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I have multiple offers in hand from the below-mentioned companies.
Need your inputs and suggestion regarding which company would be better to join in terms of career growth and opportunities in Data Engineer role.
ITC Infotech
Telstra
Teklink International
Factspan analytics
Bosch
All companies are giving offers around 18-20(Fixed +Variable).
YOE - 3.4 years
Tech Stack - SQL Server,SSIS,Azure ,ADF,ADB,Pyspark,Azure Synapse, SparlSQL
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I usually block off time in my calendar so that no one can invite me to meetings during that block. Also, trust that I will decline the meeting if I absolutely don't need to be there. Otherwise, if meetings are impacting your work, talk to your boss about it. At the end of the day, it's on you to manage your time.
Coach
Love this. Definitely think I need a mindset shift
Decline
Coach
Love it. Or just not show up to the meetings and see what happens.
I pull no punches. I just say I can’t make the deadlines I’m working on if you want to have meetings all day to talk about the work I should be working on.
Still end up with endless meetings, but at least not from my overseers.
Coach
100%
Here’s what ChatGPT told me. Here’s a polished, professional way to say that in corporate speak:
“I’m finding it challenging to balance the volume of meetings with the time needed for focused work. Are there opportunities to reassess how we’re prioritizing meeting time to ensure there’s adequate space for delivering on key responsibilities?”
Or slightly more direct but still tactful:
“With the current meeting load, I’m finding it difficult to carve out uninterrupted time for execution. Could we explore ways to protect some focus time or streamline meetings where possible?”
I’ve tried myself to ask a similar question and received a bogus answer. Good luck!
If I gave my boss that bs gpt answer, they’d tell me it’s a me problem that I can’t manage the workload. What a word salad. Sheesh.
Brilliant. Both ChatGPT and you.
Let me know if you find out. I love spending all my time talking about all the work we need to do, instead of, y'know, actually doing it...
Million dollar question for sure 🤣
Just tell them “realistically with my bandwidth you can have that Wednesday” (add a day) then negotiate
Coach
Yup same. Can’t do it anymore. It’s not sustainable
I've decided to inform my PMs of each other. This PM has me booked for 7.5 hours of work, have you asked them if you can have my time and the impact to the deadline? It's kind of working.
If I have work I urgently need to get done I skip unnecessary meetings. Most of them are. And block off my cal for heads down work.