There are times to do cross-cutting interventions, but this doesn't meet the "the CEO would be annoyed" test Instead, email and recommendation they review with

There are times to do cross-cutting interventions, but this doesn't meet the "the CEO would be annoyed" test Instead, email and recommendation they review with their mentor and ask who else should be cc'd This and similar approaches would: - gives them a hint + permission to gain informed mentoring on their team - if their team refuses, reveals to them an "oh no", and documents it for the company - keeps you unburdened. you only have so many mentoring hours before it flips to priority inversion, and your hours are likely more valuable to the company mentoring staff closer to you, e.g., inheriting your own code. - no effort If the situation repeats, privately escalate to your manager and make their problem because... their job is to shield you from such politics