Something bad to happen to "them"? There's no diaphanous them, just the specific social climbing crap decision makers facing no consequences of any type.

I have worked with many hard working and caring managers, and they are generally eclipsed by said social climbers presenting at conferences every other week about know-nothing topics jumping from place to place leaving bankrupt companies and massive layoffs in their wake.

I see them posting on LI right now :)

Why are you thinking more about the people that piss you off than the ones that you consider hard working and caring?

You have a massive chip on your shoulder, dare I say that's why you've had many caring managers and now you're seeing them all as 'social climbers'.

Did one manager call you out on something and you torched the entire thing?

>There's no diaphanous them

Autocorrect mistake? I doubt anyone was imaging semi-transparent beings wafting gently in a summer breeze.

So what would you call your alternative to blameless postmortems? FWIW, "walking the plank" is already in use.