> A bad week-after-week standup was one that dragged on and on ... our off-shore team which the US team knew was going to be canned in a few weeks...Between the connection, and accent, and knowledge they were all junior and working on minor tickets and flubbing them...

I hope I never have to work the managers who allowed this to go on. Treating this way the people who potentially didn't feel empowered to push back, is an indication of how they would treat others in a similar situation.