Comment by motorest
1 month ago
> Give management credit for being smart.
Respectfully, this is being the exact opposite of smart. Pay attention to the fact that by all accounts the Tim role is actually a force multiplier and output booster for the team. Pay also attention to the fact that you're arguing that Tim should be fired as should the whole team just because... Your Jira metrics are off? This is not what I would call being smart, by far.
You assume management optimizes poorly for desiderata you share.
You also assume by "smart" I intend no pejoration.
Were you to hear me speak these words, rather than read them as here typed, the latter point at least would need no clarification. Unfortunately, text like this is salt without savor.