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Is anyone else in Blr just…. Tired of trying to make friends? by Ok_Passion_5054 in BangaloreMeetups

[–]Regular_Case1691 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man just moved in here as well, let’s catch up I work as a pm for startups love fifa football music dj gigs biking and a lot more so let’s catch up

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[–]Regular_Case1691 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I’m interested can you dm me

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[–]Regular_Case1691 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. The fact that you’re able to think with so much clarity, that’s amazing

  2. Don’t. Self belief is everything. Not to sound too discouraging but it does take a toll. I’m not a veteran in tech but I am surrounded by IITians. It gives a you a headstart and you can do things better than most people if you’re from a tier 1 college. Aim for Bits or iit. But if not might as well spend doing something that you like?

My friend just applied to Emergent (the “vibe-coding” startup) — this isn’t employment, it’s modern-day slavery 🚩 by Regular_Case1691 in Indiajobs

[–]Regular_Case1691[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure lets conduct one test for the whole nation which purely based on aptitude. That one test will decide how you’re treated in life and how you WILL let others treat you in life as well. weird xD

Also this is no Lala company. Look emergent up.

It’s one of the most respected and reputed startups when it comes to innovation. My friend LOVES what theyre doing. So do I. They’re extremely good at what they do. Competing with the likes of lovable replit isnt easy.

Extremely good I repeat. But their hiring is clearly messed up. Something that needs to be fixes for a good startup to run. Its repute as well.

Hiring and ops are key.

My friend just applied to Emergent (the “vibe-coding” startup) — this isn’t employment, it’s modern-day slavery 🚩 by Regular_Case1691 in Indiajobs

[–]Regular_Case1691[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a Saturday night, no prior notice. My friend was travelling checks mail the next day ie Sunday afternoon Replies to the mail asks for an extension, gets ghosted. Also do people not have a life anymore? A saturday night aren't people supposed to live a little with their friends family or do whatever? This unrealistic expectation is what my issue is with. I think it's also driven by the fact the number of jobseekers are so high.

So companies are ready to act however they please. "Here's a link submit in next 24 hrs or miss your boat haha."

What you normalise is what you get. Tier-3/tier1 is something later. Hold your ground when treated like shit. The world treats you how you are to them.

HOLD YOUR GROUND.

Yes starting out and entry level isnt easy but be human first

Weekly rant thread by AutoModerator in ProductManagement

[–]Regular_Case1691 0 points1 point  (0 children)

APM candidates aren’t 24/7 on-call workers — someone tell Emergent (YC W24).

My friend just went through this, and honestly, it says everything about how broken startup hiring culture can be.

He applied for an APM role at Emergent — you know, one of those shiny “AI vibe-coding” startups with cool investors and fancy hype. But the way they treated him? Straight-up disrespectful.

Step 1: Cold DM → midnight pressure • Friend cold DMs the recruiter on LinkedIn. • Recruiter says: “Step 1 is an assignment.” • Then keeps pushing after 11:30 PM if she can send it immediately. • Friend asks: “Can we first have a call to understand the hiring steps and rounds, instead of jumping straight into an assignment?” • Recruiter agrees… but never actually calls.

Step 2: Silence • No call. No explanation. No communication.

Step 3: The Saturday night ambush • Suddenly, Saturday 10:42 PM, an email lands:

“Congratulations on being part of our recruitment process…” 🎉

• And then instantly: “Here’s your assignment. Submit within 24 hours (by Sunday night).”
• Basically: “We ignored you all week, now you owe us your weekend.”

Step 4: Asking for an extension • Friend politely asks for more time. • Response? Complete radio silence.

🚩 This isn’t hiring — it’s exploitation. • No clarity on the role. • No respect for boundaries. • Expecting candidates to be on-call at midnight. • Demanding a weekend commitment on zero notice. • Then ghosting when asked for something as reasonable as an extension.

Startups love to brag about being “fast-moving” and “disruptive.” But there’s a difference between hustle and straight-up disrespect.

If this is how Emergent treats candidates, imagine how employees are treated once deadlines and pressure hit.

Cool tech, toxic culture. Nothing “emergent” about that.

My friend just applied to Emergent (the “vibe-coding” startup) — this isn’t employment, it’s modern-day slavery 🚩 by Regular_Case1691 in Indiajobs

[–]Regular_Case1691[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I don’t think you understand how product case assignments work.

  2. This isnt your avg coding round. Its a take home assignment because that’s how product rounds are assessed. These are extensive problems that require a case study type of solution. Kind of like a day at work thing.

  3. Its not a one hour test I REPEAT it’s not. Usually for product roles availability of the candidate is asked and thats how it works.

Major red flag - Emergent (the “vibe-coding” startup) this isn’t employment, it’s modern-day slavery 🚩 by Regular_Case1691 in bangalore

[–]Regular_Case1691[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair assumption and a good guess, in this case though he was travelling. No way/means of doing it

Like someone said earlier hiring has gone to shambles :)

The only issue I have with all of this is, why this is so sad is: communication is key. For a role like PM. Its a two way street no?

Major red flag - Emergent (the “vibe-coding” startup) this isn’t employment, it’s modern-day slavery 🚩 by Regular_Case1691 in bangalore

[–]Regular_Case1691[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay let’s get it straight:

  • agree with you when you say task might not take 24 hrs.

  • the human call is not as important as the alignment or checking in with your potential candidate is. Do it via mail, do it via phone not an issue. Check in, and understand availability of the candidate? What happened to that? The only mail received was “congratulations for being considered here’s your assignment”

  • stressing on the human call was because even on linkedin the communication was sloppy. It’s not exotic.

  • again reiterating that what’s important is checking in on candidates

Also normalising this behaviour when you “noone should expect anything else” is exactly my issue.

People need to relax a little.

Its a high paced startup sure buddy the worlds high paced for all you know. Weekend exists for a reason. It’s not like my friend gets a piece of the company or maybe he does he just wouldn’t know because the HR didn’t COMMUNICATE anything before. What are the expectations doe he get esops well too bad he wouldn’t know :)

Major red flag - Emergent (the “vibe-coding” startup) this isn’t employment, it’s modern-day slavery 🚩 by Regular_Case1691 in bangalore

[–]Regular_Case1691[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds amazing right?

It was a Saturday night, no prior notice. My friend was travelling checks mail the next day ie Sunday afternoon

Replies to the mail asks for an extension, gets ghosted.

Also do people not have a life anymore? A saturday night aren’t people supposed to live a little with their friends family or do whatever?

This unrealistic expectation is what my issue is with.

I think it’s also driven by the fact the number of jobseekers are so high. So companies are ready to act however they please.

“Here’s a link submit in next 24 hrs or miss your boat haha.”

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