Seconded and thirded. Nothing is more soul draining then doing nothing for 8 hours a day, the idea that devs are lazy and don't want to code is like the antithesis of our whole profession. Most of us do it in our free time. When you actually have a real actionable thing to work on that gives the line workers meaningful "wins" the management pyramid flips and they all become "servant managers" trying to direct the excitement of the team to the most valuable stuff.

Laziness is the natural response to the work you're doing not mattering. If you find yourself imposing artificial deadlines as motivation then maybe what you're doing isn't all that important.