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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago

Well, that's maddening.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Management works in mysterious ways 💫

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Management is always managed by the Peter Principle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Peter Principle

Is that your new CFO?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Because our King can never be truly replaced. ✊