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Hi Fishes, Can anyone help me with the below

What is dinner allowance policy for SM?
WFH or Office?

TCS is the worst company one can be in.
Cheap mindset management cares more about timesheet,wfo,forceful mandatory trainings,imposing strict restrictions on laptop,access to personal docs only via vpn,no employee well being no salary hikes nth at all.90% projects filled with freshers coz they cost less.No WLB for good dedicated hard working employees as they are punished with more and more work, leaves rewards mostly for people who don’t work.But no issues kyunki job security hai 😂
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From a personal, rather than organisational standpoint, I used to feel threatened by others like me because I thought being different made me special and having more people like me around me was competition because there can only be one. It took some reflection and reading to first become aware of this mindset and then to change it. I now actively try to help and show solidarity with those who come from a similar minority background, especially if they are just starting out & I try to focus on everything else that gives me uniqueness and that is not tied to my ethnicity/background.
Wow, that is searingly honest - thank you for sharing that. I feel we could have a long conversation about that point specifically as I went through the exact same thing. But it took me long time to get there. I am toying with the idea of setting up a people of colour group at my agency. I mean, it would be a pretty small group but it might foster a sense of community. Do you do anything like that for any non-majority group?
Op, go for it, I used to work in an Insight agency where we organised a BAME group, what worked was having an agenda for the meetings and thinking of constructive structural changes we would suggest to management, challenge not to let it turn into a space to vent, which while important kind of doesn't lead anywhere...