> what prevents you from thinking that we can come up with a better people process and productivity technology Upper management, really. I dislike bad managem

> what prevents you from thinking that we can come up with a better people process and productivity technology Upper management, really. I dislike bad management as much as the next guy, but bad management feels more like a symptom of a poorly run company. If the executive strategy insists on maximizing value and driving employees to the brink 24/7, then managers will make that happen. It's like the whole "good soldier" question; do they obey or do the right thing? Most "good managers" that want to keep their job will act as interpreters for whatever their higher-ups tell them. C-suites barely know what they want, and engineers barely know what to do. Maybe I've been sold a bill of goods by my previous managers, but many of them have pulled their weight just fine.