Surely uttered by people who haven't been at FAANG companies. It's not magical over here, people.
I've legit sat through 1.5 hour long calls with 6 other devs so we could watch our manager type notes into a presentation that he'll give to a collection of other managers who will only be half-listening until it's their turn to be visible, and all because some other, more powerful manager, decided this was important for the org to do.
It was layers of bureaucracy so deep I wasn't sure where I was anymore.
I've legit sat through 1.5 hour long calls with 6 other devs so we could watch our manager type notes into a presentation that he'll give to a collection of other managers who will only be half-listening until it's their turn to be visible, and all because some other, more powerful manager, decided this was important for the org to do.
It was layers of bureaucracy so deep I wasn't sure where I was anymore.