The Workplace Antagonists is a fiction narrated through the experiences of Arvind Singh, a tech and finance professional who endures a decade of toxic workplaces. Presented as an "autopsy report" of corporate dysfunction, it begins with Arvind's introduction to the "endless grind" after graduation, where he encounters a series of antagonistic bosses in cybersecurity, investment banking, and global finance firms. Early chapters detail nightmarish scenarios like the "Phantom Boss," an absentee manager who demands late-night miracles without support; the "Marathon," involving grueling 18-hour shifts and health collapses in high-stakes trading; and the "Blender," where roles blur into chaotic multitasking under threats of pay cuts. Subsequent antagonists include orchestrated verbal abuse in an "Abuse Symphony," profane insults at a semiconductor plant, and petty deprivations like banned coffee machines in the "Perk Desert" or discriminatory treatment in the "Vendor Void," all amplified by sensory details of stifling offices, acrid smells, and relentless pressure that erode Arvind's health and morale. As the story progresses, Arvind faces escalating absurdities, such as mandatory ties and arbitrary hours in "Tie Tyranny," stingy resource cuts leading to overwork in the "Cheap Squeeze," overloaded roles in "Multi-Hat Madness," humiliating billing rituals like logging bathroom visits, family sacrifices for targets, denied toxicity in an AI institute's "Innovation Illusion," and micromanagement in a startup's "Squeeze." Each chapter echoes real-world complaints from forums like Glassdoor and Reddit, highlighting themes of hypocrisy, exploitation, and burnout. Ultimately, Arvind breaks free by documenting abuses, quitting repeatedly, and founding his own consultancy, emphasizing the need for boundaries, respect, and autonomy to escape corporate antagonists and redefine professional success.

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Chinmoy Mukherjee is the first Indian to author 100+ books in English, which includes 50+ Novellas. He has been working as solution architect for past 15 years. Over the past 25 years, he has contributed to 50 real-world software projects as an individual contributor. His experience has enabled him to design, develop, and deploy some of the most complex systems, handling millions of transactions per day. As both an AWS and GCP-certified architect, he has not only built 8 systems from scratch but has also successfully re-engineered 7 legacy systems, improving their performance by 15?30%.

His expertise in cybersecurity has led to incredible discoveries?some thrilling, some frustrating. He was listed among the top 100 security researchers in the world for Microsoft (Q4, 2022) and also in Google's Hall of Fame. He ethically hacked Baba Bank, retrieving its entire customer database, and even achieved remote code execution in JPMC & Solana. Over time, he has reported critical vulnerabilities to 50+ Australian companies and received bug bounties from Uber, Apple, Mastercard, Octopus Australia, MagicLeap, and Paysafe. One of his wildest exploits? He found a vulnerability that let him order a Porsche without paying?only to receive a meager $1050 bounty for the discovery.

His penchant for testing boundaries made him the first engineer among 500,000 in HCLTech to complete and download all 1,000 offered certificates. In the industry, he played a critical role in defeating Infosys in 3 major RFPs while being part of underdog teams. Beyond corporate challenges, he took the lead in India's first blockchain token deployment, successfully developing and listing tokens on the Ethereum network.

Innovation has been central to his career. He holds 3 patents, granted in the USA and Australia. Among them, he developed "Patient Analytics," a patented system that underwent successful clinical trials in India. He has published a technical book titled "Build Android-Based Smart Applications" via Springer. This book has been downloaded by 18000+ software professionals from single channel of Springer.