Many things are done not with an intent to learn but to demonstrate what you have done in past … your expectation is wrong .. you will be used nicely … don’t mind but this is true …

Growth Manager

Now completely out of nowhere my manager assigned me a task which is completely out of domain and that too with a hard deadline. I have no prior experience of the same. Being on the bench, I am in ...

Now completely out of nowhere my manager assigned me a task which is completely out of domain and that too with a hard deadline. I have no prior experience of the same. Being on the bench, I am in no position to deny accepting the task. But I have no interest in doing it and even if,  for the sake of doing the task, I learn the new skill and complete this particular task, it won't enhance my skill set cos it is completely out of the domain of my portfolio.

Manager's Unrealistic Expectations at Work

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Manager's Unrealistic Expectations at Work- Grapevine

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

how do you guys deal with managers setting up unrealistic deadlines? My manager without even consulting the team about efforts required gave the estimated completion date of the project which is impossible to deliver by that time. I tried to reason with him several times about extending the timeline but he doesn't listen at all. what should i do in this case?

unrealistic deadlines

Analyst

Long post ahead!!!


Its been around a year since I've started working in a service based company as a Frontend dev, WLB, compensation and all is good based on I've just started.
During this year of working I do not feel like I've done anything, our team is working on a product for past 2-3 year and its nearing the completion. My role was mostly to cordinate with testing team and solve frontend bugs and minor addition to the project (which was mostly copy pasting), even doing these minor task took me some time initially and I still have to take help from seniors time to time. 
I got kinda bored with all the repetitive task and I requested my manager to assign me to other development happening within team, he agreed and assigned me some different task but I cant seem to understand anything here, 
I get stuck in the most basic things, I feel stupid when I am not able to come up with easy solutions.

I am seeing other engineers learning new tech stacks in a small amount of time and getting hold of it while i am not able to understand things in my own tech stack.

I've recently gotten a appraisal as well(my company is quite good and gives it to everyone) and I feel like I don't deserve a bit of it.

 I am a 2023 graduate , I did MCA because that was the only good option I could see for myself(mostly cz of money) at that time earlier to that I did a bachelor's (Non CS) without gaining any knowledge of anything.
My basics are not that good, In college my only focus was to get a job so I did DSA and some front-end development using ReactJS(projects mostly code along with ytube) to be able to grab a good placement.

Is software engineering not for me? If no, then how do I overcome this, i don't wanna be a mediocre.

Am I a bad engineer?

I have been employed at a service-based company for the past 2.6 years. Recently, I have been assigned to a new project with a different team. However, my manager has been quite demanding and insistent on my physical presence in the office. Additionally, they expect me to participate in video calls for every meeting and ask detailed questions about my work, often focusing on minor details. Unfortunately, the tasks I am currently working on no longer bring me excitement. Moreover, my manager's authoritative behavior is not something I appreciate. I am starting to wonder if I am experiencing burnout, as I have never encountered these issues before. Is this a normal situation, or should I consider seeking a new opportunity? Other than these work-related challenges, everything else seems to be going well.

Need advice

Software Engineer

I was assigned a development task. We could not come up with a solution to implement few of the requirements from PM side. We managed to push an MVP after cutting down on few requirements. There are new requirements coming up related to this task. I have been unable to come up with a generic solution for this and I feel irritated when working on this task. No one from my team has knowledge or has worked on this task. I am ready to hand off this task to my teammates and have told my seniors that I don't want to work on it anymore. Any thoughts from fellow developers on my approach? Have you faced such issues?

Is it wrong to say I don't want to work on some particular development task?

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What should be done if tasks are assigned more than the required knowledge we possess. Like example : As a DevOps Engineer ,I was Given Work related to Cloud Architecture or Network Architecture

DevOps Engineer

Let’s suppose you’re a backend developer (not fullstack) but now you’re suppose to contribute in frontend code or you’re suppose to support a project where you’ve no idea about the product or the tech stack. Do you just somehow plan to quit or survive?

How do you survive in a multiple hat role job?

Feeling?

Write your sentiments in comment section:)

Let's talk about it,Yes your mental health.

Test Engineer

I have been working as a full-stack developer past 2 years and now in onsite since 3 months. Based on my performance they were happy and called me onsite since our project is going live in 3-4 months. 

I have been completing whatever tasks have been given to me and asking for more tasks once I complete them. I did work on weekends and completed the work irrespective of the tight deadlines. Now the manager communicates to me via a senior person that my performance is going negative out of a sudden and I didn't meet their expectations and need to work more proactively. I repeatedly asked him based on what parameters they came to this conclusion, he simply said take this as a positive feedback and work towards it, without telling the actual reason for this review.

