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		sethammons on Nov 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How learned helplessness happens in engineering te... did you let their manager know? Especially valid with data that shows "look, before, ppl tried to follow process X, and now, as you can see, nobody even tries." Data, data, data. Management likes data.

nine_zeros on Nov 3, 2021 [–]

No. I am also in learned helplessness mode. The manager doesn't appear to get that the gatekeeper engineer is stubborn.

I have nothing to gain by getting caught in the crossfire.

I would just quit after biding my time.

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