I think there are enough employers out there that are implementing the version of Agile/Scrum described in OP's post. I currently work at such company and can relate with pretty much everything on that post.
The sad part is I'm not really sure what is better that will be accepted by clients who now have become comfortable with Agile. From my personal experience, if you're on a team with smart motivated people, Agile won't really help you or increase your output. You will continue to deliver the quality work regardless of story points, scrums, and all the other metrics.
If you're not on such a team, clients using Agile can now point to some number and say "Hey, this number is 100 but you should be at 180. You are not performing". I do agree that it gives too many false positives and generally my attitude towards them (in cases where I have been the target) is to simply reply "If you don't think I'm performing: fire me."
They usually walk away at that point mumbling something and I go back to work.
You beat me to it. My favorite working environment ever was fanatically agile+scrum (from before I started working there), and it was the most wonderfully low-stress, highly productive place I've ever been.
Agile done wrong might be awful, but done right is a worker's paradise.
The sad part is I'm not really sure what is better that will be accepted by clients who now have become comfortable with Agile. From my personal experience, if you're on a team with smart motivated people, Agile won't really help you or increase your output. You will continue to deliver the quality work regardless of story points, scrums, and all the other metrics.
If you're not on such a team, clients using Agile can now point to some number and say "Hey, this number is 100 but you should be at 180. You are not performing". I do agree that it gives too many false positives and generally my attitude towards them (in cases where I have been the target) is to simply reply "If you don't think I'm performing: fire me."
They usually walk away at that point mumbling something and I go back to work.