Got my performance review today.
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Got my performance review today.
Positive feedback: literally every member of my team says I'm the best manager they have ever had. I solved multiple long-standing problems the team has been dealing with for years. Team members feel safe to share their struggles, everyone feels empowered, everyone receives valuable feedback.
Negative feedback: I am not enthusiastic enough about AI.
Overall ranking: 3/5.Anyone hiring for a fully remote team lead?
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yikes
i recently left a job and in my exit interview i mentioned that the company has perfected a way to run off good employees
i'm not sure the interviewer really understood, but maybe eventually
@samiamsam @fn0rd I had this at a different company.
After 2 of the 4+1 people on the Linux-IT team got (not legally!) 'mobbed out' by upper managment with mandatory in-office time (despite none of the systems being onsite and one would've to commute 500km (!) one-way (!!) twice a week (!!!) whist the other dragged themselves into the office with a fresh knee surgery, the remaining 2+1 [I was still in] got ordered crunchtime (as if that was excuseable in a regular IT infrastructure!).
- I dared to ask 'what consequences do we take away from this? I'm not asking financially, but like structural and organizational…' and the CxO in the meeting looked at me as if I had personally insulted them.
- Needless to say, they didn't get why said people went away, and AFAICT not only did I and the rest of the Linux team quit, but even my successor quit afterwards (cuz I happen to randomly meet them at a different company long after that!)…
Funny how small the world actually is…
- I dared to ask 'what consequences do we take away from this? I'm not asking financially, but like structural and organizational…' and the CxO in the meeting looked at me as if I had personally insulted them.
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Got my performance review today.
Positive feedback: literally every member of my team says I'm the best manager they have ever had. I solved multiple long-standing problems the team has been dealing with for years. Team members feel safe to share their struggles, everyone feels empowered, everyone receives valuable feedback.
Negative feedback: I am not enthusiastic enough about AI.
Overall ranking: 3/5.Anyone hiring for a fully remote team lead?
@fn0rd
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Got my performance review today.
Positive feedback: literally every member of my team says I'm the best manager they have ever had. I solved multiple long-standing problems the team has been dealing with for years. Team members feel safe to share their struggles, everyone feels empowered, everyone receives valuable feedback.
Negative feedback: I am not enthusiastic enough about AI.
Overall ranking: 3/5.Anyone hiring for a fully remote team lead?
@fn0rd I'm probably cynical, but that reads like just about every performance review I've ever had: Awesome work. Obligatory negative statement. Meets expectations.
(That said, the AI angle is even more dystopian and I support you looking for a better job)
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@fn0rd I was interviewing for Hubspot recently, and spent about 30 mins chatting with the recruiter before she said "ok so there's a code test, then systems design test, then another code test, then of course the AI fluency test, then a hiring manager call..."
I satd "sorry, what's an AI fluency test?"
"Oh, well just a standard test because you need to use AI for everyday coding"
"Aha... do you mean, it's available as a tool for engineers when they see fit, or like they MUST use it X number of times per day?"
"Yes."
"...?"@ganxel
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@fn0rd
They are scoring AI too heavily.@quoidian I really think they are
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@fn0rd Having morals and a clear view is not in every environment appreciated.
@WingedSnake Too true
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@fn0rd lol this can't be real
@saxnot I did not want to post an exact quote, but you'll have to trust me it's sadly close enough.
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@deborahh @johncormier Appreciate it
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@fn0rd did the AI thing come from the team or your manager?
@leyrer The manager. Which, to be fair, got it from *his* managers.
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@kkarhan The job market is such that finding a position with a different company, let alone one that doesn't aggressively push LLM use, is non-trivial.
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@JackMcGraw HR has been pushing all managers to use LLMs when writing performance reviews. My manager in particular was very clear he used LLMs when writing his reviews.
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@fn0rd I'm probably cynical, but that reads like just about every performance review I've ever had: Awesome work. Obligatory negative statement. Meets expectations.
(That said, the AI angle is even more dystopian and I support you looking for a better job)
@igrok Totally fair. Still frustrating though :).
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@leyrer The manager. Which, to be fair, got it from *his* managers.
@fn0rd thought so
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Got my performance review today.
Positive feedback: literally every member of my team says I'm the best manager they have ever had. I solved multiple long-standing problems the team has been dealing with for years. Team members feel safe to share their struggles, everyone feels empowered, everyone receives valuable feedback.
Negative feedback: I am not enthusiastic enough about AI.
Overall ranking: 3/5.Anyone hiring for a fully remote team lead?
@fn0rd @cstross Here’s a collection of companies doing remote, hope it’s helpful! https://taffer.ca/posts/2025/remote/
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@saxnot I did not want to post an exact quote, but you'll have to trust me it's sadly close enough.
@fn0rd you deserve better
life is too short being around ingratespersonally I think it's very admirable and grounded to use tools as-is without being blinded by the hype. the capabilities of LLM and GPT in a realistic sense are pretty limited and reducing your performance review because of not buying enough into the hype puts a bad mark on whomever did the review
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@fn0rd you deserve better
life is too short being around ingratespersonally I think it's very admirable and grounded to use tools as-is without being blinded by the hype. the capabilities of LLM and GPT in a realistic sense are pretty limited and reducing your performance review because of not buying enough into the hype puts a bad mark on whomever did the review
@fn0rd i can only boost and boost again but I hope you are surrounded by people who appreciate your work
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@fn0rd @cstross Here’s a collection of companies doing remote, hope it’s helpful! https://taffer.ca/posts/2025/remote/
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