Should I stay idle when there's no stories assigned for this sprint? I have not had much stories assigned since I joined about 4 months ago. Team lacks resources and has gone through several reorgs with ppl leaving, it's a very politics heavy toxic team, as manager and skip controls by excluding certain teammates from doing high priority projects, and team is stupidly looking to hire another 4 ppl?? Only 2 people in the team are super busy with their stories and remaining 3 of us don't get much work to do. What could be done? Should I be worried about this situation? I was thinking of just doing some training, maybe learn a new techstack. Anybody has been in similar? I am also starting think maybe this is what software engineers do in banks. We really dont have work to do but manager keeps gaslighting saying "we have alot of work to do" (she drank the kool-aid ๐คฃ) And, I'm SO HAPPY she is leaving to different team next month. # toxicmanager #toxicskip #selfishteammates TC 140k LCOL 2.9yoe
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"politics heavy toxic team, as manager and skip controls by excluding certain teammates from doing high priority projects, and team is stupidly looking to hire another 4 ppl??" --> this is how Apple INFI org is.
Some ideas: - discuss the situation among ICs including both the engineers super busy and those not busy to find solutions. Could start 1:1 then expand to group - actively source new stories, for example by proactively connecting with stakeholders, your managers, peers, your personal insight - seek internal coaching from level+1 people outside of your immediate team - LC and GTFO
In one of the companies I used to work for. The first 90 days was a snooze fest. Then the super busy people left and all of the sudden I was doing their job and became the next super busy person. Root cause was a boss who was a perfectionist and who trusted very few ppl on the team. I ended up giving the busy work to other new hires and then gtfo
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I'm in the same boat too. Seems like tech still has sm fat to trim๐โ๏ธ
Lol but skip still looking to hire more, and it's also driven by politics so manager controls who do what and be in what meetings etc