-Depending on your manager, you could have no work life balance
-Constant roadblocks to implementing new solutions. Got an idea? Wait one year and maybe they’ll implement it
-Teammates could work from all over the world making it difficult to sync up with one another. There would be times I would be working at midnight (on non-release nights) just to get the chance to work with a coworker from the other side of the world
-An antagonistic manager
I had to take time off to get surgery. I let my team and manager know weeks in advance and sent a reminder the day before with progress reports on all of my projects. The day of the surgery, I was under anesthesia and my manager called three times, with my teammate calling once. I was able to somehow reply once the operation was over. What they were calling me about was something new that came up, but it wasn’t a mission critical item. Once the anesthesia wore off, I was able to get them there information and started to update my resume.
I’ve always worked hard - but this last manager would call me at odd hours over the weekend and holidays. Every time I’d complete something, I was met with negativity and got blamed for things I had no part in.
You might think that the issue was with me, but I’ve been at my new job for a year and I’ve been highly successful with the same job title. The only difference is the coding language and the way my manager manages.
