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My mans fired me and gave ME a two-week notice

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Fidelity Investments for 2 years
May 7, 2023
Durham, North Carolina
5.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

My boss paid me for two weeks to look for a new job and told me EXACTLY what about my performance wasn't good. He did a transfer before terminating. He advised on how to advance my career in the "you're fired" talk. OH! And he met me IN PERSON to have this talk. It was a private 1 on 1. You're treated quite human since Fidelity profits off the public market knowing it's cancer and stays private. I think officially it's 8 to 5 work hours, but I rolled in around 9 or 10, and it was all good. I could leave around 3. As long as my work was getting done, it was good. WFH is awesome.

Cons

When they put out the snacks, the packs of nuts are coated in sugar.

Have to pay for food at the cafeteria now, even though the chefs manage to somehow burn cauliflower. The only edible food is fried food. Even then, occasionally it's fékéd.

I believe there is poor communication throughout the company. You have to talk to like 30 people on every task you do.

Scrum masters don't understand programming and are like, "Bro, why isn't this done?" despite you just telling them why it's not done.

The encouragement I received was, "Okay, try and get this done before the end of the sprint." Wow... why didn't I think of that! STFU.

Advice to Management

Fire all your scrum masters that don't know what an if statement is.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
5.0

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