At a company I worked at few years ago in Vancouver, the ratio of project managers to developers was 4 to 1, on average a designer or a developer was dealing wi

At a company I worked at few years ago in Vancouver, the ratio of project managers to developers was 4 to 1, on average a designer or a developer was dealing with 4 different project managers at a time, sometimes more, switching back and forth between projects with impossible deadlines. This led to people working on the weekends, often leaving after hours (because people think it's selfish to leave on time and leave others behind with more work). What's even worse is when the executives started to delegate tasks outside of one's job description because they were undermanned. That's where I drew the line, call them out on it, and got canned. What's even more funny was being outcasted where a typical company lunch or gathering would always be about who has done the most hour of work or have become "heros" by saving the project by working beyond the work hours. At one point the vice president called me at 1 AM (after leaving work at 10 pm) on the commute back home as I walked him through logging into the company backend used to power mobile applications. It's quite interesting because they got funded 6 million dollars but they couldn't afford to hire more staff and they insisted on breaking even when it clearly was not scaling. What I realized about the tech market in BC is that a lot of it is huff piece by local media and the continued image of "grass is greener over here" where none of it highlights the exploitative work environment for highly skilled technical engineers in the software/web industry. With the rising real estate prices and people basically living check to check to keep a roof over their heads, I wouldn't be surprised if Vancouver turns to a resort town with people leaving for tech jobs outside of BC to where the cost of living and wages are justified. Already many of the engineers at the company I worked for have left for United States. I'm not alone with this story there are many many horror stories I hear from other local engineers and designers. In fact the only people I hear that are happy are freelancers charging higher wage.