There are a lot of smart, innovative people at BT. But move above direct line managers and it's... not pretty. MBO's cause quarterly firedrills/death marches t

There are a lot of smart, innovative people at BT. But move above direct line managers and it's... not pretty. MBO's cause quarterly firedrills/death marches to get "something out" - objective reached! In the resulting bloodbath it's the IC's who get hung out to dry. Also there are just too many people, with too many kingdoms, trying to do too many things in slightly different ways. There are so many 30 year vets who have their domain, and will sabotage projects that threaten it. There are some good 30 year vets who drive change, but unsurprisingly they don't get very far, and are aware that they are about to leave things in the hands of 20 year people who gleefully look forward to inheriting a job for the next 15+ years... :-/