Terrible onboarding experience. I wanna quit.

I’m only 2 months in, but it’s been hell. The onboarding experience has been the worst. I haven’t had a formal reoccurring 1-1 meeting with my current manager and every time I ask about it, they say they’ll get around to scheduling it. My onboarding buddy also went on PTO so I never had a go to person. I’ve asked for help on Slack but I get left on read constantly. I’ve been able to complete some infra tasks and small bug fixes, but I feel like I could contribute more if I got more support from my team. The tech debt is really bad. I’ve seen 4 nested conditionals and classes that break the single responsibility principle. I came from a non-faang company so I thought the engineering talent would be better here. And I’ll admit, there is better talent here, but the culture discourages taking the time to write quality code and focuses more on delivery. In contrast, my last company had a much better codebase because we were given reasonable timelines. Heck, why is CR Revisions used as a performance metric? I had to approve a CR that I’m not proud of because I didn’t want to increase my teammate’s revision average. I just don’t feel like it’s a collaborative environment at all due to our performance culture and ownership LP. I really want to grow my career here, but I don’t see myself past the 6th month. With the overwhelming tech debt, unhelpful teammates, and tight deadlines, I can see myself getting pipped. I haven’t even started oncall yet. I would rather get fired than become toxic like some of the successful developers I’ve seen. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve met nice and talented people here but the overall culture is suffocating. Not sure what to do here. YOE: 1.5 years SDE I TC: ~200k

Goldman Sachs I_Quit Jan 25, 2022

😂😂! Living up the expectations

Asana ppcoca1ne Jan 25, 2022

I'm right there with you. Start interviewing. It's not worth it. I tried to stick around but I'm just torturing myself at this point. Some teams know they are hiring a poor sucker to do an impossible job.

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sharaider Jan 26, 2022

You feel this way at Asana?

Asana ppcoca1ne Jan 26, 2022

Yes I do. I am not the only one.

Microsoft eerrr! Jan 25, 2022

was treated even more worst in MS. so hang in there and it'smore of team thing

Esri lcopUo8 Jan 25, 2022

Whattt. I hear MS has nice WLB

Microsoft swag_lord Jan 25, 2022

No one tries to help each other. Documentation is is just a myth.

Meta ltXo64 Jan 25, 2022

Why do you care so much about tech debt? Delivery is more important. And people leaving only nit-pick comments about code style on CRs with no feedback of substance just adds to the unnecessary curb. You could start by tackling these concerns on your own as you see them but I don't see why it's such a big issue.

Amazon darkghoul OP Jan 25, 2022

I mentioned the tech debt because it affects the delivery timelines. A small feature add suddenly becomes a big tasks because it requires a refactor that nobody wants to do.

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ynKc32 Jan 25, 2022

Of course the Meta guy likes to move fast and break things!

Amazon BYyv58 Jan 25, 2022

There are lots of good teams out there. Start searching jobfinder, doing informational interviews, and looking for a good fit. Plenty of folks change within the first six months.

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denshSai2 Jan 25, 2022

Is it common to switch team in amazon within the 6 months?

Amazon BYyv58 Jan 25, 2022

I know at least 4 people from my last team who switched in or out within six months to find a better fit.

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ynKc32 Jan 25, 2022

Pretty much sums up my exp at Amazon. Try to find better teams, or start prepping for interviews.

TikTok mi wo Jan 25, 2022

What is stopping u from quitting

JPMorgan Chase qRnc33 Jan 25, 2022

Lmao sounds about right

Uber Press F Jan 25, 2022

Did you start interviewing yet? Best time was yesterday, next best time is now. You were unlucky and got a bad team. But you’ve at least got FAANG on resume now, so your next set of interviews should go easier

Lyft hiyasis Jan 25, 2022

Wtf revisions is a performance metric, wow I am staying away