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Name them please. I work for a largish company, this subject was openly addressed in a townhall and stated it's not gonna work by CEO and the board. As for wher

by aynyc 6y ago

Name them please. I work for a largish company, this subject was openly addressed in a townhall and stated it's not gonna work by CEO and the board. As for where you gonna go, like everything else, it just creates opportunities for companies that might not paid as much but offer better environment, that's where I'm gonna go.

Loughla 6y ago
I have often complained about my employer on here, for their lack of foresight, their lack of empathy from the top, and (right now) their lack of really giving a shit about us as humans during a pandemic. But. At the end of the day, I stay here for less money than I could make somewhere else for two reasons: A) I don't like moving; and B) They leave me the fuck alone. They don't really know what my office does. They don't really know how we do it. But they do know that we provide massive value for the expense. And they let us do it with as little oversight as they can stomach. That's worth something.
abraxas 6y ago
I can't name my employer (too small - less than a thousand egineers) but I can tell you they are tracking using a plugin for Atlassian. We are an Atlassian shop through and through including our source code control. They deployed this plugin last year. What is really sinister is that it's open to all employees so they can see in real time how they rank against their peers ącross the various metrics. I'm pretty sure Atlassian peddles this product to everyone who uses their suite.
- ku-man 6y ago
  A thousand software developers is definitely not a small company by any stretch.
- vbezhenar 6y ago
  Do you think this rating correlates with reality?
  - texasbigdata 6y ago
    Of course. The best engineer should have the best workaround to inflate the highest artificial metric.
    - throwaway201103 6y ago
      Exactly. We already know that such metrics do not identify the best performers, they identify those who are willing and able to game the system the most.

by aynyc 6y ago

Loughla 6y ago

I have often complained about my employer on here, for their lack of foresight, their lack of empathy from the top, and (right now) their lack of really giving a shit about us as humans during a pandemic. But. At the end of the day, I stay here for less money than I could make somewhere else for two reasons: A) I don't like moving; and B) They leave me the fuck alone. They don't really know what my office does. They don't really know how we do it. But they do know that we provide massive value for the expense. And they let us do it with as little oversight as they can stomach. That's worth something.

abraxas 6y ago

I can't name my employer (too small - less than a thousand egineers) but I can tell you they are tracking using a plugin for Atlassian. We are an Atlassian shop through and through including our source code control. They deployed this plugin last year. What is really sinister is that it's open to all employees so they can see in real time how they rank against their peers ącross the various metrics. I'm pretty sure Atlassian peddles this product to everyone who uses their suite.

ku-man 6y ago
A thousand software developers is definitely not a small company by any stretch.
vbezhenar 6y ago
Do you think this rating correlates with reality?
- texasbigdata 6y ago
  Of course. The best engineer should have the best workaround to inflate the highest artificial metric.
  - throwaway201103 6y ago
    Exactly. We already know that such metrics do not identify the best performers, they identify those who are willing and able to game the system the most.