This. It isn't (positive) leadership. It reminds me of a book Chris Hedges whose author was recently interviewed.[0,1] The worker bees vs. the managers. ICs including tech SWEs/PEs/SEs/EEs at Meta can become managers and a part of this problem, they haven't necessarily drank the Zuck Kool-Aid. Actually, only some (not all) of the senior IC6+ who might become managers are in this camp and not all managers (maybe 5-10%) espouse these beliefs. I'm kinda glad really that I got the ax on the 2nd round in 2023. (I was WFH semi remote. It's funny they tried to interview/rehire me in similar roles, but only for MPK or similar major hubs.)
0. Liu, Catherine. Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class. University of Minnesota Press, 2021. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.5749/j.ctv1fkgbjx. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
1. https://youtu.be/PuIb4j_hxSw