That sounds awful. Maybe one day will dawn on this world when companies will just listen to the professionals doing the work. My manager’s manager (the one resisting docs) seems to be on some kind of power trip. He’s an exceptionally bad listener who treats us like chess pieces in a game he is playing in his own head. I thought he just annoyed me, but after having a chat with my manager about him, it turns out that everyone is having problems with him and he’s unwilling to be flexible.