Anyone else dealing with this, hiring freeze for new devs but more work/projects?
Anyone else dealing with this, hiring freeze for new devs but more work/projects?
I am experiencing a bit of a whiplash here at work. To be fair, I am getting paid very well (and got a significant raise last year, that was good), but we have had positions be open for years now with no hiring. And we are having more and more projects being proposed without finishing the projects themselves. Its the classic they want to do more with less scenario. The top brass just announced a hiring freeze so new devs for a while.
The execs are floating the idea that AI can be used to replace or supplement the people leaving. On all of our propitiatory code-base/solutions....yeah that will go well.
So yeah anyone else dealing with this?
The execs are floating the idea that AI can be used to replace or supplement the people leaving.
I've been thinking about going into consulting. Companies like this are going to be a gold mine in a few years.
I feel like this is a repeat of the "just hire someone overseas" again. The projects will go haywire after an initial promise...and the only ones that can fix it are the experienced devs. Cant tell you how many projects I got over the years like that.
Execs that float this shit can suck it. If they don't want to hire, don't let them saddle you with more work. I work my hours, do what I can and clock out. If they ask for more, I tell them what I'm working on, how much it takes, and when their stuff will be able to get slotted in. They can try and squeeze more out of you, but only if you let them. Don't let them.
They can fire you and try to hire a sucker who will - or keep running through suckers that do, but it won't do their company nor their clients good, at least not in the long term. But these people are only around for the short term gains.
Oh yeah, ive been doing this for close to 20 years now. I have YEARs worth of savings if need be. If they want to get rid of me, ill have a job lined up in a couple of months as im literally at the beach. I dont work overtime.
Time is a much more valuable commodity. I appreciate the comment.
Sounds like a them problem. Don't let them pressure you into working OT.
I am getting paid very well
You guys are getting paid well? what the heck am I doing wrong.
For me: I did a LOT of contracting/small jobs at first and found im pretty good at anything that plugs into the wall. Then found out you can get paid if you just deliver reliably.
Also getting into a niche can help your $$. I did EDI for a bit and it helped later on. No one knows EDI (for good reason).
I haven’t touched an 850 or 856 EDI document in years and I‘m happy for that 😂
The thing is, I am already in a niche - since I am coming from the engineering / non-IT side and sliding into development. Probably the start-up character of my company doesnt help here expecting high income for now.
But I am going with either earning, learning or leaving. And since I learn so fucking much I cannot leave.
Sounds like a good time to start your own business, creating a stable, no-bullshit version of whatever these companies produce
I wish my company gave me big raises and stopped hiring.