Some managers and dirs just do follow ups, just they pressure on developers to deliver data to meet deadlines. They didn't even know proper architecture, business, no proper direction to dev's and some even don't know basic git commands. I don't know how are they even surviving in this org.
12 replies (most recent on top)
Most of the directors are yes people with no skills who just steal work
I’ve had directors steal my work and use as their own. I’ve also had them give my work to others. They get all the credit and say I don’t excute. Because they never told me to and stole it!!! It’s a major problem at this company. The younger employees who are directors don’t know what they are doing!
@b8 what do you mean by "you people"?
You people sound like a bunch of id--ts, What’s the point of this post?
@ab can you expand on what you mean by "how" you say things?
@a6 I had managers here steal my work and give to weak, ill-equipped people, one of those people is now 75 years old and still in the company. His skills were medieval and he couldn't map out a process. As Karma would have it, the mgr who gave him my work was let go for other reasons. The person who was given my work presented it as his own, but once they asked questions, he couldn't answer and the querent forced him to reveal the true owner of the work lol! These types of things happen here. Favoritism and Cronysm!
@as While you Mgr and Dir don't need to know the nitty gritty to do your job, they should know enough to not only value but also support you. Then should know what reasonable expectations are, and not put their teams though unnecessary, undue pressure! Managers who knows absolutely nothing about the job, suk! Those who know too much, enough to micromanage the heck out of you, also suk. It's a sweet spot and a decent manager would show balance on this!
Why would a director need to know basic git commands? That's not their job.
@ab too bad rewarding people for playing office politics "well" only leads to things like lost contracts to companies with no business in insurance and layoffs. Everyone else pays the price.
Best thing to do is to get promoted yourself. You sound like a true leader stuck in a reportee role. One thing you should know, you can get further up any corporate ladder with the understanding of HOW you say it is more important than WHAT your saying
@OP right? Pretending to know things you don't gets rewarded. It's wild. The people in tech leadership roles are in for a rude awakening if lay offs happen. You can't just steal people's ideas, lie about what you know, and force people to act like you know what you're talking about any place else. On top of just not being a good person a very rude awakening might be in store.
Because it’s not about the work you do it’s about the way you present to leaders and who’s your friends are. Anyone and BS a spreadsheet to make numbers go in your favor. They play a game that has nothing to do with building better experiences for our members or other employees.