that she "owes him everything" in return. The audience laughed.

In another segment, a doctor joked about discussing sensitive details related to deceased patients with friends. Again, people laughed.

What surprised me wasn't the jokes themselves—it was how normal everyone seemed to find them.

Maybe I'm overthinking it, but when did entitlement, objectification, and deeply sensitive topics become mainstream comedy?

I understand that comedy often pushes boundaries and not every joke should be taken literally. But sometimes I wonder whether comedy is simply reflecting society or actively shaping it.

If a joke is funny because it humiliates someone, treats people like transactions, or makes light of serious situations, should we still call it harmless entertainment?

I'm genuinely curious where people draw the line.

Are we becoming too sensitive, or are we slowly becoming less empathetic?

What do you think? :::

Airtel Priority – A Question for Everyone 🤔

My mother uses an Airtel keypad phone. There are millions of senior citizens, prepaid users, and parents whose children live abroad who still use keypad phones or basic mobile devices.

Why are Airtel Priority benefits, VIP network treatment, and faster customer support reserved only for postpaid customers?

What about loyal prepaid customers who have been using Airtel for years? What about senior citizens who may need reliable service the most?

Should better network experience and customer service be available only to people who pay more, or should all Airtel customers be treated equally?

My friend keeps getting sales and marketing calls every day from different companies. They somehow have his phone number, email ID, and other personal details.

How are these companies getting our data? Are telecom companies selling or sharing customer information, or is it coming from apps, websites, and data brokers?

It feels like our privacy is getting worse every year. Even after blocking numbers, new sales calls keep coming. Many callers already know our name and contact details.

Has anyone else experienced this? What steps can we take to stop these spam calls and protect our personal data?

I booked an Airtel WiFi/broadband connection on May 3 and completed the payment immediately.

After waiting for installation, I later received an email saying the connection could not be provided due to “technical constraints.” They mentioned the refund would be processed within 7–10 working days.

The email itself came on May 20.

Now it’s been weeks, and I still haven’t received the refund.

What’s frustrating is:

Payment is collected instantly

Installation gets delayed

Then cancellation happens

Refund takes forever

Customer care keeps giving standard replies without a clear update or refund reference number.

Has anyone else faced this with Airtel Xstream Fiber or other broadband providers?

How long did your refund actually take?

Karnataka’s proposed Bidadi mega township project honestly feels both exciting and scary at the same time.

A 9000+ acre AI-integrated smart city near Bengaluru sounds futuristic:

IT parks

AI hubs

Smart infrastructure

Metro connectivity

Residential layouts

New jobs and investments

But at the same time…

Many farmers are protesting land acquisition.

People are worried this could become another massive real estate project where middle-class buyers struggle while land prices explode.

Bengaluru already has:

traffic problems

water issues

rising rents

overloaded infrastructure

So the big question is:

Will Bidadi township actually become a well-planned smart city?

Or will it turn into another overcrowded expansion project marketed using “AI City” buzzwords?

Also curious:

Would you invest there?

Is this good for Karnataka’s future?

Will it genuinely create jobs?

What happens to local villagers and farmers?

Interested to hear different opinions from tech employees, locals, investors, and farmers.

Airtel launched “Priority Postpaid” with better network experience using 5G slicing technology.

But one question:

If both prepaid and postpaid customers are paying money to the company, why should network quality be different?

Prepaid users also recharge every month.

Many prepaid plans are already expensive.

Still during peak hours:

• slow internet

• unstable signal

• buffering

• call drops

Now the company openly says postpaid users can get “priority” network access.

So does this mean prepaid users are lower priority now?

Internet should depend on coverage and infrastructure — not whether someone uses prepaid or postpaid.

What do you think?

I’m working in a telecom field/support job and the management pressure is becoming mentally exhausting.

Daily work timing is almost 9 AM to 8 PM with continuous calls, incidents, task assignments, follow-ups, backend coordination, and customer issues.

Even after working the whole day sincerely, managers keep insulting employees with comments like:

“Complete target somehow.”

“This is not Zomato.”

“You should go do Zomato work.”

“If you can’t complete target, leave the job.”

The worst part is they say this even when issues are out of employee control:

- no customer availability

- technical/backend delays

- feasibility problems

- dependency on other teams

Instead of support, employees get humiliation and pressure in group chats and calls.

Honestly this kind of toxic communication affects confidence and mental peace badly.

Is this normal in telecom/service industries?

How do people deal with this kind of management harassment?

I’ve noticed something in many telecom companies like Airtel.

When network issues happen or customer support is needed, it feels like postpaid customers get priority first, while prepaid users are treated like second priority.

Even inside some company environments, employees are pressured to focus more on postpaid activations because the company earns more revenue from them. Meanwhile prepaid customers also recharge regularly and are huge in number, but service quality sometimes feels lower.

Examples:

Faster support for postpaid users

Better retention offers

Priority network handling in some cases

Employees pushed to sell postpaid connections aggressively

As a prepaid customer, this feels unfair sometimes because both are paying customers.

Do you think telecom companies should treat prepaid and postpaid users equally?

Or is prioritizing postpaid customers simply a business strategy?

Would like to hear real experiences from others.

I booked broadband in may 3 but 14 days on go no refund the people not response properly telling not no network area but the people also not refund what to do