I think I will soon have to make a choice between quality of life and pay, because I am totally exhausted here.
It is impossible for managers not to know when a deadline is unrealistic. They just don't care. Do they want to drive people away or what?
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Deadlines are set by the useless management class that have never delivered anything important themselves.
I'm curious what group you're with where the deadlines are that bad right now.
I'm in Middle market commercial lending and honestly it's pretty slow. Makes for good work-life balance at the moment although in the long run that might not be good for job security.
Every project that I've ever been on starts with a due date. Scope creep always happens. The due dates are super aggressive to start with. You never get the required resources. Requirements are in constant change. Nothing is ever fully, properly tested. Deadlines never change.
Deadlines are set by those too high up to understand what it takes to deliver. Until people start pushing back it will never change. Either say something or leave.
Management doesn't care about you or your problems. Meet the deadlines or get fired. They don't care.
Sadly there are similar posts on every big bank board on the layoff.com, it’s seems the entire industry has become completely toxic. No regard for employees