I work in tech, mostly support and admin stuff and a bit of scripting. My team is seriously overworked and my team lead has been asking for a new hire for more then a year. We finally got a new guy, he is Mexican. That in itself is not important but I was spending time trying to explain to him what we are doing on this project and the guy does not even know how to ssh to a host. When I got hired I had to pass tests on networking, bash scripting and linux, the tests I took are not enough for what we do and should have covered a lot more but this guy knows less then a high school student that likes computers.
I'm so done with affirmative action bullshit. I have nothing against the guy and wish him all the best but this is demoralizing. We've been so freaking overworked for so long, fuck this crap.
A couple of years ago a team I work with within my big company did a diversity hire and hired a totally unqualified woman who was essentially a secretary to run a department. Pissed off a 15-year employee who at least wanted an opportunity to be considered and he left. She lasted about two years and I hope left or was fired, but I'm sure if I were to look she was probably promoted to something else. The area that team was responsible for had a 1-year head start over a lot of other markets and a few years later they are in dead last at finishing their projects. They finally about a year ago hired some good people (both white guys no less), but it's the type of work that has a long lead time on a lot of things and good management can only clean up so much shit in a certain amount of time.
The team I work in is small, we are 4 guys so having one diversity hire has a much bigger impact. Our workload is unmanageable, we are at the point where we are putting in unpaid overtime so we do not get flooded.
That's a bullshit trick companies like to pull. I say let it flood; sit down with your team and hash out what can reasonably done in a day, do it, and go home. Let the manager in charge of hiring fill in the gaps.
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You don't owe them anything OP, they're treating you like shit, why would you do work for them for free? They're overworking you because they see all the work being done, because you're doing it for free. They'd maybe not have gone with such a shitty hire if they knew the extent of the problem
I've got a job and boss I think are great, they get 10-15 over on urgent matters. But in return I get flexibility, or they remind me to bill me for it. I know the real world doesn't finish at 5:00 on the dot, particularly in small orgs. But don't work for free, time is the most precious thing you have, its the only resource that matters. Why give it to people who don't respect you or your time. Let them reap what they have sown.
Or just quit, preferably coordinate for everyone to quit all at once.
I've been considering it, I do not like to change jobs to much but I've started applying and I've already gotten a few interviews lined up.
Yeah you need to change that team mentality. I would get with them and say we aren't going to do unpaid overtime anymore. If it gets backed up, fuck it.
Because your current method many have tried but it is unsustainable. The workload will overflow eventually, may as well start having problems now so the higher ups know.
Don't put in unpaid overtime bro. That shit is not sustainable and lets management continue getting away with not giving you enough people on your team to handle the work.
If you've got some Linux chops there is a shit ton of work out there for you right now. Go get a raise instead of being worked to death.
The job itself is not bad, the pay is good and the colleagues are nice but I guess is time to make a move.
It's never a pleasant realization and having been through it recently I sympathize.