> most communication happens through the issue tracking system (which is faster to work with than e-mail) Written by someone who hasn't communicated this way

> most communication happens through the issue tracking system (which is faster to work with than e-mail) Written by someone who hasn't communicated this way (especially remotely). This is really just a way to mark your ticket as blocked, and fuck off for the rest of the day because the person who needs to respond won't get to it until they're out of "flow" or whatever (isn't maker time great?). > Once a sprint has begun, Issues may not be added to the sprint So the company is just supposed to eat the extra time in a sprint if there happens to be that extra time? No fucking way will a company opt into that, especially combined with the monthly beach week time (AND any reasonable absences during the sprint itself). This is a pipe dream. Sorry, but asking a company to treat you like this is asking a company to basically pay you for doing nothing. Ridiculous.