> either in some excuse or obfuscation. I had a coworker like this. Not only would he not get anything done but at standup he would say clear BS to our manager

> either in some excuse or obfuscation. I had a coworker like this. Not only would he not get anything done but at standup he would say clear BS to our manager who seemed to not understand it was BS. The BS was the thing that really got under my skin. Because his BS seemed to pass the test with the manager but was such elementary BS to the other engineers. Finally one day I flipped out and called him out directly and wrote a long lengthy email to the managers. In my head I thought maybe this is what high performance teams do, like Apple and Microsoft, and I needed to step up. I lost the job, and I still have regret three years later. And it was my fault. Getting angry was very dumb. I don't know what the right move is, but I had to create this account to urge you not to do what I did. I picked that battle and it was a mistake. Let me add, in his defense, he was nice and didn't get in the way, and I had no idea what was going on in his situation. For all I know he went on to be a star employee (I have no idea). I screwed up.