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All they said in writing was "unfortunately I do not meet performance standards". For the first two weeks they were happy to let me just learn angular and the

All they said in writing was "unfortunately I do not meet performance standards". For the first two weeks they were happy to let me just learn angular and the app. They gave me a CSS ticket to fix one page last week, and I actually fixed all the pages! But I did it using Firefox and a text editor (vs code) so they are having none of that! > get yourself a lawyer Very seriously considering this.

jasonkester 3y ago
I bet if you read this back to yourself, you’ll understand why they let you go. And hopefully you’ll approach your next gig differently. From their perspective, they hired a guy, and it took him 3 weeks to close a single CSS ticket. If you were the company, what would you do? It sounds like you may be new, so chalk it up to miscommunication. But next time, spend the first day “learning” while closing a few real tickets. Make sure you’re up to speed with the rest of the team in your first week, so there’s no question of your value.
- stefanos82 3y ago
  Read carefully what OP wrote please...not only the CSS issue was fixed, it was also done on ALL pages as well AND the CSS ticket was given the third week.
  - tamarind8 3y ago
    Thanks. I was actually still being asked if the CSS had been done this morning before the firing. Despite the fact that it had actually been moved as done on the board, me saying I'd finished with it in a slack DM with him yesterday, and me saying it was done in yesterdays sprint meeting. I guess when someone-one has already made up their mind, any kind of input gets automatically, and subconsciously deleted from their minds.
- tamarind8 3y ago
  I actually had to insist on being given that ticket. My boss was actually happy to let me spend more time learning angular and setting up my dev env. Think about that. But the moment I stepped up to, and embraced the challenge, everything changed. Maybe someone whispered some bad things about me? I will never know... What I'd do differently if I wanted to work there? Keep my mouth shut, and not say anything about my views and concerns. Just wait to be given orders and follow them, never questioning anything.
  - jasonkester 3y ago
    Hey, man. I'm only reading what you wrote and responding to the impression it left. Please try to take it constructively. Imagine your boss was actually happy with you not delivering anything those first few weeks. Would he have let you go? I've watched this exact situation play out too many times now to miss the signs. A new person joins the team, spends a few weeks familiarizing and reporting as much in the standups. Manager is encouraging the whole time. Then one day, New Person is no longer with the company, reach out to me if anybody has any concerns. Every time, it's the new person not catching the signals that they should have been self starting and delivering all that time. I'm not trying to say that it's fair. Just pointing out that it happens.
    - stefanos82 3y ago
      > Hey, man. I'm only reading what you wrote and responding to the impression it left. Please try to take it constructively. > Imagine your boss was actually happy with you not delivering anything those first few weeks. Would he have let you go? If you were a boss, at what day would you expect from your newly hired developer to start delivering any result? > I've watched this exact situation play out too many times now to miss the signs. A new person joins the team, spends a few weeks familiarizing and reporting as much in the standups. Manager is encouraging the whole time. Then one day, New Person is no longer with the company, reach out to me if anybody has any concerns. ...and you consider this a healthy behavior from any working environment? What do you think employees are, mentalists to read people's minds and know what others they are thinking?! Let's be serious here please... > Every time, it's the new person not catching the signals that they should have been self starting and delivering all that time. Oh how much I abhor this behavior! What is it with "not catching the signals" even mean here?! If you don't like someone's behavior, let that person know and be crystal clear about the reasons; 99.9% of all times it's either bad communication or misinterpretation, let alone a naive misunderstanding. > I'm not trying to say that it's fair. Just pointing out that it happens. Indeed it does and this needs to change and needs to change yesteryear!
      - jasonkester 3y ago

jasonkester 3y ago

I bet if you read this back to yourself, you’ll understand why they let you go. And hopefully you’ll approach your next gig differently. From their perspective, they hired a guy, and it took him 3 weeks to close a single CSS ticket. If you were the company, what would you do? It sounds like you may be new, so chalk it up to miscommunication. But next time, spend the first day “learning” while closing a few real tickets. Make sure you’re up to speed with the rest of the team in your first week, so there’s no question of your value.

stefanos82 3y ago
Read carefully what OP wrote please...not only the CSS issue was fixed, it was also done on ALL pages as well AND the CSS ticket was given the third week.
- tamarind8 3y ago
  Thanks. I was actually still being asked if the CSS had been done this morning before the firing. Despite the fact that it had actually been moved as done on the board, me saying I'd finished with it in a slack DM with him yesterday, and me saying it was done in yesterdays sprint meeting. I guess when someone-one has already made up their mind, any kind of input gets automatically, and subconsciously deleted from their minds.
tamarind8 3y ago
I actually had to insist on being given that ticket. My boss was actually happy to let me spend more time learning angular and setting up my dev env. Think about that. But the moment I stepped up to, and embraced the challenge, everything changed. Maybe someone whispered some bad things about me? I will never know... What I'd do differently if I wanted to work there? Keep my mouth shut, and not say anything about my views and concerns. Just wait to be given orders and follow them, never questioning anything.
- jasonkester 3y ago
  Hey, man. I'm only reading what you wrote and responding to the impression it left. Please try to take it constructively. Imagine your boss was actually happy with you not delivering anything those first few weeks. Would he have let you go? I've watched this exact situation play out too many times now to miss the signs. A new person joins the team, spends a few weeks familiarizing and reporting as much in the standups. Manager is encouraging the whole time. Then one day, New Person is no longer with the company, reach out to me if anybody has any concerns. Every time, it's the new person not catching the signals that they should have been self starting and delivering all that time. I'm not trying to say that it's fair. Just pointing out that it happens.
  - stefanos82 3y ago
    > Hey, man. I'm only reading what you wrote and responding to the impression it left. Please try to take it constructively. > Imagine your boss was actually happy with you not delivering anything those first few weeks. Would he have let you go? If you were a boss, at what day would you expect from your newly hired developer to start delivering any result? > I've watched this exact situation play out too many times now to miss the signs. A new person joins the team, spends a few weeks familiarizing and reporting as much in the standups. Manager is encouraging the whole time. Then one day, New Person is no longer with the company, reach out to me if anybody has any concerns. ...and you consider this a healthy behavior from any working environment? What do you think employees are, mentalists to read people's minds and know what others they are thinking?! Let's be serious here please... > Every time, it's the new person not catching the signals that they should have been self starting and delivering all that time. Oh how much I abhor this behavior! What is it with "not catching the signals" even mean here?! If you don't like someone's behavior, let that person know and be crystal clear about the reasons; 99.9% of all times it's either bad communication or misinterpretation, let alone a naive misunderstanding. > I'm not trying to say that it's fair. Just pointing out that it happens. Indeed it does and this needs to change and needs to change yesteryear!
    - jasonkester 3y ago