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work#C28089Submitted on 5 October 2026 at 10:46 am
I spent two months building my routine around a coworker. Then her birthday happened.
32M There was this girl in my office. I had liked her from the moment I saw her. She was gorgeous, beautiful, and also kind of a devotee of Krishna. I slowly got to know her, somehow found her Instagram, sent her a request, and surprisingly, she accepted and followed me back. For almost a month, there was nothing much between us. I would occasionally send her normal reels, she would react to them, and eventually she started sending me reels too. That’s how our conversations started. She also happened to live in my area, and we used to travel in the same company cab. Over time, we became pretty comfortable with each other. We started talking on Instagram, Teams, and eventually spending time together during office breaks, lunches and dinners. At one point, I asked her out. She was initially reluctant, but eventually things started moving naturally between us. One day, after we reached home from office, she actually called me on Instagram. We hadn't even exchanged numbers at...
Read Full confession →work#C28082Submitted on 2 October 2026 at 9:11 am
The invisible exhaustion of raising two kids alone while working in tech
"Some days, the hardest part isn't the work—it's having no one to pass the baton to." As a 38-year-old techie working for a bank, my mornings start long before the sun rises, and my nights end long after everyone else is asleep. Juggling a full-time corporate job while raising two little ones alone for the past two years has taught me what true exhaustion means. There are days when I’ve had to send my sick kids to daycare just because a critical office deadline couldn't wait. There are team parties I’ve missed because I have no one to watch them at night. Vacations? They exist only in daydreams. When you live miles away from family support, and visits from in-laws are just brief formalities aligned with holiday schedules, you realize how fragile your support system really is. I sometimes hesitate to ask my HR for extra flexibility like WFH, thinking—if my own family couldn't spare a little help, how can I expect a corporate system to care? But looking at my kids' innocent smil...
Read Full confession →work#C28064Submitted on 19 September 2026 at 9:54 pm
Corporate cricket trials ruined by an arrogant selector with no skills
26 M Please post this, it needs to go to the right person. I work in a big organisation. I have office in Noida and Gurgaon. ( Won't take name for obvious reasons but will give you a good guess). So big that only 2 organisations are bigger than my organisation. We had a cricket trials today. So I travelled from Gurgaon to Delhi and it was like 40 kilometres travel for me. I worked hardly for full week and then reached the spot timely in the morning. And then the trials started. There was one guy Tinkle bhai ( pseudo name). He was one of the selectors. First thing he came very late. 2nd thing, he was ugly looking, fat and was wearing black stockings, he had very bad attitude and was behaving like Ajit Agarkar. After a long running session in afternoon, I felt that I won't be selected given my performance in the trial, although I did good but there were few players who were better, and that attitude guy was giving looks like he was wasting his time and was rejecting players even w...
Read Full confession →work#C28061Submitted on 18 September 2026 at 8:17 pm
Struggling to survive a toxic workplace after losing my supportive team leader
Hello everyone. I have a confession to make. I am new to corporate world, it's been 8 months. So initially it was fine. I was learning my work, adjusting to this new place and everything was great.Now after 8 months, I have realized that my workplace is really toxic and I just can't stand people. I put resignation also, but for some reason I took it back. Main problem is like toxicity was always there but it didn't affect me before. The reason was my team leader. I am really close to him and he supported me from the first day. Even if there was pressure, I was able to handle that because I knew he is there to take care of everything. Now the thing is almost 3 weeks back he died unfortunately. So now whenever I am in office, it feels like I am all alone. There is no one to support me. Moving on from someone's death is already hard and I'm keeping everything separate. The main problem is my workplace. It's really toxic. I just can't survive anymore. The work pressure is maybe 15 to 20%,...
