‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket': Data engineer earning below average is expected to do the work of 3 people, so he quits instead

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Eleonora Bader
Nov 23, 2023 6:00 PM EST

Management often concentrates all of their efforts on one area, meaning that they put the bulk of a couple of jobs onto one employee, risking it all. You have got to hand it to them, as it is quite brave of them to so boldly assume one person will WANT to take on so much responsibility, and then that they will be able to want to continue with it consistently.

So the saying, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' definitely applies here… One manager who (shocker) did not know how to do his job, made a data engineer who was earning way below average take on a 3-person job. At first, the employee, OP, was excited, as he felt that this was an opportunity to 'build the IT team from the ground up', but it quickly became apparent that management was simply using him, and not properly compensating him for his efforts at all.

Surprise, surprise, suddenly OP was way less excited about his job, and decided that he did not want to continue with the company. Guess what happened when he did that? Scroll down to find out, and then check out this story about a coworker who had a god complex that led to all the other employees walking out on her, leaving her to finish a big project all by herself.

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  • 01
    Toxic workplace around ... tomorrow they find out So I work for a private healthcare company in the UK. I'm in their IT team as a data engineer, earning below-average for the role.
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    When I came onboard, I was told about what a sh .ow the company's IT was, and how we were building it from the ground up. It sounded like a fun challenge where I'd get to carve out my own role and do some exciting stuff with APIs and data connections, which sad as it is I do kinda live for in work.
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    So FFW about 10 months. We have gone through 5 members of staff who couldn't get on with the director, whose priorities seem to be making sure all the documentation is in the right font rather than the speedy delivery that needs to happen on projects (literally, we've gone through like 10 iterations of
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    our template documents, and every meeting we have with him it changes). He threatens everyone's jobs basically weekly, and the whole team is demoralised and looking for an exit. At the same time, I've been loaded with responsibility for first line support, business analysis AND
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    technical set up on-site (there are about 15 offices scattered around the country; I have to drive to each of them, deliver training and then do config and initialisation). I'm basically doing the work of 3 people. I thought that was gonna change when they said they'd hire a support tech, but I stopped
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    recruitment interviewed literally a day after we'd a candidate we were going to offer the job to. So now, there's at least 3 staff looking to leave, including me. I'm their only technical resource, so if I go they can kiss goodbye to all their major Q4 23 and Q1 24 projects.
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    Tomorrow, I'm putting my notice in. When they get it, I'm expecting them to absolutely sh. t themselves. I literally can't wait XD
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    livinginsideabubble7 · 21 hr. ago Finally some satisfying news on here! Please post any scrambling desperate emails they send you as they freak out. People like that deserve to have their company crumbling around them. Reply Share 705
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    IAmJustShadow 19 hr. ago edited 19 hr. ago I worked on a team like this for almost 7 years. It was a great team during the first 4-5 years but the company decided to outsource building of a new system entirely that would replace the system we supported.
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    and Fast forward another year, the consultancy delivers an almost broken architected design of a product. The managers quit citing product owners ignored them and were warned about going with Indian outsourcing company, ontop expected to support for the next 5 years, the market was also very hot. These people are SMEs in their fields and they'd be hard press finding those
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    skills alone, let alone product knowledge. When they leave the seniors went with them. One junior/mid tech threatens to leave but in the end stays as the company promises everything and more because they know without him they're screwed. I don't think he had the to quit imo, he always came across the type to say one thing and do another.
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    He did get a raise below 15% of market rate, a new job title and in return he was asked to build out a team ASAP (a mix of perm and consultants) for which he was expecting to eventually run and line manage + more pay. After years of interviewing and finding the right folk, training, and once the company felt the documentation was in place and the outsource consultants knew enough to
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    support the system. They sacked him citing redundancies and restructured so the products would sit under another team streamlining headcount by about 50%. In the end it was revealed the restructure was the main reason the managers left, they knew it was coming. The company
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    never changed their plans to cut cost despite the risks. The consultants that were trained were let in to knowledge transfer to the new team and contracts weren't renewed after it was done. The new team are still working like they were stuck in the 1990s and deploy to prod using a zip file and FTP, the company got an inferior service in exchange for cost cutting.
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    The company is not your friend but a oiled machine that will spew you out when needed. 60 Reply Share No_Organization_3311 OP 19 hr. ago The company is never your friend Ngl I considered cutting a deal like the tech at your old place. I know they'll
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    offer me everything and more, but I can't trust them to deliver; and even if I could the place has left such a sour taste in my mouth I really just want to get out. 53 Reply Share
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    No-Attention-2367- 17 hr. ago If you have another job lined up, do NOT let them know that or where it is. This sounds like the kind of director who would try to sabotage you to try to keep you. 29 ♡ Reply Share
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    TheRealDreaK - 16 hr. ago . They're going to look absolutely shocked, because they never saw this coming despite doing everything possible to make it happen. Also, make sure your resignation letter is in "the wrong font." Reply Share 13
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    series-hybrid. 19 hr. ago In the UK, is there a company rating website that IT people use, like glassdoor? let the candidates that answer job opening advertisements know what's going on and why the staff has an opening... 7 Reply Share
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