What tools or techniques do you use to ensure effective knowledge transfer within engineering teams, especially when team members leave or the project transitions? We try to maintain adequate documentation and deploy standard trainings.
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Is it normal for coworkers to completely ghost you after a layoff? I was recently laid off, and my former coworkers that I considered friends have just vanished into thin air. I haven't received any calls, texts, or messages from anyone. Is this normal for everyone after being laid off, or should I take it personally?
I graduated in 2023 currently living in Florida with 3.5 years of experience in aerospace. I got my engineering degree in electrical and I’m wondering if I’m screwed trying to land a job within electrical power or energy? The closest experience I really have within my degree is basic circuit board building, basic circuit design in programs like Pspice, and using a digital oscilloscope. To this day, the closest I can think of that I have experience in is reading low level c code and logic design.
A senior engineer on my team is leaving, and our manager sent a link for a farewell gift card. She mentored me when I was a junior, so I want to chip in, but I can't see what others are giving and have never done this before. She makes great money if that matters. The default options are $20, $30, and $50. What's standard here? Is $30 enough, or should I go higher since she helped me so much?
Often the hand over is only a few weeks in length. Generally, someone will write a detailed report of each project they are working on giving a list of each document and it's relevance to the project. Then there is a hand over meeting (or a couple). It's tough when some projects are years in the making, but it seems to be working more or less.
For sure