What should I do : take a release while the live implementation because this might affect my career prospects.

Negative review for performance

I am a trainee working as a structural engineer. I am given work which is very new to me and never taught and even discussed in the college curriculum. This makes it harder for me as I have to start from basics and not be able to send deliverables on target dates.

How to work when you don't have those required skills.

Civil Engineer

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I’ve been insufferable at work since 2-3 months now. Total time at my company- 6mo 21 days. Profile - Product Management 
My engineering team seems to be taking no ownership and always have their brahmastra ready that it didn’t come from product’s side. QA again is so great that I have to sit and thoroughly test each release end to end. 
My manager- he’s quite interested in taking my career fwd as a project manager. (I am not) He’s a total asshole and is quite concerned with start dates and end dates of tasks ( mind you, I am not the one actually writing the code but somehow the dates are my responsibility). He totally micromanages and somehow keeps blaming me for each small thing.
Examples:
- My engg team isn’t taking ownership: “you aren’t keeping them motivated enough”
- This isn’t a last minute change : “Do you attend standups? You aren’t communicating well”
- The QA tested and approved it, hence we released it. : “But did you test it? “
- Here are the release notes. : “This looks too jazzy, did you copy from GPT”
- Here are the release notes. : “This looks too basic, did you not copy from GPT”

I could go on forever. 

Gust: I am quite unhappy and is causing me unnecessary stress everyday. Also I don’t feel there’s a solution possible

Should I rage quit?

Product Manager

I have been added to data team recently even though I'm more into web(software intern)
Here I have been given task like data analysis and validation
Every day I query the db 
It feels so much boring and I'm not interested too
I'm much interested in like web,gen ai or making any tools/ extensions rather than this querying or CSV's matching everyday


Should I approach my manager regarding this ? 
How to tell him that I don't like these types of task ? Will it affect my PPO or my future with org

Note: I have been an intern from past 7 months in same org 😔

Should I approach my manager?

What are the possible detriments of becoming a manager too early in one's career?

I am preparing for the Staff engineer role. Have put my resignation without any offer in hand due to being highly underpaid, no recognition towards my high-value work, poor management, toxic work culture and work-life balance.

I lose all my motivation to study gauzing at the things I am yet to study for the interviews.

I don't want to settle with another mediocre company and stay under paid just like today.
At the same time I don't have any monetory reserve to feel safe on financial side.

Please help me with your words and past experiences of being in a similar situation.

Motivate me pls

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I have a senior in my team who considers herself a manager, when she's not. She's just my senior.  She will ping me 100 times in a day and delegate me more tasks before even before the first one is complete. She knows nothing about how work is done as she keeps delegating it to others. If I don't respond she keeps calling and she calls me in the middle of the night too. I have a really cool manager who doesn't ping me daily, will only ask for the deliverables on the deadline. I would have ignored my senior as she's not really the manager but she is the manager's pet. I have seen her delegate tasks to her seniors as well. It's been only a month since I have joined. Any advice on how do I deal with this? It's getting really frustrating.

Micro Manager

Associate Consultant

Hello everyone, I'd like to share my thoughts on my two-year journey at Barclays: Lately I’ve  putting in a lot of effort to excel and learn, I've noticed a focus on speed over code quality. This seems to be a consistent attitude across the entire team, including senior leaders. 

My daily routine includes working  on improving code quality myself , while also meeting project deadlines and commitments to the user. However, it's disheartening that my manager doesn't prioritize the process of code improvement. Additionally, best coding practices are not being followed consistently. 

While I'm committed to performing well in my role, I'm facing a dilemma: Should I put aside my focus on code improvement, even though it's a valuable learning opportunity, and solely align with my manager's directives? 

Furthermore, I have future aspirations of changing roles. How can I effectively manage my time between preparing for a new position and addressing the current challenges at hand?  Should I detach from my current role to concentrate solely on preparation? Or is there a way to find a middle ground and balance both aspects? Your insights would be greatly appreciated ! 
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"Navigating Frustration: My 2 Years at Barclays"

Software Developer

So thing is  In last 1 week my manager/project lead has been threating that you will have to work on weekend if you dont complete your task by friday and put the the task to testing.

And this boils my blood soo damnn much . But as a person who is on lowest level i cant do/say shit. I just disagree with him and dont argue.
What would you have done .[ practical advice only]

And thing is i do all my dev work on time even earlier almost everytime and he just goes around and threatens everyone with this. Soo annoying thay dumbfk needs to get rekt .

Work on weekend?!! Advice needed

Data engineer

My Manager has asked me to rewrite the same code for 4th time, yet he hasn’t provided any feedback on what needs improvement. 
I am starting to doubt his understanding of coding and wonder how he became manager!

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