In my almost ten years, under almost as many managers and directors, only one of them was occasionally active on any of the lists I was on. Although some of his

In my almost ten years, under almost as many managers and directors, only one of them was occasionally active on any of the lists I was on. Although some of his discussions with others got a bit tense, they were mostly of tech policy nature and I never felt afraid of disagreeing if I wanted to - with him, of all managers. Just one data point to say that perhaps "horrific" and "hostile" are a bit excessive.