Join at the cost of your confidence - Recensione dipendente - Software Developer presso Technovert

Hello, Based on what you wrote above, it is evident that you joined us as a fresher in our Keka division and that you also worked with me. I am sharing my responses below accordingly. About Work-Life Balance ------------------------------- We made it clear in every campus placement, that if you wanted work-life balance being a fresher, you should take to the big companies where there’s plenty of bench time and you’d be happy doing a job with not so much expectations. If you remember, we gave everyone an option to pick their choice of the division after your training and warned about the high expectations of working in a startup environment like Keka. And we never demand anyone to work long hours. We had to actually ask our security personnel to kick out those who are staying beyond midnight. People who work long hours at Keka, work out of their passion and ownership. Not by force. So I am confused about your concern on work-life balance. We have many employees who joined as freshers, got married and are leading happy lives with kids and some of them also run parallel businesses which they openly share with us. Personally, I also feel that as a fresher with no prior experience you can’t afford to care for work-life balance at the cost of a mediocre career for rest of your life, unless you have some health/family condition or you have a passion in arts, music or such, that require everyday practice. About the Tech Lead ------------------------ The tech-lead Trinath joined us as a fresher just like you and evolved fast to take on bigger responsibilities at a younger age and he sure isn't perfect. But I personally know many freshers that he guided and trained and they are doing a stellar job. Where his methods or words were harsh, I openly reprimanded and disapproved and he was asked to correct himself. And you always had access to me, the CEO. I always made sure I came to each of your desks every now and then, mingled with you and be as casual as I can be, so I am approachable. I have to politely deny your allegation on his technical competence. Brute force coding seriously? That's the last thing I would ever take as a feedback. We have many great competent techies and he's one of them too. About Product ------------------- I have to politely deny your opinions here. We are fastest growing product in India in our space and we did that with zero marketing spend on ads and through word of mouth referral from our customers. Thanks to the hard work and passion of all our employees. Our growth from 30 to 110 employees in last 1 year is the evidence of our product quality and growth. About Salary ---------------- I have to politely deny here as well. We never stopped any salary revisions or paid less for poor performance in the last 5 years that I am aware of. We were rather afraid that paying less would only demotivate further, so went on giving a hike anyway, lest it may serve as a boost. About Training ------------------- Our training as you may have experienced is done most practical way with focus on self learning. Speak to any of our past employees who have worked with us for 2+ years in the last decade and they will all unequivocally tell you that their first job with us was the best thing that happened to them in their career. They all settled at top of their professions, thanks to all round foundation we laid for them. We spend a lot of energy and time in making sure we train every fresher with all-round/full stack exposure, so they are set to prosper for rest of their careers. We want an average Technovert professional with 2+ years experience do better than an average 4-5 years experienced professional elsewhere. That is quite a goal we set for ourselves and for our employees, since we don’t want to be just another mediocre IT company with mediocre employees. This requires full dedication and time commitment from the freshers and we make this openly clear to everyone before joining. Saturdays are working only during training period and the food we serve was a mere courtesy. For anyone else who works on Saturdays voluntarily, we make it very clear that they should be learning/working on something different from their project/product so it helps them grow personally in learning new things. I feel sorry that you felt we were rather enticing people with free food. We hire competent people and we do our best to make them world-class. I am sure you were one of them too and I am glad you found an opportunity that pays you better. In the end that’s what matters to us. That our employees succeed in their careers and life. -Vijay