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I'm CL 11, I worked as an intern here and got ppo, got a stellar review during my internship, I graduated from a prestigious college last year, joined a project around 6–7 weeks ago as a fresher and got assigned a massive task in a huge codebase which I had very little time of access to.
Later found out:
- The task had already been passed around multiple people before reaching me
- Someone experienced before me couldn’t complete it
- Another person who worked on the project reportedly rolled off because of the pressure
- The task basically involved touching a large portion of the codebase
I reached out to friends and seniors from other companies and projects and they clearly mention tasks like these need to be handled by architect level people, properly broken down and freshers shouldnt be given tasks like this. When I raised concerns saying i can't finish task with barely weeks of exposure to the codebase, I was told things like:
- “You shouldn’t give up on tasks”
- “This isn’t going to fly moving forward”
Eventually the task was reassigned, but later I got pulled into calls where I recieved complaints saying my previous tasks was not good, it's not done etc, when it was their responsibility to review it while I was still doing it
What frustrates me is not the difficulty itself, I expected challenging work, but the lack of:
- proper onboarding
- review/support process
- realistic expectations for a new joiner
It feels unfair to hand a critical, ambiguous task that multiple experienced people struggled with to a fresher, then frame it as a mindset/performance issue when they raise concerns.
At this point I’m considering escalating this to HR, mainly because this seems like a systemic onboarding/project management issue rather than a one-off situation.
I'm thinking of resigning as a family friends' startup is taking off and got an offer.
Has anyone else experienced something similar in service-based companies? Did escalation actually help, or does it usually just make things worse?