What this person describes is basically par for the course in non-IT businesses, especially large ones with multiple teams. In these organizations the visibili

What this person describes is basically par for the course in non-IT businesses, especially large ones with multiple teams. In these organizations the visibility of a team is at least as important as what they do. Managers at these places typically are more interested in playing the political games than attempting to do the "hard" work of managing. One component of those games is to insure that these managers' managers can see their teams working, in the tangible, physical sense. The more "work" being done, the better. Managers at these places are awful to work for.