Been at this company for 4 months as a data engineer. When I started their codebase was a mess. All the code was in one folder with subfolders, the scripts were dependent on one another even if they didn’t share the domain problem, their version control was “call the IT guy to grab the backup”. In the first few months I set up a Github organization for them, put all their code into a git repo to start version control, got them to install and use IDEs instead of just VS Code, refactored some of the codebase to use SOLID standards, automated some tasks, transitioned them to a new Snowflake warehouse, and fixed several issues that was breaking their workflow. Today the CEO told me that this is an at-will state and he let me go. Didn’t explain why, just asked for the equipment back.
I didn’t get any write-ups, no one complained about my work, I was always looking for improvements, even the CEO thanked me a couple months ago for writing a word document to my managers on how I think the team can make improvements. They actually followed that doc and have been happy with it. This came from nowhere because no one brought any complaints. Today I am lost. I just need to vent and let this out.
One of their biggest customers was supposed to renew their contract and have been dragging their feet. It is very possible it was a budget issue. My manager has been saying that once the contract is renewed they would hire more engineers to assist but I have no idea about any details on the contract. I hope I was let go because the contract didn’t work out as expected and I was to expensive and not because I fucked up or didn’t meet expectations because no one complained about my work.
Why the hell wouldn’t they put it in those terms then? “Sorry, bye!” sucks in a professional setting.