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bobo2000
bobo2000
10:34
@BloodGain part of the reason why this is a toxic environment is because the devs seem to be SO STUBBORN, the minute you ask them to do something a certain way they start acting as if you don't know what you are talking about and become argumentative. The amount of times I have asked devs to update or move their JIRA tickets is starting to really irritate me, so the point in my daily stands ups I am doing it for them. They are making my job harder than it ought to be.
 
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BloodGain
BloodGain
20:21
@bobo2000 That's a symptom of the toxic environment, not a cause. Yes, these sorts of environments tend to create a feedback loop of negativity, so they aren't helping, but it's not on purpose. It's a defense mechanism. They probably view you as part of the "management problem" and may even see you as hostile. You probably aren't helping that image, but again, you're probably not doing that on purpose.
@bobo2000 If you want to improve things, you will have to convince them that you're on their side and get buy-in on your process. Otherwise, you're not going to get them to do what they see right now as "stupid busywork management wants to make us do when we're already behind schedule and stressed out." They're not making it harder, it's just hard. Stop trying to find malice and try to find the people behind the employees.

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