r/IndiaCareers

I joined Salesforce in India in July 2026, at a ₹15 LPA base.

Today, I received an offer from Cisco for ₹24 LPA base. I wasn’t actively looking to leave Salesforce, and honestly, I would prefer to stay at Salesforce because I like the company/role and see better long-term value there.

The problem is the compensation gap — ₹15L vs ₹24L base is significant.

Would it be reasonable to have a conversation with my Salesforce manager about this, despite having joined only ~3 weeks ago?

I’m not looking to make demands or threaten to leave. I’d essentially want to say that I’ve received this offer, Salesforce is my preference, but the compensation difference is substantial, and I wanted to understand whether there’s anything Salesforce can do.

Title: Leaving Private MBBS (₹70L) for BBA + MBA — Am I Making the Right Decision?

I’m currently facing one of the biggest career decisions of my life and would really appreciate honest opinions, especially from people who have experience with MBBS, BBA/MBA, or management careers.

I have an option to pursue private MBBS in my hometown, which would cost around ₹70 lakh in total. However, I’m seriously considering leaving the medical path and joining BBA at Symbiosis, followed by an MBA from a stronger Indian or international university later.

The reason I’m considering management is not simply because MBBS is difficult.

I recently spoke with a career counselor, who assessed my interests and preferences across around 15 career areas. My results ranked roughly like this:

1. Management

2. Defence

3. Administration

   ...

4. Medical

So management came out as my strongest area of interest, while medicine ranked much lower.

Interestingly, I also consulted an astrologer who is highly educated (JNU, PhD) and has significant experience in astrology. Before I told him about the career-counseling results or my own preferences, he advised me to consider business/management or working with my father rather than pursuing MBBS.

I know astrology isn't a scientific way to make a career decision, so I don't want to base my choice solely on that. But it was interesting because his recommendation aligned with what the career counselor and my own thinking had already suggested.

Personally, I have also felt that I might be better suited to business, management, leadership, entrepreneurship, finance/strategy, etc. than medicine.

But I’m still scared that I might be making a huge mistake.

On one side:

Private MBBS

- Established professional career

- Doctor is a respected profession

- I already spent years preparing for NEET

- But around ₹70 lakh investment

- Long education/training period

- I’m not particularly passionate about medicine

On the other side:

BBA → MBA

- Potentially better aligned with my interests

- More flexibility in career options

- Possibility of entrepreneurship/business

- Could eventually pursue an MBA from a top institution

- But BBA itself doesn't guarantee a strong career

- MBA admissions and placements are competitive

- There is obviously more uncertainty

My current plan would be:

BBA at Symbiosis → build skills/internships/extracurriculars → prepare seriously for a good MBA → pursue MBA from a strong university/IIM or another reputed institution.

So I want some brutally honest opinions:

Am I making a sensible decision by choosing BBA + MBA over a ₹70 lakh private MBBS, considering that management appears to be much more aligned with my interests?

If you were in my position, what factors would you consider before making the final decision?

Please don't just say "follow your passion." I'd really appreciate practical opinions about career prospects, financial risk, job opportunities, long-term growth, and the reality of BBA + MBA versus private MBBS.

Thanks.

I’m looking for genuinely practical advice, preferably from people who have actually switched careers from a biology/life-science background.

My background:

12th PCB, 63%, from a small village in Himachal Pradesh

Currently finishing 2nd year BSc Zoology at a small college

Had to repeat 1st year

I’ve realized I have basically no interest in continuing in Zoology

No Mathematics background and I’m very weak at math

My father is the only earning member of the family and retires in about 2 years

Because of my family situation, I need to be earning or have a very clear, realistic path toward a stable job by April 2028.

At the same time, I don’t want to choose something that completely caps my future. My long-term goal is 20 LPA+, even if the starting salary is much lower.

Things I’ve already ruled out after researching:

UPSC — too long and risky given my situation

SSC CGL / Banking PO — quantitative sections are a major problem for me

NIMCET / NIT MCA — I don’t have the required Maths/Stats background

RBI Grade B — doesn’t fit my eligibility/background

MSc Biotechnology / Forensic Science — I’m not convinced the salary/job market justifies the time

I don’t want to spend years doing another biology degree just because I already have a biology degree

Honestly, I don’t have some grand passion or social cause I want to pursue. I’m mainly looking for a career where I can become genuinely skilled, employable and financially secure.

