Yeah to be honest there were a few things that weren’t going well before. I wrote a lengthy post before and got helpful advice and definitely worked on some of the issues. The feedback was around communication and project management. I think I definitely needed to improve on these aspects and I’ve been doing my best ever since I received the feedback, but there has also been a lot of praise, so it’s a mixed bag.
There were also problems with my manager. I interviewed with one hiring manager but never got to work with them, then worked for one year with a different manager and would now again have a new manager. Me and the manager I worked with just didn’t get along, my peers valued me and I’m pretty good friends with some of them. But the bad relationship with my manager definitely then didn’t help with my relationship with the skip level.
Eventually, I think the issues I had and probably still have to resolve are serious, but the personal dynamics were tipping point.
I am also unhappy with the current role because my technical skills are stagnating, we don’t have any product managers and are expected to fulfil the PM role next to full stack engineering for the projects we lead. It’s more business than engineering centered, meaning we are a cost center.
A good thing is that promotions can happen quickly, even after bad performance reviews, there have been some cases. So it wouldn’t be all bad.
Given that I’m also of the impression that they were happy to get rid of me, my ideal outcome would of course be if they offered me a severance but I don’t think they will.
Yeah to be honest there were a few things that weren’t going well before. I wrote a lengthy post before and got helpful advice and definitely worked on some of the issues. The feedback was around communication and project management. I think I definitely needed to improve on these aspects and I’ve been doing my best ever since I received the feedback, but there has also been a lot of praise, so it’s a mixed bag.
There were also problems with my manager. I interviewed with one hiring manager but never got to work with them, then worked for one year with a different manager and would now again have a new manager. Me and the manager I worked with just didn’t get along, my peers valued me and I’m pretty good friends with some of them. But the bad relationship with my manager definitely then didn’t help with my relationship with the skip level.
Eventually, I think the issues I had and probably still have to resolve are serious, but the personal dynamics were tipping point.
I am also unhappy with the current role because my technical skills are stagnating, we don’t have any product managers and are expected to fulfil the PM role next to full stack engineering for the projects we lead. It’s more business than engineering centered, meaning we are a cost center.
A good thing is that promotions can happen quickly, even after bad performance reviews, there have been some cases. So it wouldn’t be all bad.
Given that I’m also of the impression that they were happy to get rid of me, my ideal outcome would of course be if they offered me a severance but I don’t think they will.