My boss is constantly changing things for me, projects, teams, stack of technology.
Optimist in me thinks, maybe he needs my talent, realist is telling me, no you are not performing well and your boss is annoyed by you and keeps moving to different directions, until he gets rid of you.
Need advice, if anyone can mentor me or direct me on right direction would be great.
- How long have you had the job
- How often does this happen & how many times so far
- How is your work with team leads or more experienced members going--are you directly reaching out to them, connecting with them, or do you land on a project and find yourself isolating for example
- Are there specific achievements outlined for you by the team or project leads
- Are you able to connect with others at or above your level about similar changes, and whether they experienced the same? Do they have any feedback?
- Do you feel comfortable raising this topic at a high level (in terms of wording) and in a gentle, but persistent way?
Just some ideas to get started, otherwise it is probably really easy to speculate in near-random directions. :-)
Part of the value of those is supposed to be locking in choices for some period, that allows for actual work to get done.
And what period of time did this happen over?
I've seen staff engineers roam pretty freely -- part of the job is being able to parachute in, get the lay of the land, contribute value, and then shift focus.
What does that even mean?
Maybe he does not realize what he is doing.
Take some notes, write down some examples and have a conversation with him about what is bothering you.
Sounds like he does not know what he is doing or spread thin and not realizing he is pulling you in multiple ways.
Good luck!