Read Full confession →work#C28043Submitted on 8 September 2026 at 11:52 pm
Why does my married coworker only look at me during meetings
Need suggestions. 35F .In office my colleague male 4 yrs younger than me. He used to speak with me nicely he also married. I didn't share my personal life with him. I'm single mother. So I will not speak much. But this person speaking nicely and sitting just opposite to my seat. He doesn't speak much to others. But I don't know how we started to speak. Everytime he spoke different topics like politics, general, friends, etc. He have an eye contact and discuss about general topics. Whenever all of our team gathering and speaks, he speaks with seeing me only. Sometimes he can see others but most of the time he is seeing me and speaks. I just want to know what he is thinking. Did he really like me? He is very good person. So I don't think in bad way. But just want to understand about boys mindset. please give genuine suggestions
Read Full confession →work#C28041Submitted on 7 September 2026 at 5:02 pm
I am thirty-one, mentally exhausted, and trying to change careers
I am a 31-year-old man from a humble background. Soon after completing my schooling, my father lost his job, and due to our financial situation, I had to start working instead of pursuing my graduation. Since then, I have worked in call centers, sales, and customer service. These jobs have kept me going, but after all these years, I feel mentally exhausted and stuck. Today, I am the only one taking care of my father. And with my marriage planned for 2027, I feel an even greater responsibility to build a stable future. I’ve decided it's time for a career change. I'm looking to move into the field of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or AI-based project development or Project or Product Management Courses. I know it won't be easy, but I am ready to start from scratch, learn new skills, and work hard. I'm reaching out because I really value your opinion. If you know any good courses, mentors, or companies, or can guide me in any way, I would sincerely appreciate the help. Than...
Read Full confession →work#C28039Submitted on 7 September 2026 at 8:53 am
Leaving my job last month turned my life into living hell
I have to leave my job last month due to unexpected circumstances and after this my life has been living hell. My health is deteroting day by day due to stress,lsck of sleep and seeing everyday rejection mails is breaking me. I am unable to getsn interview even. I gave professional certification. 2 hrs I devote to learning daily but still no luck. Also I am in my late30s so have more than 10 years of work experience. Some companies are rejecting me just coz of my age. I don't know if it's me or the market is really this bad but this is killing me from inside every single day. Thankfully I don't have emia that's a plus but this phase is hard and makes me cry every night 3am
Read Full confession →work#C28038Submitted on 7 September 2026 at 1:43 am
My married coworker only looks at me during our team meetings
Need suggestions. 35F .In office my colleague male 4 yrs younger than me. He used to speak with me nicely he also married. I didn't share my personal life with him. I'm single mother. So I will not speak much. But this person speaking nicely and sitting just opposite to my seat. He doesn't speak much to others. But I don't know how we started to speak. Everytime he spoke different topics like politics, general, friends, etc. He have an eye contact and discuss about general topics. Whenever all of our team gathering and speaks, he speaks with seeing me only. Sometimes he can see others but most of the time he is seeing me and speaks. I just want to know what he is thinking. Did he really like me? He is very good person. So I don't think in bad way. But just want to understand about boys mindset. Personally I also like him.Please give suggestions
Read Full confession →work#C28012Submitted on 28 August 2026 at 7:24 pm
I am drowning under corporate pressure and getting weekly migraines
24M I feel overworked with pressure and insecurity in Indian corporate. I am graduate of lower branch of top NIT. Prepared well for non tech job in campus with average cg. But in 2024, it sector compression started and hardly 50% of batch got placed. I got till final hr round in 2 companies but failed. So started to work in off campus for 5 lpa tech job. Thing is I am working here towards completing 2 years in Data Engineer support field. All older 10 engineers left including engineer manager in past 6nmonths and I am stranded here. New eng manager and new junior hires came. Even entire top management changed. Pay after first year increased to 6.5 lpa. Still I feel insecurity everyday because this company has 200+ clients and only i know what production/system and data issues each client has and every issue they are escalating to me. They have changed my team 3 times in these 2 years. These new folks do not know anything indepth(handling 200 clients is not easy, not b...
Read Full confession →work#C28011Submitted on 27 August 2026 at 10:28 pm
My background check might ruin my dream job offer
#Help I'm working on a third party payroll in x company as a software Engineer since 2020 I'm 2020 passout basically they didn't deduct any pf and I'm still working there, in 2022 i joined y company as a part-time employee on 5 months of contract and it's a one of big 4 mnc so basically they are having such policy that they deduct the pf for part-time employee as well and i informed this to my HR and explained her that my financial condition is not good so i wanted do this job so she approved my request and given me consent to work in that company after 5 months contract ended and i left that company, now the catch is i got an offer from one of MNC type company they matched my expected salary and sent me an offer letter but now the problem is my third party payroll company has not deducted any pf till now but the company which i have joined as part-time employee is showing in my pf history so how do i justify this situation during BGV how to tackle this I'm getting very frustrated b...
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