I have. And never has the urgency been warranted in retrospect. It's always been a reflection of the anxieties and worries of the CEO/president/whoever is in charge, than it has been reality.
It's an unchecked personality disorder at that point; and I want no part of it.
business people need to be able to make decisions and they do that based upon timelines.
If you're a small to midsized company these decisions have larger effects on the overall health of the company.
I've seen too many instances of technical people abusing business ignorance of technical details. Most of _my_ experience has been business people trying really hard to work with the technical groups, but the technical groups just don't want to be held to any timelines whatsoever.
You can't have that in the business world. That doesn't mean all deadlines are hard, but if there isn't some timeline then business decisions may as well be made by throwing darts at the wall.
It's an unchecked personality disorder at that point; and I want no part of it.