Yes, we're in agreement. A coworker of mine pointed me to the book Accelerate [1], which I admittedly still haven't read, which also mentions that organizations

Yes, we're in agreement. A coworker of mine pointed me to the book Accelerate [1], which I admittedly still haven't read, which also mentions that organizations where management tries to make sure engineers are at 100% utilization end up being dysfunctional, partly for the reasons you pointed out. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Software-Performing-Technology-Organizations/dp/1942788339 https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Software-Performing-Techno...