Chronosdreamreal: No updates in over a week... hopefully you're not throwing in the towel?
dreamrealChronos: I've been incredibly busy at $dayJob *and* the idea was that other people would contribute, too
dreamrealI've been fighting a set of fires, I've been a bit slammed
dreamrealstupid political crap
jreicherdreamreal: are you able to talk about it? It's been similar for me and while there's always politics, the extent of it over the current work is relatively uncommon in my experience.
dreamrealhah, i talk about it way more than I should :D
jreicherI'm quite curious what your experience has been. My workplace is so nuts right now any sanity checking I can get will help.
dreamrealit's more petty fiefdoms that shouldn't exist
dreamrealpeople wanting control when they don't need it
dreamreallack of trust
jreicherWorkplaces over here call that "siloing".
dreamrealpeople used to working with juniors who struggle to understand what seniors can do
dreamrealthat's another term for it, yes, but siloing normally indicates isolation whereas this is control
dreamreallike if it wasn't your idea, how could it be a good one?
jreicherIn my experience the two cause each other
jreicherIt's chicken and egg
dreamrealin this case I understand it
dreamrealit's actually got good causes
dreamrealand is rational in its way
jreicherBTW when you said "what seniors can do" just now the first words that popped into my head were "get made redundant for costing too much"
dreamrealwell, that's never happened to me. More than once. Well, more than twice. Or four times.