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"When I started at MSFT in 1996, there were six people between me and [Microsoft cofounder] Bill Gates," Boris said. "In 2009, there were 13 people between me a
by raffi 17y ago
"When I started at MSFT in 1996, there were six people between me and [Microsoft cofounder] Bill Gates," Boris said. "In 2009, there were 13 people between me and [Microsoft CEO] Steve Ballmer." Fred said, "the number of managers between me and the CEO went from six to 10," during the last decade. Another long-time Microsoftie, whom I'll call Barry, saw his reports go from six to 12.
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Just to give perspective, when I was in the military it was probably 13 links between a two striper and the President
- bitwize 17y ago"And here's something else. I have eight different bosses right now." "Beg your pardon?" "Eight bosses." "Eight?" "Eight, Bob. So that means that, when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it."
- ajross 17y agoSo for 90k employees, we have an average fanout of pow(9e4, 1/13) == 2.4 direct reports (assuming no duplication) per manager. Yikes.