I would say that about my last company. I was director of engineering and it was torture having to deal with so many meetings, opinions, status meetings, and pl

I would say that about my last company. I was director of engineering and it was torture having to deal with so many meetings, opinions, status meetings, and planning spreadsheets. That I could deal with if we could actually get anything done, but it was made worse by the politics and fighting. The manager meetings were like toddler tantrums and usually ended up with someone (never me) screaming and running out of the room. The best part was when the CEO tried calling me out for lack of leadership for trying to be friends with all the engineers. I reminded him that my team was the only team in the company that had not lost any members in 2 years, and our meetings never ended in tears. He hated me for that, and in the end I quit, wondering if it would get better after I left. It didn't...there were massive layoffs, and the latest news is that they are trying to liquidate the company.