A lot of teams feel overpressured to deliver features, and end up using AI to turn out slop PRs that make my job harder. Depending on the team, there is an expectation to deliver deliver deliver, and an assumption that throwing AI at the problem will somehow make it be solved faster. But the AI code combined with lowering review quality has caused an increasing number of incidents over the past several months.
I wish folks felt more empowered to say no to features, or to slow down. The shipping velocity is extremely high, which has caused a higher # of issues. Very little time for proper technical work or code quality cleanup. I feel like if folks had more time to properly scope features they'd be able to deliver faster and more consistently.
Little funding for stuff like conferences for technical staff. When they pay for travel you have to fly economy :(
Leadership is fine. Haven't had much interaction with them. Memos earlier in the year about AI made folks feel more anxious, but generally things have been stable since then.
Healthcare options are expensive with huge deductibles and no HSA unless you're on a $4k deductible plan. Also some of the worst healthcare I've had at a company. Unsure how much they can fix that.