We’ve seen CPI and CFC take action.
When will the others showing their cards?
GaME, DAI, TechOps, and EADP it’s no secret that these are bloated organizations, and even those within them are aware of it.
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@af CF is out
Dr.GT and her empire of doom!
hey maybe CIS can finally be looked at, imagine that... do the right thing.
Not even improved tech, more empire building
@ff+1jvjmtxxj preach, man! Way, way too much of our time that could be spent coding is spent navigating worthless redundant service platforms and access problems. bureaucracy on top of bureaucracy
reduce itc to support only
drop atc completely and ptc
keep development local and offer promotions, trim most principles and many distinguished eng, they make way too much to contribute not much
empower regular engineers who have good ideas, they don't ask for much on salary anyway
whq needs to be back on top and drive this thing
ai tools in back poket means, keep it local, keep it lean, and kick it high gear, no more messing around
get it done!
GT isn’t the only bloated team! Anyone take a guess what other team this statement applies to?
“bigger teams over better teams, because the only way a Director turns into a Senior Director is to bloat his downstream, requiring more managers, eventually requiring directors, which means they finally get a promotion they’re not qualified for anywhere else.” Hmmmmm?!
@ew+1jvjmtxxj That’s me. The slowly boiled frog. These days I feel like I’m one bad day away from slamming my head through drywall. Always thought it would be Sr Leadership that pushed me off a cliff but it’s looking like my “peers” will get that honor.
S3-adapter to NSP to Consuming-Service to original-API-service to SQS to scheduled thread back on original-API-service to SQS to Slightly-Specialized-Adapter(s) to SQS to API-Calling-Service and all the way back around the mountain through an equivalent chain of another dozen services.
All for a workflow that processes 1000 messages daily. Given 3 months without any BS and I could reduce my area’s footprint 10x.
Why is our cloud cost through the roof? Why is nothing delivered on time? They know why. They continue to perpetuate the problem in exchange for bloating their pyramid.
Replace the contractors domestic and foreign with fresh US college graduates. At least a 2-1 or 3-1 reduction in staffing. Give them as much coolaid as they can drink. Throw 4% annual raises on top to keep them around, or create 3 new junior levels & make sure to promote the kids every 18-24 months. They are cheaper, smarter, actually have relevant technical experience, and would happily work 60 hours a week to fix this pigsty.
PTC is most overrated group of engineers. No concept of collaboration, not owning any after hour / weekend support, failed delivery every single time. Pretend engineers
hahaha! @eg+ another insider who knows the real deal.
Consultants/contractors often develop a "code complexity induced" job security system... make it complicated... keep it that way... no one else will be able to understand it or even if they understand it be able to follow the spaghetti to see the blast radius of any code changes.
Continuity, standards, security, tight code and relentlessly driving for a simpler solution... hallmarks of a good coder and they aren't even in the top 5 of a typical managed service worker.
@eb+1jvjmtxxj must be one of those ITC ‘engineers’ I’ve been cleaning up after. 15 copy-paste microservices with 20 lines of code different between themselves, anyone else would have built one slightly modular project.
BUT! Now when CIS flags a security issue (of course it’s the same thing on each project) they get to run around screaming about how hard they’re working to fix 15 projects. How they need 2 more engineers or no business deliverables for half the quarter while they catch up on techmod.
Nike is neck deep in IBM’s old lines-of-code-is-your-bonus problem.
Before complaining about PTC look at their github contributions ! Code doesn’t lie.
@d3+ clearly works there and actually gets it.
RAT was a poison to Nike that will take years still to eradicate.
MD isn't helping anything and it's becoming evident to most she isn't.
@av+1jvjmtxxj “Filled with overpaid talent” thats actually the exact opposite of GT’s problem.
We’ve been offshoring high-skill work to the cheapest global bidder for half a decade now. We ARE bloated with individuals unable to do their job, and they are backed up by leadership that would rather have 4 worthless burger flippers than 1 highly skilled engineer.
Leadership aren’t held accountable for failures, so they look out for their career growth before all else. That means bigger teams over better teams, because the only way a Director turns into a Senior Director is to bloat his downstream, requiring more managers, eventually requiring directors, which means they finally get a promotion they’re not qualified for anywhere else. It’s a game Rat brought to Nike. The great layoff-to-hire self-promotion scam.
I am not exaggerating when I say I get excited when I am asked to interview someone with at least 1 year (real) coding experience. If they shell out enough to hire someone in ITC that has ANY aws experience I start wondering if my own layoff is around the corner.
We have been hiring bodies (not engineers) for at least 5 years. The bloat and incompetence is absolutely unreal. But at least the lack of accountability has given me plenty of time to earn a chest full of certifications in preparation for the inevitable.
At least ATC is in USA, making good jobs available in the country.
If you need to get rid of anything…Poland and ITC is there
ATC is just another DEI marketplace so Nike can look good with their "diversity". Nobody there knows anything and should be shut down.
lol ATC is such a joke. There are literal teams of "engineers" who don't even know how to code.
GT is bloated. Get rid of ATC. What value has come out of that place? Definitely not cost savings.
What did Ratnakar ever accomplish? What has MD done or trying to do? It’s embarrassing! Our systems are a joke, nothing ever works or syncs correctly, supply chain is archaic and always something wrong. From an outsider looking in, who is GT and what are they supposed to be doing? Because they aren’t.
GT hasn't even scratched the surface yet. So far, mostly contractors and ETWs impacts. Most of GT's non performing assets at higher grades (VPs, Sr. Dir and Dir) have seen no impact. This is where the majority of the bloat, inefficiency, bureaucracy and costs are. CPI, CFC or for that matter most of GT needs a serious intervention. And yes, as far as Dr. GT, MD - time to go home maybe Dr.? The patient went from good to worst under your care.
lol GT is so bloated and filled overpaid talent. Cut the fat and actually get stuff done.
GT etw’s were recently told that layoffs are coming, with verbiage that indicated they would be affected and to prepare accordingly. Not sure when but I’m assuming sooner rather than later.
No way they are done with tech. EH sees the tech spend and wants to minimize. As someone in GT in an org not yet impacted, we have been given warnings for weeks. Would think this upcoming week will be ugly for a few tech departments.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it was just MD who made that call. That woman is so out of her depth and her lapping up AI due to a stupid sales pitch from the vendor is the same short-sighted and uninformed decision that moving to ACN was.
MD and CF will be out the door when EH realizes their epic failures that are coming on SAP, now that they handed it all to ACN.
GT is not bloated, needed because business can’t figure out their processes.
We also have large EGOs to take care off