I worked at a company partially owned by C1. Our culture was somewhat derivative in the Agile aspect (Scrum, moving to SAFe). > The scrum master is the one who

I worked at a company partially owned by C1. Our culture was somewhat derivative in the Agile aspect (Scrum, moving to SAFe). > The scrum master is the one who pushes back against this and "protects" the devs, and basically ensures that sprints run smoothly. That may be the ideal (of any leadership really) but our Scrum Masters reported to the PMO, which defined their agenda and financial rewards. In fact, our weekly retros were not what we could do better, but what the PMO wanted us to do differently (like report time estimated / worked on stories in Jira down to the minute).