Navigating Role Frustration With a Mid-Level Engineer
In a 1:1, Jared says: 'To be honest, this isn’t really the kind of work I signed up for. I’m trying to grow in systems and infra — and I’m not sure that’s going to happen here.'
Scenario Details
- Goal
- Hear his concerns seriously, explain org needs, and explore potential alignment paths
- Your Role
- Manager
- AI Role
- Engineer frustrated their current work doesn’t reflect their goals
- Difficulty
- Moderate