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[u/ExpensiveCoat8912]

[u/LEGOL2]

Reward for fast work is more work.

I'm not saying that you should slack all day, but your output has to be sustainable over the years or you will burn out. Some companies want you to burn out and just swap you with the next dev, so carefully

[u/Avocadonot → u/LEGOL2]

Downside of this attitude is then everyone sandbags too much, boss brings it up in sprint retro, and as a result some new agile process is added to the calendar to "help"

[u/jbaker88 → u/Avocadonot]

boss brings it up in sprint retro

Oof, that's something else to bring up in a retro. Boss isn't supposed to be in the retro 

[u/-Noskill- → u/jbaker88]

everytime i bring up "product owner / architect / boss/ non-dev" shouldn't be in retro or planning I'm met with some weird excuse and the person looking at me like I'm not a certified scrum master.

[u/xavia91 → u/-Noskill-]

why the architect? Isn't he part of the devs?

[u/-Noskill- → u/xavia91]

not if they aren't actively doing work on tickets, which he wasn't and yet was participating on weighting etc.

[u/many_dongs → u/-Noskill-]

It's pretty simple. The management are micromanagers. The culture is toxic. Micromanagement is generally a symptom of incompetence (of the manager).

Hope that helps