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> even if I ended up being the one getting canned It's really easy to have this attitude when you don't really think it will ever happen to you. I'm also guess
by zcw100 5y ago
> even if I ended up being the one getting canned
It's really easy to have this attitude when you don't really think it will ever happen to you. I'm also guessing you've never been the target of harassment. I don't think you're going to like it as much when you're really excited about the job and on your first day you find out that the superstar developer on the team Gill just doesn't like you, never did. He was the one person who said they shouldn't hire you and is now pissed that he was overruled. Turns out Gill doesn't like not getting his way. You find yourself socially isolated because everyone knows what Gill is like and that he doesn't like you. Being seen talking to you isn't worth getting on Gill's bad side.
You get the shit assignments and code reviews are really rough. Especially the ones where Gill's around. Then you get hauled into the office about some problem with something you did. It isn't clear if it was something you did but it seems to be related to something Gill's working on. Gill's the super star and you're just the new guy so you can guess who caught the heat. It didn't go well when you suggested it might be Gill's fault. Turns out Gill was in the office right before you and he's telling a different story and they let you know what a superstar he is and everything he's done for the company over the years. It's clear that Gill's just going to grind you down as your quality of life decreases, you start losing sleep, acting out from the stress, you snap at your wife, children, and friends because you're still upset about something Gill did to you at work.
See the problem now or are you just imagining yourself as Gill?
- BobbyJo 5y agoSounds like they should fire Gill fast. On the flip side, firing people around Gill, who he doesn't like, fast will make it apparent that Gill is the problem much more quickly than just keeping everyone around when things aren't working.
- zcw100 5y agoIt just reinforces what Gill has been saying all along, that most of the applicants out there really suck and it's impossible to find good people. That's why you better listen to him because if he ever decides to leave they're screwed. He's the most dependable employee. After four turnovers of the staff he's still there heroically keeping things going.
- rektide 5y agoThis feels exactly how firing at most companies without firing fast works. Whether Gill is a standup upstart decent worker, or ehether maybe yeah Gill isnt really fitting in. There's no process, no review, no structure, and more and more people using gossip & feel to decide where they stand on Gill, & whether or not he's worth a lick or semi productive or mostly not competemt. Doubt circles all of us, almost all of us, to some degree; even the best as they encounter strong & weak situations for them. When doubts start flying many teammates semi-covertly hide it, many attempt politeness, ignorance, keeping it to ourselves. But the picture just gets clearer & clearer, more & more apparent, & oh-they-were-underperforming Gill keeps feeling more pressure to quit. The structurelessness & lack of a system, pressuring someone out, is no favor for Gill, but it seems like how it usually works.
- zcw100 5y agoSounds like you and Gill should get along great.
- rektide 5y agosounds like you are being very rude. i've seen 1 person in my career put on a performance improvement plan & let go. i've seen 5 fall out of general favor & get driven off. feels very lopsided & hard to see, grapple with. dont appreciate your malice.