In my professional experience I've noticed people who have degrees from certain unnamed better universities tend to be more hands off in work eg documentation, documenting planning, being proactive with reaching out to people for clarification or input.
I thought maybe I was just imagining it but this week I had a discussion with a colleague who has two degrees from top tier universities. We are in the same role in adjacent teams, at the same level so do the same job effectively.
This person does not contribute to documentation or reach outs or research at all - they say it's their job to think and they have to keep their mind free to be imaginative.
I know their team has complained a lot between themselves about this person not supporting them but I'm amazed by this attitude. That's not what the job is at all, certainly not how anyone I know does it.
This person also hasn't really had any intelligent ideas that I'm aware of.
Am I missing a trick here? Am I the stupid class and if I went to top tier instead of just Russell group id be getting other people to do the work while I daydream?