1b3d01bf
I literally rebuilt our entire ingestion pipeline from scratch. moved us from batch to streaming. cut P95 latency by 60%. oncall pages dropped 80%.
perf review comes around and my manager says "meets expectations, solid quarter."
when I asked what exceeds looks like he said "well you'd need to show more leadership and mentorship." I'm an IC. AN IC.
am I crazy or is this gaslighting
f91c13b4
welcome to corporate america where impact doesnt matter, perception does. your manager probably didnt even pitch your work properly in calibration
accf2c2d
this is literally every perf cycle at amazon. they decide the rating before the review and then backfill the justification. the "leadership" comment is the classic tell
bd34c583
start interviewing. your manager just told you they dont value you. believe them.
89189116
controversial take: maybe the pipeline rewrite wasnt as hard as you think it was and other people on the team shipped stuff that was just as impactful but less visible
26522bca
lol found OP's manager
da667093
"show more leadership" for an IC is code for "we already gave exceeds to someone else and there's a quota". sorry OP
705e1a08
document everything you shipped with metrics. when you interview elsewhere, thats your story. when you leave, your manager will realize what they lost. tale as old as time
