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How many others are there on the team? Have they recently been “burned” by another seasoned engineer and are not open to advice or feedback? Team abuse happens
by breckenedge 4y ago
How many others are there on the team?
Have they recently been “burned” by another seasoned engineer and are not open to advice or feedback? Team abuse happens and it sucks to walk into that.
Set a deadline today for measurable things to improve. You have a good list of measurable things to start with. Discuss this with your manager. Measure progress and if they haven’t improved by your deadline, leave.
- tinglymintyfrsh 4y agoSupposedly, everyone's been with this team and company a "long time." They don't have much in the ways of recent departures. My manager is difficult to get any time with and they're basically never around.
- breckenedge 4y agoLots of red flags. I’d chalk it up to a learning experience and move on.
- tinglymintyfrsh 4y agoHiring freeze "officially". There's a promise from the director (my manager's manager) that I would be able to change teams either internally or in a different department if it doesn't work out. I don't know what that promise is worth, because I feel like I'm being gaslighted that "there's no problem" and "everyone in the team is nice." Edit: Also, the senior people aren't interested in career advancement and I can't interest them in what comes after the craptastic technical debt we're working on supposedly cleaning up. I've been told not to touch X and Y because it's "special code". I feel like my hands are being tied behind my back and being setup to fail.
- breckenedge 4y agoHow experienced is your director? It sounds like there’s a (mutual?) lack of trust. If that’s the case, there’s not much there to build on.