I have been. This is absurd. You’re claiming that 80% of your time, 80% of your substantial pay, was spent managing the fallout of a single employee on a team

I have been. This is absurd. You’re claiming that 80% of your time, 80% of your substantial pay, was spent managing the fallout of a single employee on a team of 30. It’s astonishingly inefficient and wasteful. And while you’re emblematic of this behavior, it’s widespread in the tech industry. The vast majority of management is terrified of any sort of real conflict or intervention, so they become ineffectual and useless.