I absolutely loved this job. Then another department merged with ours and we were regularly harassed because our system wasn’t exactly like the system they used before. Over the course of one year, the entire product and design teams were replaced. They removed the lead product manager completely, so we had junior associates reporting to a director who didn’t have time to develop them, much less understand what they’re working on.
I spent a year of my life with a target on my back. I went from being a top performer, paid a substantial retention bonus, to having nothing I do be good enough. This was after completely redesigning our intent intake system, onboarding new PMs, coaching and developing them (due to lack of a manager), leading multiple tech teams, and actually releasing multiple features.
Nothing was good enough and no one could tell me anything meaningful I could do to improve my performance (I did everything they suggested). Once I had a low rating at midyear, I was told it was impossible to pull myself to a strong at end of year and landed on a PIP. Halfway through my PIP, they told me they were going to fire me anyway, so I should take the package and leave. This job built me up, then stripped away my self worth. It really bothers me how many talented people they just threw away.
