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Anyone else dealing with this, hiring freeze for new devs but more work/projects? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/programming@programming.dev

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I am experiencing a bit of a whiplash here at work. To be fair, I am getting paid very well (and got a significant raise last year, that was good), but we have had positions be open for years now with no hiring. And we are having more and more projects being proposed without finishing the projects themselves. Its the classic they want to do more with less scenario. The top brass just announced a hiring freeze so new devs for a while.

The execs are floating the idea that AI can be used to replace or supplement the people leaving. On all of our propitiatory code-base/solutions....yeah that will go well.

So yeah anyone else dealing with this?

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Execs that float this shit can suck it. If they don't want to hire, don't let them saddle you with more work. I work my hours, do what I can and clock out. If they ask for more, I tell them what I'm working on, how much it takes, and when their stuff will be able to get slotted in. They can try and squeeze more out of you, but only if you let them. Don't let them.

They can fire you and try to hire a sucker who will - or keep running through suckers that do, but it won't do their company nor their clients good, at least not in the long term. But these people are only around for the short term gains.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 12 points 3 days ago

Oh yeah, ive been doing this for close to 20 years now. I have YEARs worth of savings if need be. If they want to get rid of me, ill have a job lined up in a couple of months as im literally at the beach. I dont work overtime.

Time is a much more valuable commodity. I appreciate the comment.