I connected to this instantly. The rest of my team, and engineering here as a whole really, is exactly like this. I'm coming around to seeing it as what is kill

I connected to this instantly. The rest of my team, and engineering here as a whole really, is exactly like this. I'm coming around to seeing it as what is killing the company; they've shed ~200 people in 18 months, despite making money (for now). They've tried paying people more to stay, but they still leave. There's a lot of history among these folks, with many of them at the company 5, 10, 15 years. Firing the worst offenders never happens. But it's failing the company. New hires aren't allowed to integrate, have every idea shot down, and leave after 12-18 months of frustration. I think it's largely generational. There are only 8-10 people younger than 35 in an engineering org that is 100-105, split along {front,back}end dev, QA, and server ops lines. We have Nerf guns and late Friday maintenance pizza parties. Our net new rollout is horrendous. We're constantly 18 months behind targets. Customers are getting wise as features keep getting cut or shipped late, and emails keep being returned to sender because the person no longer works here.