u/harvey_730

2025 batch — RSU vesting vs. possible layoff

I’m from the 2025 batch, and we were told our RSUs would be granted on September 8. However, based on the current situation and the work/responses from my team, I’m worried I might get laid off.

Would it make sense to resign instead?

If I resign, I have a 60-day notice period and have already completed one year. So I’d receive roughly 4 weeks + 1 week of pay, which is less than two months’ salary.

Also, if the company lays me off before September 8, would I still receive the RSUs that were promised to us, or would I lose them because I’m no longer employed on the grant date?

And if I resign before September 8 and serve my 60-day notice, would I still be eligible for the RSUs?

Would appreciate advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation.

I’m honestly very stressed and confused about my career right now.

I got into OFSS through campus placement in my third year, and it felt like a dream. I graduated in 2025, but after almost a year, I am really scared about job security.

I haven’t done DSA seriously for almost two years, and I feel it would take me 6–7 months to get back to my old pace. At the same time, I’m preparing for an MBA, but work has made it difficult to give it enough time.

I have a few lakhs in savings, so I’m considering surviving this phase and then possibly resigning to focus fully on MBA preparation this year or next.

The thing stopping me from leaving tech is that I genuinely enjoy development. I’m confident in my technical skills and have built some really good projects. But my current team environment is stressful, people often shout, and I barely get any response or support from my manager apart from “OK.”

I honestly don’t know whether I should focus on becoming a better developer, prepare for an MBA, or try to do both. I just need a realistic path forward.

Honestly, if our entire job revolves around APEX oci on Chrome, why the hell were we given these ancient Windows laptops?

- Battery dies in 30–45 minutes.

- Gets hot after opening four tabs like it's mining Bitcoin.

- Random Windows updates decide to start in the middle of work.

- Slow as fuck even for basic tasks.

- Barely survives Chrome, forget running Codex alongside it.

- And the touchscreen? Who the hell asked for a touchscreen on a work laptop?

If anyone from the IT or device team is reading this, for once, get feedback from the actual Windows users instead of deciding everything in a meeting room.

Replace these machines. Stop handing out this crap to developers. We're expected to use AI tools, run Chrome, Codex, IDEs, terminals, and multiple enterprise apps at the same time, then somehow explain why we're "not productive."

Give us a basic, reliable machine with decent RAM, a capable processor, good thermals, and a battery that lasts more than one meeting. That's not a luxury—it's the bare minimum to do the job.

If you're reading this, you know who you are. Five years in the company and all you've learned is how to shout at freshers instead of helping them. Experience means nothing when you have zero professionalism, zero patience, and zero respect. Being loud doesn't make you competent—it just makes you unbearable to work with.