[pinewurst]

That was my sentiment as well - it sounded like a fairly typical corp Agile travesty without anything racist. That's not to say it was enjoyable or a good match for a reasonable person - I, personally, could never work in an environment like that.

I greatly resented her comment about a new person being "cis white male" and hence to be greatly dreaded. Especially when the author admits that this person was eminently reasonable and pleasant to work with despite his overwhelming gender, preference, and pigmentation deficiencies.

There's also a throwaway at the end referring to considerable "microaggressions". They're aggressions or they're not - someone says racist or sexist garbage to you or they don't. If they do, you act or at least document for slightly later action.