I've been in orgs in which developers are considered grunts and no one listens to their feedback. It's not that they aren't important, it's that the PMs/manage

I've been in orgs in which developers are considered grunts and no one listens to their feedback. It's not that they aren't important, it's that the PMs/managers/whatever know better. I see firebreak sprints as a symptom of an org not valuing engineer feedback. "Let the grunts blow off some steam or they'll get disgruntled and leave."