I recall hearing that Google had a term similar to this:

A "shit umbrella" was a manager who protected the development team from all the politics, blame, and mismanagement coming from above.

A "shit funnel" was a manager who directed all the shit coming down, directly onto the team.

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BerislavLopac 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, I've been using "shit umbrella" for a long time. But the "transparent shit umbrella" is an even more powerful, albeit more disturbing, metaphor.

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mikestew 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not that it originated with me, but I was using that metaphor long before Google showed up.

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evilduck 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You forgot "shit spewer". One who creates the shit that someone else has to then deal with (usually organizational peers or the team beneath them).

	▲	_whiteCaps_ 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've always called those folks seagulls - fly in, shit on everything, and take off again without having to deal with the consequences.