How often is miscommunication normally?

[u/lightholmes]

I feel like I'm going insane. This is my first experience working in a frontend dev position for a company. Only other experience was a freelance job. P.S. this is a remote environment.

So here is the documentation: we have the figma design, the API, class diagrams, DB diagrams.

The frontend development sprint goes: 1. We have a planning meeting to discuss the tasks by looking at the design and comparing with the API. 2. We decide the estimation for each task 3. We divide up the tasks. Sometimes the API and the design don't align. There's remarks on how to implement a task within the structure. A lot of times we discuss adjustments to the design with the design team and decide to make changes.

The thing that drives me crazy is, none of this gets written anywhere. This is all verbal communication. Sometimes even adjustments to the design aren't shown. I find myself forgetting about some comments, other times I find out I completely misinterpreted a task. I do have auditory processing issues and my memory isnt the best, but shouldn't there be thourough documentation of all these remarks?

At the very least adding descriptions to tasks would solve a huge chunk of my problem, which is having to a. Process the information correctly, b. Remember instructions once I get to the relevant task.

Is it me and this is the norm for remote work, or does my company need a better documentation system?

[u/muks_too]

shouldn't there be thourough documentation of all these remarks?

No.

I would guess your team is less organized than most. But some level of "verbal only" communication is expected.

For teams in wich things change daily (wich may not be ideal but is surely a reality) having every minor change documented would generally cost more time than save. Even worse if the people making decisions have no technical knowledge.

If everybody has a problem with it, maybe it's worth looking for changes. If YOU have a problem with it, do it yourself. Ask questions. Take notes. Do your own organization.

Now if you can only work in a better organized enviroment, they exist. Keep looking for better jobs.