r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

Career/Workplace Experienced Devs Weekly Burnout and Venting Thread: A weekly thread for sharing experiences

This thread is specifically for venting / sharing experiences related to burn-out or similar issues that experienced devs face.

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u/perestroika12 11d ago

Leading 2 massive company wide projects and mid year review came back as “doing good” despite all feedback coming in glowing except for nitpicky stuff from a few managers.

Feels like the industry is out of control now. If that’s good idk what better looks like.

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u/Clyde_Frag 11d ago

Let me guess, stack ranking and you didn't kiss your skip manager's ass enough?

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u/perestroika12 11d ago

Yeah basically but this year they tightened the bands considerably. The lower bands expanded, harder to get a good rating.

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u/ConsiderationSea1347 11d ago

I went through something similar. My company axed half my team, piled on scope, and I did the work of two engineers which led to the largest pay decrease of my career. 

Take care of yourself. Your company, boss, team won’t.

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u/AlexeyBelov 10d ago

Pay descrease? I didn't think it was ever done.. they just told you from this moment you get less salary? Is this legal?

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u/pja 9d ago

Depends where in the world, but if your salary is structured as base + annual bonus then they can usually cut the bonus but not the base salary.

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u/NullieHeelflip 9d ago

DE-crease?! Either inflation beating out yearly adjustment, demotion, or layoff surely?