not discounting your experience but > The senior manager was hell bent on proving leadership he could deliver projects in impossible deadlines and not rarely d

not discounting your experience but > The senior manager was hell bent on proving leadership he could deliver projects in impossible deadlines and not rarely did he warned SDEs that failing to deliver on those promises were firable offenses. This in turn fostered a work environment that led to some backstabbing and less than ethical stunts from team members prone to those and desperate to make a good impression. is an extreme situation and one I never saw across ~3 orgs between amazon and aws.