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do people get fired or not promoted?
by hyeomans 6y ago
do people get fired or not promoted?
- semitones 6y agoIn FAANG for typical SWEs it is rare for to outright get fired for a mistake. How you handle the mistake matters a lot though. Usually if things are less than perfect during performance reviews, you just don't get promoted.
- wrigby 6y agoDepending on your current level, this can be the same thing (Facebook has an "engineering progression" - there's a time frame within which you're expected to be promoted to a certain level).
- frakkingcylons 6y ago> there's a time frame within which you're expected to be promoted to a certain level What happens if you don’t? You get fired or put on a PIP?
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- crakhamster01 6y agoOne or the other, I think they usually try to put you on a PIP before firing though. It can feel like an up or out kind of culture, but the timelines are fairly reasonable IMO - e.g. they give you 5 years to progress from an entry-level SWE to mid/senior-level SWE (L3 -> L5).
- kungito 6y agoIs that 2 promos?
- bonecrusher2102 6y agoYes
- rachelbythebay 6y agoYou go through PSC as if you are the needed level. So you're calibrated as if you are a 5. But if you're still a 4 because you're not delivering as a 5... then you'll fail to meet expectations, naturally. The rest sort of takes care of itself. Pro tip: ask them for the severance instead of the PIP, and GTFO.