I was on a project as an SME that consisted of software developers that were very junior and their manager was also several rungs down the totem poll from me an

I was on a project as an SME that consisted of software developers that were very junior and their manager was also several rungs down the totem poll from me and my peers. The devs were treated so poorly with things like this and worse i raised an HR case. There seems to be this gauntlet that software devs have to go through before they can work with actual competent leadership (at least at my firm). I felt bad for them and coached them through the soft skills required to deal with stupid.