[gonzalohm]

How is that enforced though? At any normal workplace they will ask you "how long is this going to take"?

[speff]

It depends on the management. Mine asks that, but others within my company get "this is going to be done by [DATE]".

[gonzalohm]

And no one argues about unrealistic deadlines?

[speff]

Of course they do. Generally the end result from this is bad - reduced in scope, buggy, and/or unstable. But that's an issue with communication/expectations/management. It'll keep happening either because of politics or the fact that a sub-par deliverable still meets the needs of the overall organization. Until it doesn't.

[coldtea]

A few firings of those that do under this job market convince the rest not to.

[retired]

Job market in Western Europe isn't doing so well right now. Better not make a big deal out of it.

[eudamoniac]

"How will you be leveraging AI for this task? Why can't the AI do it faster than that?"

These managers literally believe, or are made to pretend, that AI is better than you and faster than you. Any argument to the contrary is a CLM.