Comment by gramie
11 hours ago
I recall hearing that Google had a term similar to this:
A "shit umbrella" was a manager who protected the development team from all the politics, blame, and mismanagement coming from above.
A "shit funnel" was a manager who directed all the shit coming down, directly onto the team.
Yeah, I've been using "shit umbrella" for a long time. But the "transparent shit umbrella" is an even more powerful, albeit more disturbing, metaphor.
Not that it originated with me, but I was using that metaphor long before Google showed up.
You forgot "shit spewer". One who creates the shit that someone else has to then deal with (usually organizational peers or the team beneath them).
I've always called those folks seagulls - fly in, shit on everything, and take off again without having to deal with the consequences.