Your description of whiplash resonates with me. One of the most common bad management traits I've run into is constantly changing priorities. Typically in these

Your description of whiplash resonates with me. One of the most common bad management traits I've run into is constantly changing priorities. Typically in these environments every single thing is an urgent crisis, but the super duper critical stuff from earlier in the week almost always gets completely forgotten about because 1) It was never actually that important, and 2) Everyone immediately has to jump on the next "crisis". Working in a place like that is exhausting, but very little ever seems to get done.