Ah, the "senior-engineer retention project". And when they need those senior engineers, or they get bored and retire or go to another company, only the senior e

Ah, the "senior-engineer retention project". And when they need those senior engineers, or they get bored and retire or go to another company, only the senior engineers that were not that good will keep on working on that thing. That's usually when the useless by design project starts getting pressure to show that's actually useful and when it's surprisingly not it gets the axe. And while that happens all the cream of the crop of the top talent already left or leaves because of the bullshit that comes with the pressure to show marketability for a research project.