Hired during height of the covid pandemic from Amazon. Super excited cause I thought I made a step forward with Meta. Ramp up went fine, nothing weird. First half, spend a lot of time getting used to Meta. Very individualistic, no clear structure. Manager changed, got new manager for one that switched in from other team. He seemed to be looking for path to M2 and needed to tick some boxes was my impression. Due to sister team not delivering their parts on a shared projects we shipped something half baked. As a result, got MM. Was surprised, but manager said because impact axis was just too thin. Not untrue, but I did put in all the work to make it a success. But fine, better luck next half. Spend a lot of time during oncall, but got projects shipped and did a ton of stuff. Way better than 1st half. Still got MM because ābar for MA was higher nowā. wtf? I wasnāt involved in enough SEVs was the feedback. I worked on AWS so when oncall I monitor the fuck out of each metric and take action before. Result: my oncalls look quieter to others and I should have done more impact. The impact I did ship āafter discussion with peer managersā wasnāt that impactful. So 2nd MM and pip. I get impression from skip that this is āgreat opportunity for my manager to turn things aroundā. Right ā¦ so Iām setup to be his story of getting someone back on track or managed out ā¦ He didnāt have that story yet. So with HR involved, everything gets documented. I survived amazon for 4 years, so fuck no that Iām going down like this. During oncall, no more proactive actions only reactive. Every 2 weeks post what Iām up to, spent more time writing what I achieved then achieving things. In weekends spent time collecting metrics of my impact. Last half: full blown GE! Manager talking how he got me on track, how Iām focussed now. Should have path to E6 and even E7. I agreed publicly, while waiting till bonus clears. Once done, meeting with skip and manager on promo path. I pull out all metrics that my impact of the half before was higher than this last half. How I managed to find metrics how I prevented SEVs. How my managers is not in touch. He is quiet, repeats he straightened me out. I say I quit this fake impact show. fuck them. rather go back to amazon then deal with this. shit culture, if this is ok not even looking for a team switch. Told HR as well number one reason is manager. fuck him. E5, YoE 11, TC 320k (stock drop)
The best way to shove it to bad managers is to quit and encourage coworkers to quit or help them find new jobs.
Lmao this was hilarious. Hope they fired this scum. Feel like meta is pretty good but some managers are so toxic and self obsessed with no sense of social empathy that the whole company ends up getting a bad rap Gl Also dm me manager name pls so I can avoid him
Cool story bro!
So much grudge is bad and will hinder growth wherever you go. Stay humble ! I still think Manager should be fired.
Sometimes you gotta cut the cancer out. Some dudes wonāt stop until they get stopped. OP is right.
@snap: yeah, lost like 40 pounds of mental bagage š
Lol youāre losing. Unpaid extra hours.
walk out with documented GE at meta. will be fine, till stock drop the pay was worth the extra hours.
Yeah, probably learning experience too
Every word in this post is relatable, expecting impact from every individual for survival and growth is Squid Games, brings out the worst human behavior. You just play the game and either win or get killed.
Wait, is Apple also like this?
No, not IS&s at least, but I see most tech companies moving in this direction.
Good for you! That sounds like a pile of BS. I feel like I am hearing a lot about this individualistic culture stuff at the bigger FAANG-like companies. Turns me off from even considering them.
I really like the data-driven approach to prove your point, congrats OP!
I feel like Iām going through the same thing now (minus pip). I spend more of my time collecting metrics than actually working. At this point, It might be actually good get hr involved
Pulling out the prior half's metrics to prove a point is š
took me quit a few weekends to collect all that stuff in retrospective. anger is great motivator.
You're my inspiration dude. Too many seniors trying to game the system while not acknowledging that they are being assholes.