Every team I’ve ever seen converts effort to burn down rate and then into time, because that’s what their bosses care about. Now 50 points per week with a team of five is 10 points per person-week or two points per person-day. So a point is 4 Hours.
Next we multiply by the number of points in the backlog and we have our delivery date. If you don’t keep turning out two points per day the project will be late and there’s gonna be a problem.
Estimating in points is just what the magician does so you don’t see what he’s really up to.
I really appreciate your comment and yes, I hope I find another team soon.
Or better yet, hopefully I'll be replaced by a script (like an AWS lambda or an Azure function), ánd then I'll have all day to rant on HN. Beware! lol :-]
Also the fact that you're alone and only you to do them means it will get done when it will get done and they should only prioritise items in a list.
Sorry you seem to hate agile and I could see why but hopefully some day you get to be part of an effective team with a common sense approach to agile.