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I have a question regarding salary negotiation during interviews.

Suppose you already have one job offer with a higher salary, but you are interviewing for another company that you like more.

Can you tell the second company that:

“I already have another offer for X salary, so can you match it or increase your offer?”

Also:

• Should you mention the other company’s name?
• Should you share the exact salary or not?
• What things should be kept in mind while negotiating?

Would love advice from people who have done this before.

Been with the same company for 2 years now, and honestly, I genuinely like working here. My performance has been good, clients are happy, and I’ve always tried to give my best.

But despite that, there hasn’t been a proper hike, so recently I started giving interviews just to understand my market value.

Now a few companies are ready to move forward with offers, but most of them want immediate joiners or someone who can join within 15 days.

And they are giving almost 40% of hime.

And this is where I feel conflicted.

I’m not desperately trying to leave my current company. A part of me still wants to stay herw, i just want to feel valued and get a fair hike.

So now I feel guilty accepting interview rounds and potential offers, knowing there’s a chance I may eventually stay back if my current company matches it.

Is this normal in corporate life? Or does it feel unfair to the new employer?

Been with the same company for 2 years now, and honestly, I genuinely like working here. My performance has been good, clients are happy, and I’ve always tried to give my best.

But despite that, there hasn’t been a proper hike, so recently I started giving interviews just to understand my market value.

Now a few companies are ready to move forward with offers, but most of them want immediate joiners or someone who can join within 15 days.

And they are giving almost 40% of hime.

And this is where I feel conflicted.

I’m not desperately trying to leave my current company. A part of me still wants to stay herw, i just want to feel valued and get a fair hike.

So now I feel guilty accepting interview rounds and potential offers, knowing there’s a chance I may eventually stay back if my current company matches it.

Is this normal in corporate life? Or does it feel unfair to the new employer, vo bhi tb when they clearly said they want an immediate joiner

Been with the same company for 2 years now, and honestly, I genuinely like working here. My performance has been good, clients are happy, and I’ve always tried to give my best.

But despite that, there hasn’t been a proper hike, so recently I started giving interviews just to understand my market value.

Now a few companies are ready to move forward with offers, giving approx 40~ of hike, but most of them want immediate joiners or someone who can join within 15 days.

And this is where I feel conflicted.

I’m not desperately trying to leave my current company. A part of me still wants to stay here, i just want to feel valued and get a fair hike.

So now I feel guilty accepting interview rounds and potential offers, knowing there’s a chance I may eventually stay back if my current company matches it.

Is this normal in corporate life? Or does it feel unfair to the new employer?

Been with the same company for 2 years now, and honestly, I do like working here. My performance has been good, clients are happy, and I’ve always given my best...

But despite that, there’s been no proper hike, so I recently started giving interviews just to explore what the market looks like, and how much people can pay.

Now the interesting part is,

A few companies are ready to offer me roles, but they all want immediate joiners or someone who can join within 15 days.

The thing is, deep down I’m not even fully sure if I want to leave my current company. A part of me just wants my current organization to value me better and offer a fair hike.

So now I feel a little guilty saying yes to interviews/offers when I know I might use them mainly to negotiate internally.

Is this legal?

Can anyone suggest?

Hi guys can anyone help me find these here in hld?

These are rain shoe covers, i am finding them online but since I need them urgently, I really want to know if anyone knows where I can find these?

Need genuine advice on an ancestral jewelry.

My pardadi [great grandmother] had a traditional ponchi/rakhdi which is almost 60–70 years old now which she kept for us.

Now since we are two sisters, my mother is suggesting that we should make two separate jewelry items out of it (maybe mangtika, haar, or some small wearable item each for our marriage) so both daughters have one sentimental piece for marriage/future.

I understand her logic.

But I am very hesitant becaue I strongly feel that if we give such an old piece to a jeweller for melting/remaking, only the jeweller will actually benefit.

Because:

• it is very old handcrafted jewelry,
• old gold pieces often have different workmanship,
• jewellers deduct wastage,
• charge making charges again,
• and we lose the antique handwork completely.

So in the end we may lose heritage + lose original craftsmanship + spend extra money, while getting two modern pieces that are not really heirlooms anymore.

My personal thought was:
why not simply restore it?

Get it professionally cleaned/polished, replace the old cloth/thread parts that have decayed, add fresh patta/backing, and preserve the original ornament as much as possible.

That way the actual ancestral piece remains intact.

But because we are two sisters, everyone is giving the “divide it into two usable things” argument.

So I genuinely want outside opinions:

Would you preserve/restore the original heirloom, or break it and make two new pieces?

And is my suspicion correct that in remaking such antique gold jewelry, the jeweller usually benefits the most?

TL;DR: My pardadi’s 60–70 year old gold ponchi is one of our only ancestral jewelry pieces. Since we are two sisters, my mother wants to break/remake it into two new wearable items so both daughters get something. But I feel melting such an old heirloom would destroy its originality, and financially too I suspect only the jeweller benefits because of wastage/making charges/loss of antique craftsmanship. I want to restore and preserve it instead. What would you do?

