It all seems easy to fix until you end up in a place where management process (and thus politics) has become more important than outcomes. The people with expe

It all seems easy to fix until you end up in a place where management process (and thus politics) has become more important than outcomes. The people with experience and knowledge get pushed aside in favor of someone who can talk management-speak and (often) looks the role. Suddenly meetings where Things Get Decided only include managers who don’t know what they’re doing. The best is when they make a mess and then get tremendous accolades for half-fixing it. I’ve even seen it happen within relatively small startups. It’s a sign of rotting culture, but sometimes you have a mortgage to pay and have to get comfortable with the situation until you can find a better gig.