> "Every toxic workplace I’ve been in was usually the result of bad executive leadership, and this was no different."
> "...were central to our struggles and the toxicity of the environment. ... two experts in their fields from competing corporations would fail to agree"
> "...at best we had a part-time PM for a brief time who volunteered and then moved on"
> "...our leads were overworked and lacked the power to create change."
>"...I’ve seen managers cry multiple times, and this is one of the places that happened."
>"...and I’ve been blessed with colleagues and leads who have seen the worth of it and supported me."
This does not read as though she is blaming "everyone else". Throughout the post there is a very heavy focus on "we" and "our" for referring to the team and the teams stress and lack of empowerment. I thought she went out of her way to make clear it wasnt the team she worked with, but upper management fostering a negative environment.(ex, not supporting the team needing a PM) Finally recognizing that upper leadership and people outside the project injecting themselves into or blocking change, seems like introspection. Finally seeing that this was not right/healthy, is how one gets out of an abusive pattern. This is more of a retrospective than the sprint
> "...were central to our struggles and the toxicity of the environment. ... two experts in their fields from competing corporations would fail to agree"
> "...at best we had a part-time PM for a brief time who volunteered and then moved on"
> "...our leads were overworked and lacked the power to create change."
>"...I’ve seen managers cry multiple times, and this is one of the places that happened."
>"...and I’ve been blessed with colleagues and leads who have seen the worth of it and supported me."
This does not read as though she is blaming "everyone else". Throughout the post there is a very heavy focus on "we" and "our" for referring to the team and the teams stress and lack of empowerment. I thought she went out of her way to make clear it wasnt the team she worked with, but upper management fostering a negative environment.(ex, not supporting the team needing a PM) Finally recognizing that upper leadership and people outside the project injecting themselves into or blocking change, seems like introspection. Finally seeing that this was not right/healthy, is how one gets out of an abusive pattern. This is more of a retrospective than the sprint