Manage people, not projects... (Score 1)

Find a manager, or even a company, who goes by that philosophy and being subservient actually becomes somewhat pleasant. Managing should be about facilitating communication between team members, not drowning it in process. Good managers filter 98% of the crap dripping down from the layers above. If you start hearing sentences like "I just got out of a meeting with our VP, and I want you to...", head for the hills. You've just encountered the infamous "shit rolls downhill" principle of management. And, like most poor slobs, you're at the bottom of the hill with your mouth hanging open.