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> she submitted the paper for approval right at deadline. If that's true, that is poorly handled.

That's not poorly handled on her part. If she'd submitted it late, that would be her problem. If getting a submission right at the last valid time to make a submission (the deadline) is an issue then it's a problem caused by whoever set the deadline, not the submitter.

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For internal approval, which has a 2 week process, at the paper deadline. From Jeff Dean's email:

JD> Unfortunately, this particular paper was only shared with a day’s notice before its deadline — we require two weeks for this sort of review — and then instead of awaiting reviewer feedback, it was approved for submission and submitted.

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