Ask HN: Advice for lead engineer who is not engaged
As the title says, we have a lead engineer in our small startup who is not responsive or engaged anymore. The engineer seems to be getting progressively worse each week.
There are severe issues with meeting deadlines because the engineer decides to go AWOL and then comes back with reasons that are downright ridiculous. Things that were supposed to be done 2 months ago are still in backlog for example.
We have few other people on the team who are working great! But the lead engineer is a roadblock right now for lot of tasks. We are concerned about letting the engineer go because of the 'brain drain' that would occur as a result.
There are severe issues with meeting deadlines because the engineer decides to go AWOL and then comes back with reasons that are downright ridiculous. Things that were supposed to be done 2 months ago are still in backlog for example.
We have few other people on the team who are working great! But the lead engineer is a roadblock right now for lot of tasks. We are concerned about letting the engineer go because of the 'brain drain' that would occur as a result.
How do we rectify the situation?