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- Manager Pressure I cried today infront of my Manager. There has been a lot of pressure for me and manager is giving me the constant termination threats that I could not control myself and suddenly I cried! I really don’t know what can I do next, my manager also left the zoom after this? I don’t know how I’m gonna do
- vote Manager cried Manager cried in our 1-1 He was so excited we are returning to the office and once again experiencing the great collaborative in person culture at apple. He was #blessed to be working for such a dedicated company that cares so deeply about the average employee work experience. We have achieved gr
- Vmware Engineering Manager Offer Hey folks Help your fellow here, got an engineering manager offer in vmware, how does it look like. Is there a room for negotiation here.#vmware #vmwaresalary Title: Engineering Manager Level : M3 Base: 245k Bonus: 17% Stonks: 300k(4 Years) Joining Bonus: 10k TC: 361k Location: Bay Area (Palo Alto
- 1:1 with manager What do you guys talk about with your manager in you 1:1 meetings? He asks me if I have any questions and I usually don’t and don’t know what to talk about.
- Marketing to PM? Interested in transitioning from Marketing Coordinator to PM. Any advice? YOE: - 2+ years (Marketing) - 1.5 years (Sales) Currently in Aviation. Previously in E-commerce, Oil & Gas and Luxury Retail Thanks I’m advance! #PM #productmanager #tech #techcareer #google #amazon #shopify #marketing #ca
- 2021-2022 Product Manager Salaries I think a thread like this might be helpful to those of us that want to take advantage of how hot the job market is, without getting lowballed. So if you got a new job recently, please share your TC breakdown. I’ll go first although it’s my current package (got hired early 2021). Will update with t
- PM advice I feel like I’m a mediocre coder I’ve been talking to lots of really interesting hot startups and I don’t feel like I enjoy writing software enough to be top tier. I’ve gotten multiple FAANG offers but just can’t seem to hit that next level I have been told I have excellent communication skills an
- vote Highest Prestige for PM Have offers from here that’s why these are in poll
- How is Microsoft managing? Yesterday I made a post of amazon high tc offers. From researching on blind, it seems like msft is not on the high end of spectrum when it comes to compensation. I saw lots of msft employees on blind complain and some resign contributing to attrition. Is leadership bumping up peoples tc? Are peop
- Harvard or Google PM? Currently an IC5 PM at Meta. Extremely burnt out of being at Meta, both the company and work. Have an L5 offer from Google (numbers coming) and an acceptance from Harvard business school. I like tech enough that I think I'll stay a PM (not really considering VC or finance transition) and I'm afraid
- Toxic asf manager This person is leading me to depression and physical/emotional health problems. He doesn’t know how to explain things (extremely vague problem statement) and expects me to work on that and show output in less than 12 hours. 0 appreciation, 0 empathy. He has made me work even past midnight, held meet
- Life after PM? I’ve been an IC PM for 20 years. Jumped around a lot looking for a break into PM management but no luck. Seeing so many shitshows along the way I don’t think I even have the stomach for what I see most VP PMs doing. It may be time for a career change. (I don’t want to go the founder route.) I reall
- vote McDonald’s shift manager as Engineering manager? Why do they (EM) need such high salaries? They don’t write code. They don’t design anything’s. TLs do. Most have lost their technical chops. What’s the deal? As an experiment. If a FAANG hires a McDonald’s shift manager, trains them on a few tech things and pays $30/ hour can they be a good EM?
- vote Agile is a micro management I feel Agile is a micro management. In my company they make sure we log every hour we worked. There focus is on logging hours rather than task completion. What do you guys think, whether companies should follow something which works rather than micro management
- vote Manager broke my desk I have the standard rising desk. My manager is a huge guy. On Monday He came by my desk and started goofing around. He sat on it and pushed the up button - it went up for a second and then it collapsed by an inch or two, then he freaked out and jumped off. Now it’s stuck at this awkward height and
- My manager isn’t doing any work My manager is barely contributing to the team. It forces the rest of the team is be overloaded with work and yet doesn’t seem to be eager when it comes to promotions/advocating for his employees. What should I do?