I’m not interested in sales or marketing.

I’m also willing to learn something completely unrelated to Zoology if there’s a realistic way to break into it without doing another 3–4 year degree.

So, if you were literally in my position, what would you do?

I’d especially like answers from people who have actually made a similar switch.

For example:

What was your original degree/background?

What did you switch into?

What skills did you learn?

How long did it take before you were employable?

How did you get your first job?

What was your starting salary?

What does the career ceiling realistically look like?

What would you do differently if you started again?

What would you do between now and April 2028 if you were me?

I’m not looking for “learn coding bro” or “follow your passion”. If you recommend something, please explain the actual path from BSc Zoology → skill → first job → career progression.

Also, please don’t recommend paid courses. I’m looking for a path I can realistically build through free/cheap resources, projects, internships and self-study.

I know ₹20 LPA isn’t guaranteed and I’m not expecting it immediately. I’m asking which career paths give someone in my situation a realistic chance of eventually getting there while still allowing me to start earning by 2028.

Brutal honesty is welcome. If my expectations are unrealistic, tell me that too.

I have a question regarding employment verification. Suppose someone has worked at a company for 5–6 years, but the company has now shut down just a year ago. Before that, they had already been working at another company for around 3 years. If they now want to switch to a new company, how would their employment history with the closed company typically be verified, especially if the company did not deduct PF or have PF contributions? What documents or alternatives could be used to prove that employment?

I can't believe that big 4 are paying this amount even lala company and startup pays more than this.

Ok this is for HR internsip in delhi and it was hybrid.

If anyone did internship at deloitte can you tell me their avg stipend and if anyone did internship at deloitte can you tell me how much did they paid u

If given the chance to become a tech billionaire famous throughout the world or to become a low profile iit grad earning 1 crore per annum or to become a low profile ias officer which would you pick?

I am a 20 year old 62% in 10th 59% in 12th BBA from a tier 3 city college avg 6.5-7 Gpa what to do my degree will be over this year i am so confused and scared of becoming a failure in life

6+ months unemployed at 21. Honestly, I'm slowly giving up.

I'm a 2026 graduate, and I've been looking for a Software Engineering job for more than 6 months now.

I've spent years learning DSA, competitive programming and development. I have a decent profile, built projects, solved a lot of problems, and genuinely tried to improve myself.

I've applied through company websites, LinkedIn, referrals, cold emails, job portals, pretty much every route I could think of.

But the hardest part isn't getting rejected.

It's not even getting the chance to be rejected.

It's applying again and again, putting hours into applications, seeing hundreds of other people applying, and then getting absolutely nothing back.

At first, I was confident that if I kept working hard, something would eventually work out.

Then months passed.

Now I'm at a point where I'm still trying, but the motivation isn't the same anymore. It's difficult to keep convincing yourself that the next application might be different when you've already sent so many.

I'm only 21, so I know I have plenty of time. But watching months go by without being able to start my career is genuinely depressing.

I don't want sympathy. I just wanted to know if anyone else has been through this phase and eventually managed to turn things around.

Because right now, I'm slowly running out of hope.

Same as title.

I'm curious to know what shaped the job market during the 2020-2023 period. Was it due to COVID?

Why was it not as good before 2020?

M 26, Recently graduated from a Top 30 B School, and got into a leading financial groups of India in the Private Wealth Management division.

The role wasn't specified initially but looking at the placements scenario I didn't give much thought then as they were paying good enough.

After joining, got to know that it's basically a glorified sales role where my role is to deal with HNIs and UHNIs and sell them investment products which includes Mutual funds and high ticket investments such as PMS and AIFs. The role also includes managing client portfolios but that's the least of concern for performance metrics.

The CTC is 18 LPA with 1.2 inhand per month which is fair enough considering I'm a fresher.

The thing is I am not willing to continue this beyond a year or so as work gets toxic most of the times. Is there any way out (non sales) and if so what are those?

Note: I used ChatGPT to help draft and structure this post. The situation is real, and I’m looking for advice/experiences from people who have dealt with similar BGV issues.

