I’m convinced my department has a secret policy of promoting the most incompetent people imaginable. One senior manager is the absolute worst—no skills, no experience, no clue how anything actually works. Just spews corporate buzzwords like "synergy" and "game-changer" while making everything ten times harder.
He pretends to care about the team, but it’s all fake. The only thing he cares about is himself. First thing he did? Promoted the office bully to a made-up role. Then he started “optimizing processes,” which just means adding useless meetings and removing anything that actually worked. He keeps talking about “revolutionizing” the company while actively running it into the ground.
And when things go wrong? “Great feedback! Let’s circle back on that.” Spoiler: We never do.
This guy has no qualifications, no education, and zero accountability. How do these people keep failing upward? Do technical department have these people too or is it just the support functions?