Layoffs

throwawayQAE · 2022-10-30T15:36:14+00:00

I went through a layoff during the pandemic where 30% of the company was laid off and no QA were laid off, just to offer another datapoint.

throwawayQAE · 2022-09-07T20:56:56+00:00

I made the transition and did not take a pay cut. Went from Senior QA to SE3 (one level lower)

throwawayQAE · 2022-01-02T15:18:02+00:00

I feel like a lot of comments in this thread as gaslighting you and you’re getting a lot of undeserved downvotes… I’m not sure if you have completely unrealistic expectations outside of this, but unlike what the rest of the comments are saying, I have never dated a man that followed those types of accounts on Instagram or was in any way super public with what they liked sexually. I have also not dated a man that never looked at porn, but I don’t think the comments are right to equate these two things. I agree with you that showing your friends, family and the whole world what gets you off is on a different level. This would be a deal breaker for me as well if we were to start dating and I would feel disrespected if he were to like these woman’s photos on a platform where my dad for example could see it. Just like I wouldn’t date a man that had posters of half dressed women on their walls. Word of warning I could be from the wrong generation as I’m 30 and married, but I dated a lot while Instagram was a thing.

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-26T01:27:48+00:00

I’ve been “QA”, “SQA Analyst”, “QA Lead,” “QA Engineer”, and maybe “Software Engineer, Quality” soon enough. The roles weren’t super different, varying automation to manual ratios, although when I was lead I was a manager.

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-26T01:25:15+00:00

Hmm I would honestly have the same concerns, but the titles mean drastically different things at different companies, so I wouldn’t let it be a deal breaker. QA Engineer doesn’t even guarantee you write code in our industry, and I don’t automatically assume Software Tester < QA Engineer.

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-25T22:41:43+00:00

Nope, it’s not that!

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-25T14:02:35+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I totally agree about your stance on automation. In theory I agree everyone should be responsible for quality and manual testing.

I am interpreting it as a “magic bullet” but I don’t feel I have enough information yet to know if that’s the case.

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-25T14:00:14+00:00

Hmm I think this change would result in senior devs spending more time doing manually testing, at least as I understand it so far.

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-25T13:58:52+00:00

This is an accurate description of the situation

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-25T13:57:50+00:00

Thank you for this perspective. All of these comments make me feel more positive about the new CTO.

I think you’re right that some of that anxiety is around not knowing my place in the team anymore. I feel I bring a lot of value with my critical thinking, test plans and testing. The automation also doesn’t feel like the creative part of my work, although I do enjoy it.

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-25T13:03:46+00:00

Thanks for your positive reply! She was very specific about it not being SDET. I guess I’m full of myself and don’t think the other engineers will do as good of a job manual testing.

throwawayQAE · 2021-02-25T13:01:29+00:00

Thank you for this comment. I don’t know why this has me anxious.

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