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[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 73 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I did this recently. They "replaced" me with two engineers after I had been begging for meaningful help for months.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 3 days ago

Well, that's maddening.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Because as far as I know, they only finished the immediate project that I was working on and didn't continue doing any of the next things on the roadmap that were sorely needed. A fintech company that somehow assigned zero importance to their payments system.

[–] Pilon23@feddit.dk 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Management works in mysterious ways 💫

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Management is always managed by the Peter Principle.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Peter Principle

Is that your new CFO?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

Oh shit, there might actually be a guy with that name.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago

Because our King can never be truly replaced. ✊