If software engineers are working as the "IT" department, it's already a red flag. Especially if it's treated as a cost-center.
> It worked great for my project, but I was lucky to work with a competent and collaborative key user. On the other hand, some colleagues of mine faced issues. I suspect that their projects would have been more successful under a different, slightly more bureaucratic approach, given the sort of users they were working with
Some users, especially internals, don't want any changes. when that happens, the only thing left to do is pretty much switch project sadly. With a stock compensation, you don't want to waste your time building something that won't be used: that doesn't create any value.
If software engineers are working as the "IT" department, it's already a red flag. Especially if it's treated as a cost-center.
> It worked great for my project, but I was lucky to work with a competent and collaborative key user. On the other hand, some colleagues of mine faced issues. I suspect that their projects would have been more successful under a different, slightly more bureaucratic approach, given the sort of users they were working with
Some users, especially internals, don't want any changes. when that happens, the only thing left to do is pretty much switch project sadly. With a stock compensation, you don't want to waste your time building something that won't be used: that doesn't create any value.