Constant surveillance
I survived a manager who weighed one but the kilo of briefs and emails sent. Every day saw another half hour to 45min justifying ones existence.
When one lady was called on the carpet in front of the entire team to explain why she only sent a few emails over two days, she exploded, "I've been writing the fscking proposals that bring in the money that pays for all this bullshit!"... Long pause... "Can you prove it?"
Happy ending though: our team was so successful our sociopathic leader was promoted to senior executive. Up, up, and away!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
