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Got the Offer. Didn't Get Retained.

4 Years of Loyalty. One Resignation. One Lesson I'll Never Forget. 💼 For the last 4 years , I gave my company everything I had. ✅ Late nights. ✅ Ownership. ✅ Solving production issues. ✅ Handling day-to-day operations. ✅ Being available whenever the team needed me. My team was already short-staffed , and I genuinely believed I was one of the people who consistently added value every single day. So, somewhere in my mind, I had this belief... If I ever resign, they'll definitely retain me. That belief turned out to be my biggest mistake. 📩 The Day I Submitted My Resignation The moment I put down my papers, HR reached out. The conversation started with a question I honestly wasn't prepared for. What can we do to retain you? I froze. Not because I didn't want to stay. But because I never expected that question. I didn't have a number in mind. I didn't have a list of demands. I simply said, Honestly, I don't know. I don't have any...
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How to Identify Mobile Messages Using Their Codes Before Opening Them

How can we understand the messages we receive daily and take the appropriate action based on the codes mentioned at the end? The easiest way to understand a message before opening it is by checking the code at the end. The suffix system classifies messages into the following categories: -P (Promotional): Used for marketing messages, advertisements, and sales offers. -T (Transactional): Used for time-critical, user-requested operations like One-Time Passwords (OTPs) and payment alerts. -S (Service): Used for informational updates such as account statements, utility bills, or delivery notifications. -G (Government): Reserved exclusively for official, authorized communications from government departments. You can also read beginning messages with their codes. AD → Advertisement or promotional messages (offers, discounts, marketing) VK → Commercial or service messages VM → Transactional messages (bank alerts, OTPs, account updates) JD , BP , HP , etc. → The first two letters often...

How to create an email template in outlook 365.

How to Create Templates in Outlook 365 (Step-by-Step Guide). Short Intro about outlook templates.  What templates are - A  template is a pre-written email that you can reuse instead of typing the same message again and again. It’s basically. A saved email format that you can open, edit slightly, and send. This is useful if you: Send similar replies often Send job applications Send client proposals Send follow-up emails Create an Email Template in Outlook 365 (Web Version). Step 1. Open the Microsoft outlook 365 app and it'll appear as below.  Step 2. Click on New Email  and click on View templates.  Step 3. Click on + template icon as you see in the below screenshot.  Step 4. Write your message and click on Save as shown in the below screenshot. Step 5. Now, as soon as you click on the template ready message, it'll appear on the right side as shown in the below screenshot.  Creating templates in Outlook 365 is quick and saves you a...

7 Rules to Get Noticed and Grow at Work.

  ✅ If you want to grow in career, don't look back just move forward. 📌 Thumb rule of the growth is to be ruthless at work , ✔ Not getting notice - work more. ✔ Not getting hike - work even more on yourself. ✔ Not getting promotion - work even more with determination. ⚠ Nothing comes free in the world, even to get a job you've show up online or offline. so , getting notice at work has to go through the process. 🔹 Follow below steps at work and see the results in 6 months or the year. 🔹 Rule 1: Never be late to office ✔ If you don't show up at work, who else would for you? 👉 Arrive on time and leave on time. 🔹 Rule 2: Check your emails and messages on Teams and respond at the earliest ✔ What happens when you do it first? It gives a signal to the manager that you're working on it and taking charge of things at work. 🔹 Rule 3: Take complex problem tickets/emails and respond ✔ What happens when you do this? It triggers the leadership and accountability attitude i...

Negotiate salary like a top 1%.

When it comes to salary, I was always shy. I never asked for more money. I used to say, “ Offer me whatever you can .” In my mind, the job mattered more than the pay. I believed if I worked hard, everything else would follow. But it didn’t. Because I didn’t value my work, others didn’t either. And that decision kept me underpaid for years. I’m still paying the price for staying silent. That’s why I’m writing this. I don’t want you to make the same mistake. When you receive an offer — that is your moment. That is when you have power. That is when the company is listening. Once you join, things change. They get busy. Budgets get tight. And suddenly, there’s “no right time” to talk about compensation. speak up when it matters. Ask for what you deserve. Negotiate with confidence. V alue yourself — before expecting others to. After years of struggle and staying silent about my worth, I finally learned how to negotiate my salary with confidence. 1. Never Be the First to S...

How to Get a Job on LinkedIn (Step-by-Step Guide with Real Examples).

There are couple of things that open to work professional does on LinkedIn and that is useless without any sense.  Open to work employee should have a meaning and a clear purpose to find a job. I'll list professionals without any basic etiquette how to use LinkedIn or at least ask for a job.  This professional posted in his own language and asking recruiters to translate his profile and go to his profile first to see what expertise he has and what he can contribute. No one has a time in the world to visit your profile to find out which job you're looking for, which country, department, and so on. 1st profile.  If you post like this nothing happens you just waste your time only. As you can see 4 days ago he posted and he just droved a singe like. that's it. 2nd profile. Look at her profile, since she has a friends on LinkedIn what they did, liked her post and re-shared it to their network but still it won't work for her because she didn't put efforts to make it more ...

SS&C Culture and Benefits You Didn’t Expect.

⭐ Overview Today, I’ll be discussing a fintech company I work with , along with the main benefits and challenges experienced by employees. I’ve been working as a NOC Engineer with Eze Software (📌 https://www.ezesoft.com/ ), which is a subsidiary of SS&C Technologies (📌 https://www.ssctech.com/ ). Therefore, anyone working under SS&C entities receives the same employee benefits . ⚠️ Note: The benefits listed below are based on my personal experience and understanding while working with the company. This is purely for knowledge-sharing purposes . ✅ Employee Benefits 🏢 Company Culture Hybrid work model : Only 6 days per month are required from the office; all other days are Work From Home (WFH) . This rule applies across all SS&C entities . Overall culture feels supportive, flexible, and balanced . 🎁 Joining Benefits New joiners receive a joining bonus , dependent on the compensation. The bonus is locked until completion of a 3-month probation perio...