As someone who currently automates the payroll flow generated by someone who doesn’t actually know what it does, I can confirm I am going crazy. My boss will do nothing about it because her boss can’t get finance to let us hire more people. I plan a strongly written resignation letter whenever I find something else.
replySounds like you might work on a team with some agency to say no to management.
replyWe have some and sometimes marketing comes back with some extra revenue from a partner if we build out feature X Y or Z for their new product launch. The contracts are signed so engineering has to do it or we’re blamed for lost revenue.
A few of those a year and you eventually end up in a similar situation.
> Sounds like you might work on a team with some agency to say no to management.
replyIf I didn't work on such a team, I would last exactly as long as it took me to find such a team.