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:
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
I think you should quit unless you have a lot of financial commitments. Its great if you have a good runway for 3-6 months, if you dont it’s completely okay live on credit card debt rather than suffering at the wrong place. Do not worry about the 6m tenure, its totally fine leave if you dont like it.
Product Management itself is always kind of stressful by the nature of work itself, and you dont really want additional stress caused by these engineers and managers.
Market is healing slowly and it shouldn’t be a problem finding a new role with 2 months. Go for it, mental peace over anything
Did not read your post at all. Never rage quit. Endure - sharpen your blade and cut once and decisively when the time comes.
Haha yes, that’d be the most satisfying response but I’m an impulsive and emotional person. Still trying to figure out the best way to give it back to them. Suggestions?
Hurt them outside professional sphere.
Quit if you have the savings. Start a new.
if you do not have savings:
Establish some boundaries with your manager.
Try to get things on paper/email with engineering so that you can tell them when things were communicated. Make standup minutes if you have to.
Checkin with Engineering lead from time to time to see if things are on track.
Hold QA accountable for quality. Come up with metrics to judge QA's performance. If the graph goes downwards, ask for a better QA from management.
If they're able to absorb so many tardy people, they won't mind a tardy PM. Become one, for sometime, till you have enough savings to quit.
Everything above is easier said than done. It's okay to fail.
This is exactly my story. The fucking engineering background founders don't understand jackshit about the PM role and keep telling them what to do.
Fucking disgusting
Bro I am PM myself but believe me there are 1% companies who do actual product management otherwise everywhere it is project management. Product management is stressful because of this situation.
Will try all these in my next company. Also please name those <1% companies. If I’m aiming, might as well aim for the moon!
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Need guidance from fellow experienced folks or who have done this before. What are the proper reasons to ask for a release.
My reasons:
