I've heard this called 'being on the hamster wheel', you are running forward as fast as you can but not going anywhere. I've had an experience where I dreaded

I've heard this called 'being on the hamster wheel', you are running forward as fast as you can but not going anywhere. I've had an experience where I dreaded the daily stand-up, it was all about 'story points' in a mad scramble to find traction with customers. Management was stabbing in the dark, we didn't have a direction. Once we did have a direction we lacked the required input to push us in that direction.