BasTalk Directory
June 24, 2023
Boss Encounters: Navigating 1-on-1 Challenges
Welcome to another exciting episode of BasTalk! In this episode, I dive into the world of 1-on-1 meetings with your boss, exploring 10 effective strategies to make the most of these crucial interactions. From "The Shawshank …
March 5, 2023
Salary Games : What's your last salary?
Last salary? Well, let's just say my salary was like a Bollywood movie - a lot of drama, not much substance, and definitely not worth the price of admission! Recruiters asking for my last salary? Oh, I'm sorry, I thought thi…
Nov. 5, 2022
Twitter Identity Crisis
Unlike the Bourne Identity, Twitter may never get to know what it really is, or was? If a loss making company lays off 50% of it's staff, and restructures its infrastructure - what's wrong you'd think? The question to answer…
Nov. 2, 2022
The Myth about 30% pay hike
How much raise do you expect? The usual. The usual? Yes, 30%. Errm, but who said it was usual? -- That was an excerpt from an honest conversation about pay hikes. In this episode, I dive deep into the complex world of pay ra…
Oct. 13, 2022
Be Unfuckwithable
Many speak about being this picture-perfect image of a leader, full of poise, calm and collected, yet vulnerable, sensitive, and thoughtful, all critical traits of a successful leader, aren't they? Then you paddle, waddle, f…
Sept. 30, 2022
Are you listening or hearing?
You are in a meeting. Yes, the same one you were in, the same time last week, yes again, the same one you were in at the same time, the week before! You've heard the message before, and you're pupils begin to dilate. You hea…
Sept. 29, 2022
Moonlighting:Employers & Employees
Your honeymoon is over! How many times have bosses said that to new employees? How many times did employees get a chance to reply? And if they did, guess what the employee would like to say in return? What goes around, comes…
Aug. 26, 2022
Quiet Quitting or Escaping Reality?
Quiet Quitting the term might be new, but the phenomenon is old. It's been happening since Adam and Eve. In the modern workplace, burnouts are real. They happen quicker than the previous generation. Is extreme performance su…
Aug. 13, 2022
Boring Jobs & Exciting Minds
You wouldn't need to travel too far to find someone complain about their boring job, isn't it? What does an exciting mind do with a boring job? Does it get bogged down or does it make the job exciting? Are jobs supposed to b…
July 8, 2022
Confirmation Bias
A typical Startup Founders dilemma #23: having conviction vs being in denia l! Some founders are blessed with the gift of the gab & over time they begin to view their own BS as the real deal. This is compunded more in nascen…
May 25, 2022
Unburn: Your Mental Burnout
Pressure and burnouts are real in modern corporate workplace. What do you do when you find yourself under the pump and not enough energy to keep going? Yet peer pressure and fear of failure add to the pressure to perform eve…
May 11, 2022
Are you dealing with a God Complex at work?
When was the last time you felt spoken down by a senior? Telling you that your logic stood no chance over their logic? Or when was the last time you felt frustrated unable to get your point across to your boss? Today, yester…
April 24, 2022
Failures are us
The first hundred things you hear when you fail are cliches. People make sure to console you in person, compounding the message in your head. You analyze, think and rethink what went wrong and then lose confidence, doubts cr…
June 1, 2021
Are you a softie
Given the recent admission of Tennis ace, Naomi Osaka, it opens a can of worms where a world of extroverts define the norm. Sensitive ,quiet and shy people are often referred as Softies, yet as it turns out, they are some …
