Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?
OK, let&#x27;s not mince words.  It is so bad because you, all of you who suffer under this, don&#x27;t give IT managers and decision makers enough shit for choosing this crap. You don&#x27;t stand up for yourself, you don&#x27;t refuse to use it, and you do nothing to improve your situation because you think you can&#x27;t.<p>Right now most of you are shaking your head.  &quot;It isn&#x27;t that simple&quot;.  &quot;I can&#x27;t do anything about this&quot;.  &quot;It isn&#x27;t my place&quot;.  You are wrong. You can do something about it, but it is going to take a bit of backbone and a bit of initiative. You may lack a backbone.  Grow one.  Don&#x27;t whine. Whining accomplishes nothing and communicates that you have given up.<p>You find better alternatives, recruit others to your cause and force badly run organizations to change -- essentially by leading a revolt.  There is only so much a manager can do when employees say &quot;no&quot;.  And it is easier to say &quot;no&quot; when more people say &quot;no&quot;.<p>If you have ever been a manager you know perfectly well that if you can&#x27;t get your people to do as you say, you are done.  A leader who can&#x27;t make people follow isn&#x27;t a leader.  It can be a career killer.  Lots of managers have nightmares about this.<p>You can use that to your advantage.<p>If you don&#x27;t want to use Teams: find an alternative, start using it, recruit others to your cause and stand up to whomever says &quot;you can&#x27;t&quot;.