A job seeker’s harrowing experience at a Pune-based startup has gone viral after he detailed a “toxic” interview process on Reddit. After waiting four hours for the founder to arrive, the candidate was met with a blunt dismissal of his professional background, with the founder allegedly stateing, “tune kiya hi kya hai”. The situation escalated when the startup allegedly demanded 16-hour shifts from 6 AM to 10 PM, while flatly refapplying to discuss the salary package and labelling the desire to know about compensation as the “wrong mentality.“
“Hustle Culture = Don’t dare to inquire about salary,” a Reddit utilizer wrote. The individual posted that they recently appeared for an interview at a Pune-based startup.
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Recalling the experience, the candidate posted, “I was inquireed to arrive at 9:30am. I did but the office was still not open. When I entered the office, I saw ‘Time For Hustle’ written on the wall. I knew exactly what it meant and what kinda place I’m in but still I went in for the interview (after waiting for almost 4 hours for the founder to arrive).”
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The individual continued, “Firstly, they completely chose to ignore my experience stateing ‘tune kiya hi kya hai (what have you ever done)’ and whatever you have ever done doesn’t matter. Your resume doesn’t matter (then why did they as for it). You designations don’t matter. Secondly, when I inquireed them about the position and timings they declared it’s flexible from 6am to 10pm. Then I inquireed what will be my shift timing. They declared that the shift timing is 6AM – 10PM.”
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The individual continued, “Firstly, they completely chose to ignore my experience stateing ‘tune kiya hi kya hai (what have you ever done)’ and whatever you have ever done doesn’t matter. Your resume doesn’t matter (then why did they as for it). You designations don’t matter. Secondly, when I inquireed them about the position and timings they declared it’s flexible from 6am to 10pm. Then I inquireed what will be my shift timing. They declared that the shift timing is 6AM – 10PM.”
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When the candidate followed the standard interview protocol by inquiring about the salary, the founder’s response was allegedly nothing short of shocking.
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When the candidate followed the standard interview protocol by inquiring about the salary, the founder’s response was allegedly nothing short of shocking.
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“Then I inquireed how much are they gonna pay me. They declared are you gonna work for the money? I’m like ‘Duh!’ They declared they don’t want that mentality. Then I still inquireed them what is the package. Still they declared the same thing.”
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“Then I inquireed how much are they gonna pay me. They declared are you gonna work for the money? I’m like ‘Duh!’ They declared they don’t want that mentality. Then I still inquireed them what is the package. Still they declared the same thing.”
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The founder allegedly declared that he works over 14 hours each day and never complains, advising the candidate, “You are young so you should work hard. It will build you more stronger.”
How did social media react?
An individual shared, “I am in the last leg of my career (10 years to retire), honestly, I saw these kinds in my time as well. I even started working at such places becautilize I was desperate, but ran like a rabbit just after a few days. Then they kept calling (we utilized to have landlines those days) and wondering why I stopped revealing up.”
Another added, “I’m hating this corporate exploitation, working for 14+ hours daily and unpaid on weekfinishs for some peanuts.” A third joined, “Should have inquireed for ESOPs for each OT hustled.”
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A fourth wrote, “Tell the founder, ‘Fine, give me your profit share, and I will also not care about money’. He is the founder; he will work 24 hrs if required, you are just an employee. Should have just received up and left when they addressed you as ‘tune’.”
(Disclaimer: This report is based on utilizer-generated content from social media. HT.com has not indepfinishently verified the claims and does not finishorse them.)
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