[ryandrake]

Depends on the company. I worked for a small company that was a real clown show. Sales would come down to the engineering area and say things like "I just closed a huuuuuuge sale for the company. We need a product that does A, B, and C, now so we can deliver it!" And, that became engineering's scope for the next 4 weeks...

[mongol]

Yes small companies commonly works like this. Basically, they hustle sales and the development team needs to cover for them.

[quadrifoliate]

Hey, I also worked at this company! (and left after 6 months)

[mathattack]

I’ve been at similar though 4 weeks would have been generous.

[ryandrake]

It would be 4 weeks because Sales told the customer that A, B, and C were already part of the product.