You are missing the parts where they pull the wildest possible estimate out of their ass, then blame the worker for not living up to it.
Oh uh… is that just me? Okay then…
PM: “How long is developing this feature going to take?”
Me: “Due to all the refactoring that’s needed --which I’ve been repeatedly bringing up for two years – just to implement it, it’s going to take about 6 months.”
PM: “Is there any way you can have it ready for the release in two weeks?”
Me: “No.”
PM: Proceeds to tell everyone that it will be ready for the release in two weeks.
It never fails that if there is a high priority critical thing that I absolutely must get done that business folks will immediately book half of every day with status meetings.
Each meeting is the same. Some group of people asking me the same thing I already said 5 times that day, then them discussing for an hour while I tune out and actually do the work
Just note that if you somehow get out of those meetings, incorrect information will be propagated somehow. Even if you put the correct answers in an email and send it to everyone involved. If someone has a way to prevent that from happening please let me know. It’s killing me slowly.
Step 1. Ignore everyone and do the thing you’re going to eventually do anyway.
Fin
- Get passed over for promotions/laid off for “not being a team player” or some BS like that because idiots can’t tell you’re doing your job unless you waste time bragging about it.
