...followed by a 1 hour debate on slack and a series of meetings with an ever increasing number of non-technical managers before a likely unsuccessful outcome.

...followed by a 1 hour debate on slack and a series of meetings with an ever increasing number of non-technical managers before a likely unsuccessful outcome. Arguably worth trying anyway, but let's say I want to say "No" to 3 of these new misfeatures per week. Do I still have time to do any work? Probably not. So I'll pick my battles.