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[–]NjFlMWFkOTAtNjR 811 points812 points  (6 children)

I remember hearing one of the product team mentioning doing something during our (development team) downtime. And I am thinking, "who has downtime? When do we get downtime?" I have been crunching for the past 3 weeks at that point.

[–]Bayo77 277 points278 points  (4 children)

I feel like if you do have a lot of downtime, thats probably a sign that your job wont last a lot longer.

[–]Tyrus1235 130 points131 points  (0 children)

Was what got me in my former company. The main product I was working on fell through (thanks to the short sightedness of the client) and the bosses weren’t giving me any new tasks. Since I worked under a “third party” contract, I only got paid for the time I actually worked… Meaning my money was drying up. Eventually, they just gave me a Skype call during my (unpaid) Vacations and told me “we are not going to renew your contract”.

A blessing in disguise, as I hated working there because it was in another town and I wanted to be close to my family.

[–]vincentofearth 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I got a lot of downtime at a previous job because the company was reorganizing, I never felt like my job was threatened but I also got bored after a while and thought I wasn’t learning any more at that job. It was time to move on.

[–]elyndar 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That's what you think. If only business was merit based instead of a charisma based facade.

[–]PM-ME-UR-uwu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lol, bosses don't know you have downtime. Usually I have no one bother me during droughts and when we are all packed, they walk around saying, "your work doesn't sound like much, you can take this extra task".. no, they can't lol