[Traubenfuchs]

At my previous company we had to pick goals that aligned with the goals of our role/level and the goals of the company. It was a shit show. Our partner in charge would reject goals until everyone was struck with goals that were very far putside everyones comfort zone. Everyone hated it.

As senior dev / senior consultant I had to pick goals like „prepare a pitch for a potential customer“, stretch goal „win a pitch“. I didn‘t want to do this. I don‘t care about sales. I want to design and develop systems for someone who wants me to do that, not convince someone to let me do it.

By now almost everyone quit.

Current company: I can work in peace. Bi-weekly 1:1 with my manager that is usually over rather quickly.