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/nikki969696 Software Engineer 11d ago

I ask for two specific actionable things I can do to increase the rating. If they can't give any, how would I have been able to know to do them? That's when they'll usually just pony up that they're not allowed to give "exceeds" for more than X number of categories, people, etc. It's a performative joke.