I’ve been a Developer on this team since July, and since Week One it has been one problem after the next. Sunday night was my final straw.
Before leaving on my annual birthday trip, I worked overtime to get my code pushed to Production. I agreed to be on the lookout if anything needed to be fixed over the weekend. I did not hear from our customer, so I continued on with my life and left for my trip. Come Sunday night at 10:30pm, the customer states there is something wrong. Instead of my manager to stand up for our team and state that the deadline has been passed and this is not a reasonable time, she proceeded to blow up my phone for 2 hours. I do not answer work calls after a certain time nor am I at anyone’s beck and call.
The following morning, my manager has the audacity to text me demanding me to work on this knowing fully well that I am not in the country and out of office. The posted text message is how I responded.
This was my 13th reason. I am a Developer. I did not sign up to be an on call doctor or nurse. I am done.