The delivery curse strikes again
Yesterday, when I wrote my posts, I realized that no one was sick. If you followed my blog this spring you might recall that I always complained that on the day of the sprint, someone or perhaps most of the team was very ill. Well, yesterday, everyone was well.Then, before leaving for daycare. The first e-mail arrived. And then the first SMS. And the next. So, it's going to be a really decimated scale performing today at the demo session. Let's hope that there will be more viewers on their feet.
posted by Anna Forss @ 1:21 PM
7 Comments:
Well, you really can't blame them. They have worked very hard to deliver a product.
What SHOULD happen is that the team should be rewarded a day off after each sprint.
I mean, you live in the EU, it's not like you all work hard like us developers in the USA! :0)
(just kidding, of course)
My above comment is very important - your organization needs to reward these guys. Without them, they got NOTHING!
Again, very true!
We don't have a day off, but we have a day between the finish of one sprint and the start of the new sprint. And then everyone gets to do what he feels is a good task. That is something of a reward. And then there are the little things, like bringing some snacks when things are ruff and lunch if there is some stress.
I'm also a strong believer in two things:
- if a developer complains about his equipment hindering him: we decide what to do about right away. If the thing costs less than it affect the guy we buy at once.
- toys and gadgets lying around for everyone to play with when they are thinking. Joggling balls, jo-jos, and such.
As you point out, this is not the States and it's not like we have American salaries to offer.
"American salaries" - Heck with the value of the EU against the US dollar, all you have to do is pay about HALF of US salaries.
A decent OO/Agile developer over here with about 5 years exp makes about 80-100k. That's not too much.
Not too much. That is true. When my husband worked in Austin seven years ago, he had the lowest salary of all. And he got about 130% of a Swedish salary.
And then there are the taxes in Sweden. About 50% of what you earn is cut. And the VAT is 23%. And we do have VAT on the energy tax when you buy petrol. Yes, VAT on tax. That is excellent.
Re: Taxes - well I guess you have to pay out the nose to get those great Quality of Life ratings, eh?
I guess so... and hope so. Well, none of us should probably complain
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