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Time for a new job. There are plenty of remote jobs out there. You have good experience under your belt, so don't let them scare you into going into the office. Give them the bird and leave. Companies don't care about you, no matter how long you've been with them, and you shouldn't care either. And no, your team isn't your family, they're just people you work with. Don't be attached.
Yes, I am old enough to know that you are selling your expertise and time.
The company obviously profits a lot more that what you receive.
Also I always cringe with this "family" stuff on any company, that is just a way to manipulate the employees into creating a relationship with the company.
"We're family!...... If you count those toxic families that are governed by raging narcissists. You wanted vindictive feuds, useless arbitrary rules, power-tripping, victim blaming, a cult of personality over management, and extreme punitive actions, right? Right?!"
My last place had a strong cult vibe to it. That was bad enough. But the part that really tripped me out were the overly-bubbly 'glee squad' employees who spent half their time fishing over how life changing our employer was, and the other half literally crying over... how life changing our employer was. It was incredibly cringe. I felt embarrassed for them.
I once worked at one of those "family" places.
One day the boss told me he didn't think I was particularly dedicated to that place.
I said "No shit. That's why you have to pay me to show up every day."
That put an end to that line of reasoning.
I don't think there are plenty of remote jobs anymore. They're highly sought after.
You and I have had very different experiences. My organization has grown my 5x in the last few years and all added positions were fully remote.
But I agree that remote roles are highly sought after. I think there's a correlation effect: Excellent dev managers create fully remote teams, and word gets out that they're excellent to work for.
This will, sadly, settle out when the shitty managers catch on.
On a more personal note, hang in there. You can be top tier talent and still walk into a desirable job interview right after a unicorn candidate for that role.
Can confirm — have been looking for four months for remote roles. I’ve done maybe 20 or so interviews to various stages, but no offers.
What kinds of positions are you applying to?
mid-level (5ish YoE) SWE and MLE/ MLOps roles
More annoyingly, there have been so many baits and switches/ playing fast and loose with the term remote.
or, halfway through the process
"Sorry, initial job description has been filled. Here's another role, though, which is incidentally equivalent to the old one but the job description now says hybrid!! :) :)"
Ah nice you're on a good track (I can't do AI/ML).
I feel you on that bait and switch, these recruiters are savages and companies desperate.
Is that good lol Tbh I’m trying to get away from it and become a backend generalist because I’m sick of the (1) ML hype that leads to absurdly unrealistic / unsatisfiable requirements and (2) the need to work with internal customers (data science people, etc)
I’ve seen in tech. But the great majority of those are either US or EU only. Outside of that, it’s pretty bleak.