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> He randomly ended up as the manger of the data analytics team despite no analytics background I assure you, it wasn't random. It was punitive. ;)

• uoaei 4y ago
  Honest question: how rampant is this kind of bullshit politicking in tech companies, and how does this differ with industry, size, company age, etc.? My friends who have worked at big names like F and T have described the cultures there as following: "it's as if everyone who studied too much in high school and college missed all the parties and bullshit, so they're making up for it 'on campus' here". And the stories from folks at G are not really better, though allegedly they tend to exercise politics more in the quiet-sabotage style. I feel like I'm describing races from Star Trek, company cultures are weird.
  • marcosdumay 4y ago
    I'm pretty sure the GP was a joke. Whoever made the decision very likely wasn't intending to punish the person. It was only the consequence.
    • jeltz 4y ago
      And it is not really punishing, yet at least. He likes his new job despite the mess he was put in. He loves it because he learns so many new things (analytics, how the be a better manager, etc) and how he has managed to make his team actually deliver a lot of value to the company in spite of these problems. It is possibly that the challenge will be too big for him and it will burn him out but so far he likes it. And, no, it is very unlikely to be intended as a punishment. More likely he got it because he was too interested in getting good reports. The usual accidental volunteering where if you are too interested in something you end up doing all the hard work.
    • mgdev 4y ago
      Definitely a joke. It only FEELS punitive!