- Why PM? I am seeing alot of post here on people wanting to to be PM What is so great about being a PM besides not writting code? I really would like to get an understanding EDIT: I am overwhelmed with the amount of response this received. Update 11/29/20 Any one hiring for a entry level pm please dm or
- vote Will Amazon managers always be Amazon managers? Curious to hear Blind's thoughts. Lots of Amazon SDM's will go to other companies and there's talk that they bring the toxic culture (and LPs) with them. Is this true? Or is it possible they can stop being an Amazon manager when they leave? TC 300k
- Help !! PM-T or Manager, PM? Friends, I’m in a bind. I have Prior tech background, 8 yrs at Amazon - Sr PM 5yrs + Manager Marketing (3 yrs). Now I’m moving internally and have several options with an offer for a PM-T (7 scoped) role. But I’ve not accepted because I’m need the following info: 1. Does a Sr PM-T in AWS gets paid
- Instacart Sr manager interview Anyone interviewed with Instacart for a Sr Manager or higher role? If you can help me with pointers on how to prepare for the coding interview (difficulty level etc) it'll be super useful for me. I'm also told their design interviews will be more "realistic" with a question that's choose to Instaca
- Looking for Manager Roles Can I move from individual contributor to management role without people management experience?Looking for Amazon SDM. What other options I should explore for a higher compensation and overall career growth? YOE: 13 TC: 165K Current Role: Architect
- Manage rental property I will be landlord soon, and was wondering if you have any experience with property managment companies...or do you take care by yourself through zillow rental managers or similar site. 1st month and 15% is quite a lot. Hence the question. Plz advice. Tc:275k
- Manager is younger than you Got a new job and my manager seems to be in his mid to late 20s. I'm early 30s, I feel like a failure. How would you feel working for someone younger than you?
- PM interview struggles Had rejections after onsites at 3 of the MAANG. Few other reject/ghosts from mid sized (series B to D) startups. Never did any preparation, and took the sign of getting to onsites easily as I can maybe skirt by. Today’s rejection was a wake up call that PM interviews require serious prep and study
- vote Managers should be automated Whenever people make posts about why managers are needed. They always reply the same GPT-3 generated responses. some of the most common GPT-3 manager responses from these clowns here: 1) you are a new grad / too inexperienced to understand the value managers bring 2) I once thought managers were u
- Managing an incompetent manager tl;dr: What to do about incompetent manager? No 360 feedback structure. Skip does not care. — I’m an IC. I got a new manager 8 months ago, who was hired externally. At first, I chalked up red flags to being new and learning Autodesk’s culture. He came from decades+ at a IBM/Cisco/Intel. In recent
- vote Eng managers Should eng managers have been engineers themselves before stepping into that role? My opinion-Absolutely Our program managers turned SDMs are just atrocious. TC 246
- Frustrated with biased Manager I am sorry guys. I am just venting out my frustration with my Manager not knowing what else to do. There is a clear bias in his actions and he seems to be favoring people from his sect and ignoring and sidetracking me. There are numerous instances where he has demonstrated this bias. There have bee
- vote staff engineer vs engineering manager which one sounds more appealing or fulfilling?
