That’s a constant at any big company, regardless of the type of work the company does as a whole. The higher-ups talk to each other and down to the rank-and-file in nonsense corporate-speak, congratulating each other for accomplishments they had little to do with or even actively impeded. Meanwhile, the people actually doing the work just go about their day, getting things done.

Every once in a while, we all get together and try to decipher what the “leaders” actually meant in their big presentation about the plans for the company in the coming year and it’s going to affect us.