I did not initially read it as a threat, but as a warning. That somehow the client would end the project manager's career, or something. How naive of me! Clearl

I did not initially read it as a threat, but as a warning. That somehow the client would end the project manager's career, or something. How naive of me! Clearly the project manager knew full well they were just milking the client for an endless stream of money for a doomed project as long as they could just provide the client with some hope that it really was nearly finished. Of course that's the kind of behaviour that should be career-limiting, but clearly the industry has more than enough room for leeches like that. Because this is hardly the first time I've heard of a story like this; some companies really seem to exist primarily to live off these sort of projects.