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Hey fishes, please help me out on which company to join.
YOE - 2.5
Stack - Java, Springboot, API development
Offers - TCS (14 lpa), T-systems (14 lpa)
I’m looking for good wlb, good office culture but also steady growth and learning in terms of technical stack. Please provide suggestions.
T-Systems International Tata Consultancy
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Low travel projects, putting up / enforcing boundaries (e.g., no work during daycare pickup, dinner, and bedtime), and just generally letting your standards drop a bit and not letting perfect be the enemy of done
I choose child over work, conscious that it impacts my evaluations. But I’ve seen a lot of threads here with “I wish I had spent more time with the child” and no threads “I wish I had paid more attention to work”…
This. I have a young kid and being an absentee parent just isn’t an option. Career change is. My approach is basically to do the best I can within the framework that family is absolutely first… if it works out, great. If I fail, I move on. I’d rather be a great dad.
Had to leave consulting, I was at the SM/Director level wherein there is literally no WLB to focus on kids
Fair point. I moved to federal consulting ahead of having the kid to avoid that. The travel would have been the end pretty quickly for me.
Have 2 under 4 right now. You have to decide what to prioritize at any given time, and listen to your gut. You’ll know when you can step away from work and focus on your family, and when you need to buckle down at work, it comes in flows and adapting to that is key. Also it is all worth it for the smiles, giggles, and playtime. Take it all in stride, and enjoy it, you’ve got this!
I was unable to find a WLB so I went back into industry! When I asked for more free time my PPMD said, “this is the life of a consultant” so deal with it. So I knew I had to bounce. Good luck!
1. We do this for our families. Our company is not our family.
2. Set expectations, and understand that you have the ability to say "no."
3. The better leaders within consulting understand and can appreciate your desire to balance work and life. If a leader doesn't support your desire to balance, they're not the right leader for you.
It is definitely tough and there are no simple answers. A lot depends on what kind of support system you have at home and your specific family situation, but unfortunately odds are high you’ll have to sacrifice SOMETHING (job speed of growth, being present as much as you may want, money to outsource, mental/physical health) - at least for some time. Maybe there’s a magical formula that allows you to sacrifice just a little across all those things, but I haven’t found it.