A friend recently joined Infosys in India. Her education is B.Com → M.Com → MBA.

During her M.Com, she worked for a company for around 7 months. She left because she wanted to pursue her MBA. The company was reluctant to relieve her because her offer letter mentioned an 18-month minimum service period, although she says she never signed any separate bond. Because she left after 7 months, they did not issue her a relieving letter. However, she has genuine payslips and bank statements proving that she actually worked there for those 7 months. Because it was an apprentice so this does not have a UAN entry as well.

Later, in the MBA college placements, she got placed in a small company in Hyderabad, but she had health issues. So she couldn’t continue. So she resigned and came back in one month. They were okay with it and gave her a proper exit with a relieving letter and FnF. This company shows in UAN as well.

Later, she got an opportunity at Infosys that required approximately 1 year of experience. Through a friend’s recommendation, she made the mistake of showing her genuine 7 months of experience as 1 year.

The bigger mistake was that, since she didn’t have a relieving letter, she obtained someone else’s relieving letter and edited it with her own details and submitted it during the Infosys BGV.

Infosys has now caught this. They contacted the previous employer, verified the actual employment tenure, and informed her that her BGV has failed and they consider it a forged-document case.

Today HR told her that her access has been revoked and that there will be a final meeting tomorrow with HR and the BGV team to decide what action to take. She is now planning to be completely truthful and admit what she did.

At this point, she is not primarily worried about losing the Infosys job. She understands that termination is a possibility and is prepared for it. Her main concern is her future career.

I’d really appreciate advice from people familiar with Indian IT BGV/HR processes:

1. If Infosys terminates her for this, will the termination letter explicitly mention forgery/falsification, or can the company issue a relatively normal relieving/service letter showing only her employment dates and designation?

2. What normally happens in such cases at large IT companies?

3. If she later joins another company, and that company conducts BGV with Infosys, what information is Infosys likely to disclose? Will they simply confirm dates/designation, or could they disclose that she was terminated because of a forged document?

4. Does Infosys maintain an internal record of the reason for termination that could affect future BGVs?

5. Has anyone personally experienced a similar BGV/forged-document situation in Infosys or another large Indian IT company? What happened afterward?

She is very confused right now and doesn’t know what to say in meeting. She until now didn’t accepted this mistake and was lying about this one year exp. Should stick by that or spill the truth that accepts her mistake.

She knows what she did was wrong. She’s mainly trying to understand how badly this could affect her future career and what to expect from future BGVs.

TL;DR: Friend genuinely worked 7 months at a company but showed it as 1 year to get an Infosys role. Because she didn’t have a relieving letter, she submitted an edited/fake relieving letter. Infosys caught it during BGV, revoked her access, and is holding a final HR/BGV meeting. She’s prepared to lose the job but is worried about her future career. If Infosys terminates her, what will her termination/relieving letter say, and what will Infosys tell future employers during BGV?

They don't have any clarity about their abilities and what they want in life. They often focus on multiple things which are not even similar to each other in field. They have often multiple good traits but have no mastery over anything.

Good students as well as backbenchers know their path more. Average or below average students are unclear whether they are meant for studying or something else. Backbenchers know they have to take up their family business/real estate after 12th or go to media or sports.

Failed youngsters have a common habit of taking hard steps in the last moment. They will decide their path just few months before leaving 12th. When they enter college, they will plan ahead only in last semester. Their decisions often change.

Another habit I have seen is sitting at home in the name of govt exam preparation. Normal youngsters usually study in college or do some job while preparing. It wastes their time.

They also don't seem to have any structure in life and emotional resilience. They cannot even manage and balance their routine. Their low emotional resilience is the reason why they get easily overwhelmed and avoid the hard process.

Just wanted to spread awareness. I know many guys who are facing failure in their career.

2020 45k/mon internship

2020 10LPA (internship converted to job)

2021 18.5LPA (switch)

2022 24LPA (raise)

2023 0LPA (left job)

2024 52LPA (back to work)

2025 0LPA (laid off)

2026 61LPA (new job)

I started my career in 2020 during COVID as an ML Developer. Since then, I've moved through FAANGs, small startups, and everything in between.

I got laid off, and also i left a job because of severe burnout. What kept me afloat is huge amount of savings. even now, i save 80% of my net income.