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> “Everyone else that I worked with got to work on stuff but I didn’t. So I am one of those employees that was hired into a really strange position where they i
by deanCommie 4y ago
> “Everyone else that I worked with got to work on stuff but I didn’t. So I am one of those employees that was hired into a really strange position where they immediately put me into a group of individuals that was not working.
> “I mean, like, we were just sitting there. We had to basically fight to find work. It was a very strange environment and it kind of seemed that Meta was hiring people so that other companies couldn’t have us and they were just hoarding us like Pokémon cards.”
People claim they want autonomy, they accept a position at a company that famously has a bottoms-up hacker ethos.
Then they complain that they weren't immediately "assigned" work on Day 1.
WTF.
- bumby 4y agoI think this depends on the seniority of the hire. A junior employee needs more mentoring and "assigning" under they get enough contextual understanding to know what's important and what isn't. Someone brand-new to an organization isn't likely to understand what problems their time is best spent on solving.