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Position level: (lowest level, I would say entry, I have not been promoted after working almost 3 years for the company)

Team size: small, 3-5 people (including myself and interns)

Note: I am by far the least experienced on my team in terms of education and working years. My lead has double digits level of experience. Also, I believe that perhaps English being a second language for all the members, may play a part in this problem (we work in a country where English is the first language)

When the above started happening, my team lead essentially 'gave up' on that project. The behaviour of my lead had drastically changed. My lead had stated they would automate two tests while I was on vacation (for 2 days). This was not completed for more than 2 months as the deadline for the project was approaching, my lead then delegated this work back to me. My lead asked me to send them questions through email. The questions never got answered even after asking my lead for a follow up for 2 weeks consistently. Eventually, my lead stated they would not get back to me on my questions. My lead refused to read any of the documentation associated with the project which, results in me repeating information at least 6 times (I still have to repeat it since my lead refuses to remember it). It got so much worse when I had to dictate an email that was being sent by my lead to the owners of that project.

Now, this behaviour has somewhat permeated to other projects. My lead has not reviewed most of our MRs in 2-3 weeks. They only now review MRs that are visible to external teams, the rest have been handled internally by other members (this also being delegated and leading to my lead being out of the loop). Another infuriating experience I have had with my lead regarding a MR related to a project they are familiar with is the following: My lead explicitly asked us if we had any MRs that needed their review, I sent them a link to a MR in which I had asked a question/discussion as well. 5 minutes later, that MR was just approved without addressing any of the concerns raised in said MR.

It just feels like the team is technically off the rails or there is barely any management happening (other than when I step up and introduce more streamlining in the process). For example, I introduced templates for our MRs, labelling to address the problem of my lead asking which MRs are blocking our work and using Issues to track problems.

Position level: (lowest level, I would say entry)

Note: I am by far the least experienced on my team in terms of education and working years. Also, I believe that perhaps English being a second language for all the members, may play a part in this problem (we work in a country where English is the first language)

When the above started happening, my team lead essentially 'gave up' on that project. The behaviour of my lead had drastically changed. My lead had stated they would automate two tests while I was on vacation (for 2 days). This was not completed for a long time as the deadline for the project was approaching, my lead then delegated this work back to me. My lead asked me to send them questions through email. The questions never got answered even after asking my lead for a follow up for weeks consistently. Eventually, my lead stated they would not get back to me on my questions. My lead refused to read any of the documentation associated with the project which, results in me repeating information. It got so much worse when I had to dictate an email that was being sent by my lead to the owners of that project.

Now, this behaviour has somewhat permeated to other projects. My lead has not reviewed most of our MRs in weeks.

It just feels like the team is technically off the rails or there is barely any management happening.

Another annoying habit that is just present in my team is, my code is barely ever reviewed/merged now (especially related to the project that the other members insist on having no clue about). Their nonchalant attitude of 'you'll figure it out, you'll get it done,' is unacceptable in my opinion. I don't see a point in communicating or collaborating with these people if their attitude towards me is to just have something done while, they have no problem asking me questions and asking for my help. My concerns and request for support are dismissed because of the blanket excuse of 'I've never done this before or so and so is busy.'

Another annoying habit that is just present in my team is, my code is barely ever reviewed/merged now (especially related to the project that the other members insist on having no clue about). Their nonchalant attitude of 'you'll figure it out, you'll get it done,' is unacceptable in my opinion. I don't see a point in communicating or collaborating with these people if their attitude towards me is to just have something done while, they have no problem asking me questions and asking for my help. My concerns and requests for support are dismissed because of the blanket excuse of 'I've never done this before or so and so is busy.'

Now, this behaviour has somewhat permeated to other projects. My lead has not reviewed most of our MRs in 2-3 weeks. They only now review MRs that are visible to external teams, the rest have been handled internally by other members (this also being delegated and leading to my lead being out of the loop). Another infuriating experience I have with my lead regarding a MR related to a project they are familiar with. My lead explicitly asked us if we had any MRs that needed their review, I sent them a link to a MR in which I had asked a question/discussion as well. 5 minutes later, that MR was just approved without addressing any of the concerns raised in said MR.

Another annoying habit that is just present in my team is, my code is barely ever reviewed/merged now (especially related to the project that the other members insist on having no clue about).

Now, this behaviour has somewhat permeated to other projects. My lead has not reviewed most of our MRs in 2-3 weeks. They only now review MRs that are visible to external teams, the rest have been handled internally by other members (this also being delegated and leading to my lead being out of the loop). Another infuriating experience I have had with my lead regarding a MR related to a project they are familiar with is the following: My lead explicitly asked us if we had any MRs that needed their review, I sent them a link to a MR in which I had asked a question/discussion as well. 5 minutes later, that MR was just approved without addressing any of the concerns raised in said MR.

Another annoying habit that is just present in my team is, my code is barely ever reviewed/merged now (especially related to the project that the other members insist on having no clue about). Their nonchalant attitude of 'you'll figure it out, you'll get it done,' is unacceptable in my opinion. I don't see a point in communicating or collaborating with these people if their attitude towards me is to just have something done while, they have no problem asking me questions and asking for my help. My concerns and request for support are dismissed because of the blanket excuse of 'I've never done this before or so and so is busy.'