I am not going to mention any names but this has to be the weakest group of execs ever.
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PO is the worst group of management, they don't do anything just kiss up and order us to do everything (including their job to communicate with other app teams). And take credit to the upper managers. Without them (on vacation), you won't feel anything, just lesser meetings.
@k1 the job postings on the corporate website right now are just wild too.
Love the strategy here. A lot of leaders have no real goal at this point, so projects get stretched out like gum on a shoe. Nobody wants to ask for budget, because that's a great way to end up on next week's list.
Funny how the budget works too. Teams with real work get nothing, and teams with no work spend like they won the lottery. Everyone upstairs knows it, and nobody says a word, because we all like having a paycheck.
Every week more people are gone, contractors especially. Then comes the big vendor shuffle: they removed all the vendors and handpicked just a few. Honestly, no idea what the logic is or who benefits from it. What I do know is the resources aren't great, and we're still told to work with them anyway. But hey, it looks great on a slide.
Engineering teams are buried in requirements with half the people gone, yet somehow they're expected to deliver the new initiatives and keep everything else running. Same people, double the load. Math has never been this creative.
The ops and reliability folks have it worse. Every month brings another round of cuts, and the survivors are scared and running on autopilot. At least robots don't need a paycheck.
The people left are burning themselves out to streamline everything exactly the way leadership wants, after leadership got rid of the people who were already doing it well. Then comes yet another new tool, with no time to learn it, but you'll adopt it anyway. Great plan.
And the push for "new business" with no idea where it fits? That's just to make it look like something's happening.
All of this has made it a toxic place to work, and the worst I've ever seen it. No goal, no map. Someone shows up, draws a roadmap, and the moment they move on, so does the roadmap.
I've made my peace and moved on. I hope things improve, but I won't hold my breath. Good luck to whoever's left.
We're deep, deep, deep in the su-k-up times. Competence? Nah. Mission drive? Nah. Loyalty? Ah, now there's the new ticket. Su-k up or fu-k off seem to be the options. Management of the and by the failson mids!
they sure love the smell of their own farts during that fanatics event. all the right filler words that serve zero purpose
@op and other if you mention names, the posts get blown up, seems.
No context?
Well yeah. Unless you pay homage to Lord Farquad you getting fired so its just DEI for conservatives.
@OP want to provide some details and or context?