I am asking here since i live in haldwani

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So this happened today and honestly, I don’t even know what to do at this point. I feel so frustrated.

As most people probably know, old electricity meters are being replaced with new ones these days. The same was happening in our area.

What happened

Around 7 PM in the evening, two electricians/linemen came to our house to change the meter.

We clearly told them:

“It’s already getting late, please don’t change it right now. If anything goes wrong, we won’t be able to fix it at night.”

But they didn’t listen.

They were very casual, unprofessional, even laughing and mocking us like:

“Arre isme kya farak padta hai…”

Despite repeatedly telling them not to proceed, they forced and changed the meter anyway.

The problem starts immediately

The moment they connected the main wire:

Our inverter/UPS started beeping continuously

It showed “overload”

This had never happened before, unless the battery was low

We told them:

“You’ve done something wrong. Why it is beeping like that, At least fix this before leaving.”

And

Their response was

Are bhai ye inverter ku rone lag gya ab

Abhi tk to theek tha

And they changed the wires, I mean they did something.

But they only tried for 1 more min and they started saying very causally

Apka inverter overload hogya hai.

Are bhai aaj se phle to nahi hua?

And they kept saying

“Not our fault”

“Inverter ka issue hai”

“Call your own electrician”

"Hum to line vale hai" and they ran.

They locked the meter box and left, while the inverter kept beeping non-stop.

Things got worse

After they left:

Electricity wasn’t properly coming through inverter lines

Fans and lights connected to inverter stopped working

There was even sparking happening

We tried to reach them but didn’t have their number.

So we called Bijli Vibhag, registered a complaint, got another number, and called again.

By this time, it was already around 8 PM.

Another technician comes

A person came after the complaint.

He checked and kept repeating:

“Our work is only till the meter. After that, we don’t care.”

He kept saying:

“Input/output aa raha hai meter mein”

“Your inverter is faulty”

We told him clearly:

“It got damaged because of YOUR team"

But he refused to accept any responsibility.

He kept trying to avoid, manipulate, and deflect the situation.

We pushed back

We insisted:

At least acknowledge the issue

At least diagnose properly

Call your senior/management

After pressure, he called someone and claimed:

“I have fixed everything, but inverter is not working, because the two guys who came before him to change the meter lines did something"

Then he left.

Then he comes back again (with another electrician)

Both of them came back and were already irritated and defensive.

They said:

“We are linemen. We only handle pole work. We don’t do house wiring.”

We asked:

“Then whose fault is this? We didn’t do anything.”

Still, no accountability.

But

I asked directly what the issue is atleast tell that.

He didn’t tell me clearly, but told the other electrician something like:

“Phase ke saath neutral jod diya tha…”

And because of that:

“Inverter/UPS phook gaya (burnt/damaged)”

So basically, wrong wiring during meter installation damaged our inverter.

And we later on checked it also damaged our ac 😭

Bro we lower middle class family bought it just 1 year ago and that too with installation with my own salary and this is what their irresponsible, unskilled team did to us..

When we asked:

“Who will pay for this?”

He casually said:

“Electricity ka kaam hai madam, thodi gadbad ho hi jaati hai…”

No apology. No responsibility.

Instead, he got slightly aggressive and said:

“Call JE sir if you want.”

Ab aage suno, it's more worst

We called the JE (Junior Engineer)

We asked for the number and my brother called him.

Conversation went like:

My Brother said:

“Good evening sir, aaj hamare uder ke meters change hue the sir, aap aae the”

(He said this because he had seen the JE and team in the area)

JE’s reply:

“Kya bol rahe ho? Pata hai kisse baat kar rahe ho?”

Very rude and offended tone. Why are you offended bhai?

My brother said

“Haan sir, JE se hi baat kar rahe hain.”

JE:

Got defensive for no reason

Didn’t listen properly

And said toh kya baat kr rhe ho ye. Me aaya tha kya.

Mere bhai n kaha haa aap hi aae the apni team ke sath..

He said'

“Monday office aana”

Then cut the call

Current situation right now:

Inverter is still not working

Electricity flow is completely messed up

AC is damaged

It’s night time

Nothing is fixed

If there’s a power cut, it’s literally pitch black

It’s peak summer, temperature goes up to 38°C

I work from home, this is affecting everything

And the worst part — no one is taking responsibility

I’m honestly so frustrated right now.

Like… kya yahi sab sirf aam janta ko hi jhelna padta hai?

They come, do whatever they want, mess things up, and just leave?

A JE is a government official, and government is supposed to be for the public, right?

But if the public is suffering because of you, then who is responsible?

We all earn money with hard work.

We understand the value of things.

Then why should we bear the loss for someone else’s mistake?

bina light ke reh lenge… but jo nuksaan hua hai, uska kya?

And the attitude??

Talking like we’re nobody… like we don’t even deserve basic respect.

We trusted them, let them do their job, and now we’re the ones stuck in darkness and heat.

Bhai seriously… what do we even do in this situation?

Anyone faced something like this? Any help would really mean a lot.