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Small company hired a certain VP who the engineering team reported to. He had experience in our industry but was clearly not adept at actually managing us. He h

Small company hired a certain VP who the engineering team reported to. He had experience in our industry but was clearly not adept at actually managing us. He had extremely unrealistic expectations, like he'd demand hour estimates for each ticket, and whatever estimate we gave he would just shave a couple hours off, and then chastise us for being too slow when we didn't make his own artificial deadlines. Occasionally he would insult us in very unprofessional ways and when one of the engineers complained, he played the "English isn't my first language" victim card like we were the unreasonable ones, even though he had been living in the US for 20+ years. In my mind, that wasn't a real excuse for when he told the team "Maybe you're just too stupid to figure this out". I was severely underpaid anyways, but it was a fun job until that guy showed up. I know at least 1 of my coworkers on a different team quit because of the same VP.

rcarr 4y ago
> and whatever estimate we gave he would just shave a couple hours off, and then chastise us for being too slow when we didn't make his own artificial deadlines Been on the same end of this one. Business department saw a proof of concept demo and then pulled a deadline completely out their arse so they could try and impress the owner. > he played the "English isn't my first language" victim card like we were the unreasonable ones, even though he had been living in the US for 20+ years And again this one. What is it with: a) the gaslighting these guys do to try and guilt trip you? It’s so bloody creepy. b) how they manage to get into these positions of power despite the complete lack of ownership and responsibility they take. It’s the literal antithesis of leadership. Do not get me wrong, I think we’ve all been guilty now and again of getting angry and blaming someone else for something in the heat of the moment, especially if we’re feeling vulnerable about something. But if I do, you can guarantee that after I’ve calmed down or a day has passed and I’ve had time to reflect you’ll get an apology from me, I’ll take ownership and I’ll make amends to fix it. These kinds of guys NEVER admit to being wrong so they’re very easy to spot. Prime example: Boris Johnson. Literally in charge of making the covid rules, holds a bunch of illegal parties and then tríes to claim that “none of my advisors told me it was against the rules otherwise I obviously wouldn’t have done it”. You’re literally the one who just decided on the rules pal! You’ve been repeating them every night at press conferences for the last year. It’s just so weak. Who sees this kind of behaviour and sees it as the sign of a leader, as someone they’d follow to the ends of the earth? It really does baffle me.
- pdimitar 4y ago
  One of the hardest cringes I have experienced in my life was when I was made aware of this quote: "I am elected to lead, not to read." There's a crap ton of people out there that firmly believe that's the best thing ever. I want off the planet. :(

rcarr 4y ago

> and whatever estimate we gave he would just shave a couple hours off, and then chastise us for being too slow when we didn't make his own artificial deadlines Been on the same end of this one. Business department saw a proof of concept demo and then pulled a deadline completely out their arse so they could try and impress the owner. > he played the "English isn't my first language" victim card like we were the unreasonable ones, even though he had been living in the US for 20+ years And again this one. What is it with: a) the gaslighting these guys do to try and guilt trip you? It’s so bloody creepy. b) how they manage to get into these positions of power despite the complete lack of ownership and responsibility they take. It’s the literal antithesis of leadership. Do not get me wrong, I think we’ve all been guilty now and again of getting angry and blaming someone else for something in the heat of the moment, especially if we’re feeling vulnerable about something. But if I do, you can guarantee that after I’ve calmed down or a day has passed and I’ve had time to reflect you’ll get an apology from me, I’ll take ownership and I’ll make amends to fix it. These kinds of guys NEVER admit to being wrong so they’re very easy to spot. Prime example: Boris Johnson. Literally in charge of making the covid rules, holds a bunch of illegal parties and then tríes to claim that “none of my advisors told me it was against the rules otherwise I obviously wouldn’t have done it”. You’re literally the one who just decided on the rules pal! You’ve been repeating them every night at press conferences for the last year. It’s just so weak. Who sees this kind of behaviour and sees it as the sign of a leader, as someone they’d follow to the ends of the earth? It really does baffle me.

pdimitar 4y ago
One of the hardest cringes I have experienced in my life was when I was made aware of this quote: "I am elected to lead, not to read." There's a crap ton of people out there that firmly believe that's the best thing ever. I want off the planet. :(