- Meta Product Manager Screening How long does it usually take for getting an update after the initial screening round? I had my interview on Friday last week. #meta
- Square Product Manager Levels Trying to figure out the levels at square in the Product management space. Had a conversation with a recruiter and she didn’t know the levels for the Product space since she recruits for engineering. She’s trying it bring me in but I’d like to gauge a level that best fits me. One reason is so I don
- Manager told me I should have negotiated We were having our 1:1 and my manager just mentioned this out of the blue. My current manager took over my team after my previous manager left a month after I joined the company. The thing is I did negotiate and apparently even that was a lowball. He said he will try to get my salady adjusted end o
- vote Group PM or Head of Product Analytics Rounding up career decade 1 and spent quite a bit of time in consulting/MBB and venture building. Transitioned to Product Strategy in Tech but stagnating so looking at Group PM or Head of Product Analytics Current product org has 15-20 PMs/Leads but no GPM. Product analytics is 0 people and comple
- PM role @Stripe I’m having conversations with Stripe for a PM role within Business Ops. I was told it’s a Senior PM role when recruiting reached out but the posting says Program Manager. I’m curious if anyone is aware of potentially the TC for this role. I’m currently managing a team in my current role. I really e
- Seeking TPM/PM Referrals Hi all, if anyone would kindly refer me, quick background: BS CompSci from #1 Ranked School in UK, 4 years of experience as a Technical PM, most recently at a Bulge Bracket. Can DM resume. Thanks! #amazon #google #meta #microsoft #uber #apple #twilio #salesforce #doordash #quip #slack #airbnb #di
- vote Manager pissed that I am taking a vacation I am visiting my family after 4 long years. After I give a month a half of notice for a 3 week long vacation, my manager wants me to reconsider it because of a project deadline. Only we internationals know how tough it is to get a visa stamp appointment at the US consulate. Considering quitting
- Change Management in Banks to Product Management Hi, I'm looking to move from Capital Markets Change Delivery/Strategic Initiatives role to Tech Product Management roles. Have a few questions as I'm still looking into it's feasibility - Is this transition easy to manage? How would you recommend going about the search? Any specific companies or
- vote My manager said it ... My manager said we (including himself) would be jobless if we don't launch the project by the end of the year. Our team's been around ~1 year and our project is still prelaunch ... At least 5 people have already left the team. I had considered internal transfer but my manager will block it given the
- Amazon engineering managers boycott I think the amazon culture is result of amazon engineering managers who are not able to push back PIP culture to their managers. These managers have a choice (to leave company). I have heard some of them saying "If I don't do it then someone else will" which is true but that is a statement which mos
- TPM referrals! I apologize for creating another referral post; I need more referrals please! I’m open to all companies but I’d love to try for Snap, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Lyft and Uber! Also, if anyone has any key tips regarding the TPM interview process please share! Yoe: 2.5 SysDE TC: 🥜 #referral #TPM #Fa
- My manager told me he is disappointed in angry tone I am on my last H1b attempt, Qualcomm was providing me an option to relocate to India if my H1b does not get picked. Got an offer from MSFT for Redmond as L61 Swe. I broke this news to my current company manager and told him that I would be switching after two weeks as MSFT is willing to relocate m
- Eng manager == Eng leader? Recently I've been noticing a lot of engineering managers say engineering leader or leadership on their LinkedIn profiles. Since when did that start happening? IMO this is so far from reality that just the thought of a middle manager calling themselves a leader makes me 🤮. How true is it for your c
- Instacart PM Salary I recently got offered a role at Instacart as a Senior PM and am happy with the TC but want to make sure it’s a fair offer. Does anyone know the PM salary bands for Instacart? Current TC: $180K New TC: $320K ($205K base + $460K equity over four years) YOE: 5 #pm #product #productmanagement #inst
- Money management How do you guys manage your salary? I make 5.6k a month after tax and struggling to make ends meet after marriage 2.3k rent for 1b1b 0.7k car loan for a Toyota 1.5k credit card bill 4.4k for survival. I’m saving/investing around 1k a month apart from ESPP and 401k I’m from India and I think this
- PM - looking to get in tech Hello, Looking to get into tech. I am a project manager seeking career growth. Currently working on getting my scrum master certification. Any help with referrals would be greatly appreciated. YOE: 2 TC:135k projectmanagement #pm #hiring #jobhunt #careergrowth #scrum #faang #microsoft #amazon
- What’s the big deal about product management? I see so many guys/gals want to become a PM with hopes of becoming next pichai. All these boot camps across the world are ravaging LinkedIn posting stuff and luring candidates charging ridiculous fees claiming this is the only good thing out there . I am seeing 3-5 YouTubers posting content day in d
- PM Job Market How is the PM job market? On Blind, I see engineers posting multiple offers. But, haven't seen many PMs post.
- Manager expects to work on paternity leave I have notified my manager to take 16 weeks paternity leave as per firm's policy. There is sufficient notice as it is scheduled many months from now. Still my manager's tone on hearing this was not welcoming. "Oh, paternity is easy to handle unlike maternity". And the expectation is to still work du
- What do managers do? Why do we need them?
- vote Define your best manager Top goals of my manager must be... (Choose your top 3 or 4) #engineering #software #engineeringmanager Edit1: Holy cow. 5K votes in a day. Thanks Blinders. My top 3 for my new team will be the top 3 votes here. I am starting a new EM job and thought I'd get a feel of what most devs like. Thank yo