InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyWho’s Who In The Performance Review?When the only technical person in the room is you.Oct 25, 20246Oct 25, 20246
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyNo-One Reads Your Performance ReviewsExcept HR, but that’s only because it’s one of their SMART goals.Oct 8, 20242Oct 8, 20242
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyWorking In The Nether WorldYou’re not permanent, nor are you a contractor, you’re trapped between dimensions!Aug 24, 20242Aug 24, 20242
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyPIP, PIP, Hooray! You’re Getting Well & Truly Shafted Today!The ultimate death knell notification in software engineering tenure.Jul 31, 202412Jul 31, 202412
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyImproving The Performance Review ProcessMight taking into account the distractions, time wasting, obstruction, and obfuscation be a path to true meritocracy?Jul 18, 20245Jul 18, 20245
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyWhatever Happened To Profit Sharing?Once a fairly common practice, it’s been replaced with company landfill, soggy pizza, and lunchtime yoga sessions.Jun 2, 20245Jun 2, 20245
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyNegotiating A Pay Rise In Software Engineering?5 Progressive Tips on how earn more, make lots of management friends, and influence HR too!Feb 9, 20221Feb 9, 20221
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyThe Utter Genius Of Performance ReviewsDesigned carefully by management as a tool of worker oppression!May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyThe Domination Of Human ResourcesThe ever evolving and extending reach of HR is itself endangering the wellness of employees with its constant interference and…Feb 9, 20243Feb 9, 20243
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyWhat Your Coworkers Earn Doesn’t Really MatterWhilst discussing salary helps, doing interviews and getting offers from other companies is the only real way to get a decent pay rise.Jan 27, 20241Jan 27, 20241
Dr Stuart WoolleyHow To Alienate Your EmployeesA short missive on the efforts of corporate modus operandi when it comes to salary related deflection techniques.Jan 10, 20243Jan 10, 20243
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyThe Pyramid Of RecruitmentIt’s not an MLM, honestly, it’s a flat org chart, we’re all qualified, and we don’t offer recruitment bonuses at all!Dec 19, 20233Dec 19, 20233
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleySowing The Seeds Of Beyond Expectations!Best practices for acing next year’s performance review through making yourself suitably hard to miss in the modern corporate dystopia.Nov 1, 20231Nov 1, 20231
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyThe Futility Of Small Scale AppraisalsIn anything but larger companies, performance reviews are an utter waste of both time and resources.Jun 18, 2023Jun 18, 2023
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyIs Company Loyalty Not Looking For Another Job?It’s never selfish to have your own best interests in mind.Jun 17, 20232Jun 17, 20232
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyCounter Measures — Going Nuclear In a Performance ReviewOr, “Remembering that you’re always the most important person in the room”.May 26, 20231May 26, 20231
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyConstructive Criticism Is ImpossibleWorkplaces can’t improve if there’s always a fear of reprisal.May 14, 20231May 14, 20231
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyThe Dark Side Of HR In Software EngineeringHow HR initiatives are often misaligned and commonly counterproductive.Apr 25, 20231Apr 25, 20231
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyCracking The Code: Tackling Emotional Challenges In Software EngineeringWe’re not immune from them, we just keep them all well hidden inside.Apr 18, 20232Apr 18, 20232
InCodeXbyDr Stuart WoolleyManagement’s Most Fatal FlawThey’re an easy target, that’s for sure, but what is their worst failing?Apr 15, 2023Apr 15, 2023