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> SAY NO TO URGENT ONE-OFF REQUESTS FROM MANAGEMENT!!! Or find new management, if this is a consistent problem. Unless you happen to be the management hiring
by BurningFrog 5y ago
> SAY NO TO URGENT ONE-OFF REQUESTS FROM MANAGEMENT!!!
Or find new management, if this is a consistent problem.
Unless you happen to be the management hiring boss, that means finding a different place to work.
- junon 5y agoThis is really easy to say, but having done pretty much exactly this for ages, finding management that doesn't take advantage of you in this regard is really rare.
- abledon 5y agowhat industry/country are you in?
- junon 5y agoSoftware engineering, have been doing it professionally for over 11 years.
- BurningFrog 5y agoI agree finding good management is a hard problem. It's also a very important one for engineers to solve. If you don't put effort into finding management that you work well with, you probably won't find it.
- junon 5y agoThe problem is that management is free to tell you all these beautiful fantasies about work culture during the hiring process. There's absolutely no way for candidates to see if it's true or not. So in that regard, I disagree. Candidates don't need to "solve" the problem of recruiters completely misrepresenting the workplace.
- BurningFrog 5y agoHere what's worked well for me: Always try to be a good coworker. Be helpful, friendly and competent. If you do this well, you'll leave be 5-10 coworkers who are happy to recommend you at each job. They will also tell you the truth about culture where they work. That's pretty much how I have done it. BTW, one trick to learn the real culture is to ask engineers - not managers - during one on one interviews. Few engineers will lie to a potential future coworker in private.
- junon 5y agoThat's not true. People lie all the time to prevent backlash against them.