r/kandy

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Hello, I know a lot of guys are from colombo this is a cautionary tale for you guys as well. Cause this company is trying to move to colombo as well . Before we talk about their ethical problems with patients let's talk about how they treat employees .

I was hired by them for one of their premium branches as a front office coordinator. But my job was not at all related to my job title . I was told to do cashiering, graphic designing, social media management, Call center, Marketing . None of these were in my job agreement at all. But since I'm a young woman in my early 20s I wanted to do better in my job and thought saying no would come across as a person who is hard to deal with . I witnessed several old workers being laid off for no reason at all. These people have confided in my that they had done mass fires two times so far. If your company mass fire every now and then I don't think the problem is employees but the management . They have very very poor management and the Director is a Doctor who is afraid of people knowing his name . In my stay there I did everything they asked for and even more. After they understood that I'm not a trouble maker they kept piling more and more work outside of my job scope . What took a toll was . There was an aligner day planned on 5th of April. While we have a marketing manager who is also the general manager . Instead of him arranging the day and diving the work to other people . Entire planning of this day was handed over to me . Someone who has no history or expeirnce in sales or marketing which they know. Due to their poor management the day was not successful and not a lot of people came . On 5th I took a leave which I requested in March and which they already knew and were okay with .

Now this marketing manager to hide his incompetence infront of the entire team put the blame on me for people not coming . I was advised to send whatsapp messages and Facebook messages to people . In his argument he said people didn't know to bring money . I clearly mentioned I had mentioned them on the WhatsApp messages and I'm not taking responsibility for people not bringing their money. Cause I don't think I should I'm not even part of the marketing team. At the end of the discussion I met with both manager and the director ( the doctor who hide himself ) and the Directors direct word was to fire me due to being able to do Marketing . Then I made a remark for them to understand that it was not in my job scope. Now they were already in a lot of debt according to them and found the company I work is not so profitable and was planing to fire me since they gave a bit of a higher salary and was planning to hire people for low pay . To do this they manipulated me into saying what I signed for in the past we change business strategy and now we need someone who know marketing and you r not suitable. So they gave me another chatgpt generated ( their all work is chatgpt more on that later) fake job title called Aligner education unit coordinator which is basically writing articles . It didn't even have salary mentioned and looked like something they hurried over . Because I didn't agree right away and took a leave they told me next time I came to office it was already given to another person because we are in a hurry . Which is bull shit

So then they gave me a letter mentioning my agreement ends on 23rd but on good faith I can talk with a new manager they are hiring on 21. I received this on 17. But before that the director urged me to give a resignation so they did not have to pay severance . And knowing this I didn't give one right away and talked to a lawyer and pushed back slowly. They asked me not to come to office from 18th . Even though the ending date was 23rd. And when I sent an email mentioning this to HR what I got was not to talk to them anymore and I had to handover a blazer that they would communicate to me a date and I would revived my March salary and April salary later. This company is notorious for not paying employees their salary on time . Me being passive was like fine as long as I get my money I don't have time to waste on this compnay. But now it's may and they promised to pay before may 10th and now they r saying they can't give me the salary because I didn't give d blazer back which today I sent through my mom cause they emailed saying I'm prohibited to come to work promises .

There's more to my story like how they lied to all the other employees why j left on my own and how they have hired new people for my job for lesser price but lied to me saying company is wrapping up . But what I want to highlight is there's no job security at this place. The doctor also uses chatgot to diagnose clear aligners patients .

So many patients have bad blood with this company cause they lie lie and lie and waste people's money and enegery . They have so many Facebook pages because they get reported every time. So when this company is coming to colombo make sure u don't spend a dime . This company lies and lies and procedures are not that good. Also the nurses are not qualified and the doctors never show their licences that should say you something . If you guys have more questions feel free to ask me

Kinda Dumb question i know. Went to cafe nuwara and it’s scorching hot. Buses passing by blaring their horns. Why is it not the norm to have AC in restaurants. Probably bcz of the expensive electricity bill. I wouldn’t mind paying more for the AC.
Can’t even talk properly bcz of the noice.

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Can some one please recommend a cafe / coffee shop in kandy that one can go in PLUG IN THE LAPTOP and work for 5-6 hours ?
Will obviously buy food and drinks - not too crowded would be great

i need a Raspberry Pi Pico. It's okay if its used iam just looking for something to try some projects on. if anyone has one and is planning to sell or if you know where to get one I'd appreciate it. I haven't looked through the city yet and I don't really know where i can as well.

I've heard SL tap water is clean enough to drink, but what about the pipes that transport it? Are they actually clean enough to make it safe?

I'll start below :D

I’m turning 21 this year (2026) and currently working as a Data Analyst for a UK company, earning around 30k–35k LKR. I have about 6 months of experience in this role, plus 3 months as a Software Engineer Intern and some part-time work as a data annotator. My main goal is to significantly increase my income and become financially stable within the next 3–4 years (by age 24–25). This is partly because I’m in a serious relationship and want to be in a strong financial position before getting married.

Right now, I’m unsure what the best path is to realistically achieve that goal within this timeframe. I’m considering whether I should continue growing in data analytics, switch back into software engineering for potentially higher pay, or focus on upskilling in areas like cloud, data engineering, or machine learning to access better opportunities. I’m also starting to save money and thinking about investing, but I’m not sure how much that will actually help in reaching my income goals compared to focusing on my career.

For those who have been in a similar position or work in tech, what would you recommend as the most effective way to grow income quickly in the early 20s? Should I prioritize switching roles, aggressively upskilling, or targeting specific high-paying career paths? And how much should I realistically rely on investing versus increasing my primary income at this stage?

I’d really appreciate honest advice, especially from people who managed to significantly increase their earnings within a few years early in their careers.