"It is a sweatshop because management is trying to impose a rigid pace of work and a surveillance scheme on employees." Sorry, that's nonsense. Instead of "ri

"It is a sweatshop because management is trying to impose a rigid pace of work and a surveillance scheme on employees." Sorry, that's nonsense. Instead of "rigid" and "surveillance", I'd say "disciplined" and "actually managed". As opposed to "do whatever you'd like" and "unmanaged". What's the difference of a disciplined culture and a rigid culture, or surveillance vs. actual management? I'd say it's whether the employees actually WANT and VALUE these things. In my experience, everyone here WANTS a strong discipline of TDD, pairing, CI/CD, 8 hour work day, etc. And everyone WANTS a strong product manager and product owner that knows what's going on with the latest stories, bugs, and velocity. It makes for a better product, team, and morale.