I've been at my current company for two years. I've shipped 3 very successful projects that involved a lot of nights, weekends, business trips, conferences, etc. Hardly any free time. Family left feeling neglected. You know the drill. I was operating under the delusion that I was on a team of real go-getters -- finally, a team of industrious engineers who love their craft! LMAO! What a dumbass I am! I've somehow just recently noticed... I'm the only one doing anything at all. It dawned on me just today when I was the only person in the office after 1 PM. I checked git shortlog on the projects I shipped (I worked with 1 other dev) -- I'm nearing 600 total commits, he's sitting pretty at 7. I've written 100% of the onboarding documentation for new devs, 100% of the user guides for customers, given 100% of the demos for these projects. I just wrapped up project #3, and within one day of relaxing after countless 60+ hour weeks, my boss asks me why I'm slacking, and what project I'm spinning up on. Meanwhile, my colleagues will disappear from the face of the earth for months at a time, never show up the office (I've been told RTO in mandatory, but apparently only for me?), and make 2-3x what I do. As a matter of fact, my boss himself has taken 16 weeks (!!) of PTO just in 2023 alone, and is only in the office for a few hours per day. Meanwhile, my 7-commits-in-2-years coworker was just granted 2 months straight PTO to move across the country... plus he gets to be fully remote. At the same time, I request two days (2!!!!) to move in early September, and was only granted one, Friday, and told to get it done over the weekend and not to miss the following Monday at work. You can't make this stuff up. Fucking hell, I just don't understand. I put in the work, ship things, bring lots of value to the company, and I get sharted on over and over. Underpaid, overworked, gaslit by management... how does a guy who actually wants to work get ahead in this nightmare industry? Thanks for coming to my TED talk. If anyone wants to toss a homie a referral, I'd be grateful. Senior sweng with 7+ yoe, specializing mostly in embedded Linux, but have done everything from front-end JavaScript to FPGA code. Just point me in a direction. TC tax: 132k #burnout #help #mentalhealth
Don't ask for time off. Take time off. If they say no, quit on the spot. They're treating you like this because you don't push back. They're going to learn how to operate without you, either because you're using PTO or because you're gone. And yeah, apply, because you're underpaid.
If this is true and you really have nearly 100x the diff output of your other engineer, you need to fix that fast. Why are you working so hard for TC that low? If you like working hard, start interviewing for a better job or ask for a massive raise. Otherwise start acting your pay and learn from the others on your team who do nothing and likely get paid the same
I can't even get to HR screening in today's market, and that's with real referrals from people I've worked with in the past. It's brutal out there right now.
OP if u r not on a visa, it's time to tell ur boss u r leaving unless u r paid 2x.
you don't get ahead by working for a corporation or someone else. That is an idea they sell to wage slaves.
So HOW do u get ahead?
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Hopefully you learned a value lesson, you give an inch and they take a mile. Do your required hours, no more, no less.