Engineers were instrumental towards the greatest changes over the past century - from jet aviation to nuclear bombs. We, as engineering brethren, learnt to simp

Engineers were instrumental towards the greatest changes over the past century - from jet aviation to nuclear bombs. We, as engineering brethren, learnt to simplify work, improve lifestyle, tried making resources more accessible & equitable, fostering a generally congenial culture of trust-based camaraderie. For every creative challenge there are multiple ideas for engineers. Flexibility and independence at workplace have a high correlation to work quality. But we have sales, managers & marketing honchos as the necessary evil - the other side of the equation, the yan to the yin. They are masters of Excel sheets, conjurers of convincing graphs, and savants of dubious management theories. Except the rare few, most MBA-wielding junta try to over-optimize the very workforce earning them their source of bread & butter. Viva is one such "optimization tool" which is encouraged during performance reviews. We have used it & we are happier without it. I feel sorry for the team who made it. The execution is clueless shortsighted and lacking imagination. It isn't designed for anyone who remotely uses something except O365, much less the more complex development ecosystem. Its reminders are labored, the focus indicators are hilarious & no one takes the estimated time distribution seriously. It is a software which should never have existed - but still does - a sad reminder of what badly conceived idea married to painful execution looks like