I've been the guy who gets called at 4am when postgres takes a dump. I've also been the guy doing the calling (well, not really as a PM, since again, we don't generally have the ability to tell anyone what to do at 4AM, but I digress.)
> Communicating with them goes nowhere since they don't empathize with your point of view.
Can't speak for everyone, but again, I've been on both sides of the table, and I've never seen an example of this. I think it's rare.
> The only form of motivation is threat of existence in the company.
This is so extreme that I feel I must respond just for the sake of other people reading it: if your PM is motivating you via threats, something is very wrong.
> if your PM is motivating you via threats, something is very wrong.
Seriously? This is how 80% of companies work. In many of those companies, stack ranking is a very effective tool for running people out the door. It's often _baked_ into corporate culture.
Without knowing what your experiences are, as context, it's not possible to see the value in this. How many places (for how long) did you work as a dev?
> Communicating with them goes nowhere since they don't empathize with your point of view.
Can't speak for everyone, but again, I've been on both sides of the table, and I've never seen an example of this. I think it's rare.
> The only form of motivation is threat of existence in the company.
This is so extreme that I feel I must respond just for the sake of other people reading it: if your PM is motivating you via threats, something is very wrong.