[gwm83]

Some real anxiety in the comments here. I personally think this is a positive situation - one which could have been avoided if real human managers had a hint of empathy, humility, and understanding of their job : to be human conduits to a mechanical system.

I have had 3 or 4 great real human managers in my career. But that also includes at least a dozen horrible troll-drones. They deserve it. Give me nothing, get nothing. Even the real human ones were just buffering whatever they could before I quit.