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Are Product Managers The Enemy? | Rich O'Farrell
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Is your product manager helping—or holding you hostage?
This week on WFM Unfiltered, Irina brings on Rich O’Farrell, a seasoned contact centre insider turned Product Director, to finally answer the burning question: are product managers the enemy? From call centre agent to the head of WFM product strategy at Verint, Rich has seen it all. And now he’s spilling the internal truths that most vendors hope you never find out.
This episode is a full-throttle breakdown of what really happens behind roadmap promises, AI features nobody asked for, and those “we’re listening” portals that feel more like suggestion graveyards. Rich isn’t here to play corporate nice. He’s here to tell you how product decisions get made, who actually pulls the strings, and why being ignored post-contract is just part of the game.
You’ll hear the blunt truth about why new features don’t work the way you’d expect, why legacy systems behave like confused robots, and why your urgent user feedback might sit in a queue behind some executive’s shiny new AI fantasy. And yes—we talk about forecasting, accuracy myths, headcount confusion, and why engineers sometimes build things they don’t understand (or use).
For anyone who’s ever asked “Why the hell does this tool do that?”—this episode is for you.
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