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It is standard practice for someone lacking information on a given topic to derisively ask those they disagree with to become masters of said topic, then nit-picking anything that person might come up with.
This is a boring pattern. Let us change it.
This is actually the point i was making. What they are doing amounts to crossing their arms in my estimation.
Performative grandstanding, tough guy tweeting and fundraising. Uselessness is their MO imo.
As for what i want from them? To do what i asked them to, successfully represent me. I don't care how it's done. Does that sound unfair? It shouldn't, it should sound familiar. It sounds like what you and i are expected to do at our jobs every day. Our excuses do not save us from getting axed. We are not allowed to place blame on our co-workers. We get it done, or we're gone.
Just like any other job they're subject to a performance review. In this case my review holds little weight, but i don't need you going to bat for them, i need you to take them to task. I need you to stop accepting their excuses.
Until enough people do, why should their performance increase? What evidence have you picked up during your lifetime that compels you to take them at their word, that they'll do better next quarter "as long as you hire some of their friends to help them do the job" they are currently, and for a long time have utterly failed to do?