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- Being forced to do work which you believe is less valuable to the organization than the work you'd choose to do Which is fascinating, when you think about it
by InclinedPlane 11y ago
- Being forced to do work which you believe is less valuable to the organization than the work you'd choose to do
Which is fascinating, when you think about it enough. And explains a lot of why as companies get bigger they find it harder to do anything well.
- codeonfire 11y agoWhat tends to happen is an executive makes an offhand remark in a meeting about a technology and five mid-level people pick up on it. They each tell 2-3 low level managers to work on it. By the time the project gets to individual contributors it has been distorted and several other groups are trying to deliver a similar project. Individuals just think, "why are we doing this?" because each level hides their intent to impress their boss's boss.