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I don't know where to begin. Maybe with the fact that I didn't write the article, but that it is obviously not sarcastic. I don't know about your work experien

I don't know where to begin. Maybe with the fact that I didn't write the article, but that it is obviously not sarcastic. I don't know about your work experience, but in the context of a larger company, all-hands are quite important to remind people of the company culture and to connect individuals to the mission. Spend long enough in a growing company and you'll see people who have no idea why they're important, who slack, who feel they aren't heard, etc. Building a great company means handling all of this. All-hands aren't about corporate bullshit. Even in a smaller startup, celebrating things like "we got a major new client" or "we hit this important milestone" can make people refocus and rekindle their passion for the work. I can't even see how this is "bangalore management for j2ee bodyshops". But I haven't been to Bangalore or done any j2ee work (bless up), so maybe that's it.

dozzie 10y ago
> in the context of a larger company, all-hands are quite important to remind people of the company culture and to connect individuals to the mission. In a larger company the culture is a thing that probably nobody should try to connect to, and mission is usually long lost in the transition from small company to a large one. > Spend long enough in a growing company and you'll see people who have no idea why they're important, who slack, who feel they aren't heard, etc. And gathering all of them together every six months for no good reason so they can be "celebrated" by some guy they have nothing to do at all will make them feel heard or important? > Even in a smaller startup, celebrating things like "we got a major new client" or "we hit this important milestone" can make people refocus and rekindle their passion for the work. In small company "we got a major client" is an important thing. In a big company, a regular employee couldn't care less, as it won't affect him/her in any meaningful way.
vacri 10y ago
> all-hands are quite important to remind people of the company culture and to connect individuals to the mission The article is proposing weekly meetings for up to 500 employees. If they need reminding that often, then I reckon you have a hiring problem. Where I am now, there is a formal all-hands that takes most of a day once/year, plus all-hands at appropriate junctures (big client/important milestone stuff), and it seems to work well. There isn't the idea of this fortnightly or weekly meeting. I just can't fathom wasting that much time to talk about mission.
- tantalor 10y ago
  You don't "talk about mission" in these meetings, you talk about things the company did that week/whatever which further the mission, such as a product launch, partnership, event, or major announcement.
- Bartweiss 10y ago
  My experience has been that a monthly all-hands for 200 people is pretty good. More frequent meetings than that should be smaller, because the alternative is talking about group-specific stuff that's irrelevant to most people. Your company should subdivide as it grows, and the meeting/governance structure should acknowledge that fact. Weekly for 500 people sounds insane.
syshum 10y ago
>>>all-hands are quite important to remind people of the company culture and to connect individuals to the mission. My mission is to trade my labor and experience for currency I can use to fund my life. That is all >All-hands aren't about corporate bullshit. Yes it is. This entire concept of "we are a team" or worse "we are a family" is bullshit, the second it is more profitable for the company to not employ you than it is for the company to employ you, you are shown the door.
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EpicEng 10y ago
Culture isn't something one needs to be reminded of. It is whatever it is at the moment, and you don't change that with cringeworthy rah rah corporate BS

dozzie 10y ago

> in the context of a larger company, all-hands are quite important to remind people of the company culture and to connect individuals to the mission. In a larger company the culture is a thing that probably nobody should try to connect to, and mission is usually long lost in the transition from small company to a large one. > Spend long enough in a growing company and you'll see people who have no idea why they're important, who slack, who feel they aren't heard, etc. And gathering all of them together every six months for no good reason so they can be "celebrated" by some guy they have nothing to do at all will make them feel heard or important? > Even in a smaller startup, celebrating things like "we got a major new client" or "we hit this important milestone" can make people refocus and rekindle their passion for the work. In small company "we got a major client" is an important thing. In a big company, a regular employee couldn't care less, as it won't affect him/her in any meaningful way.

vacri 10y ago

> all-hands are quite important to remind people of the company culture and to connect individuals to the mission The article is proposing weekly meetings for up to 500 employees. If they need reminding that often, then I reckon you have a hiring problem. Where I am now, there is a formal all-hands that takes most of a day once/year, plus all-hands at appropriate junctures (big client/important milestone stuff), and it seems to work well. There isn't the idea of this fortnightly or weekly meeting. I just can't fathom wasting that much time to talk about mission.

tantalor 10y ago
You don't "talk about mission" in these meetings, you talk about things the company did that week/whatever which further the mission, such as a product launch, partnership, event, or major announcement.
Bartweiss 10y ago
My experience has been that a monthly all-hands for 200 people is pretty good. More frequent meetings than that should be smaller, because the alternative is talking about group-specific stuff that's irrelevant to most people. Your company should subdivide as it grows, and the meeting/governance structure should acknowledge that fact. Weekly for 500 people sounds insane.

syshum 10y ago

>>>all-hands are quite important to remind people of the company culture and to connect individuals to the mission. My mission is to trade my labor and experience for currency I can use to fund my life. That is all >All-hands aren't about corporate bullshit. Yes it is. This entire concept of "we are a team" or worse "we are a family" is bullshit, the second it is more profitable for the company to not employ you than it is for the company to employ you, you are shown the door.

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EpicEng 10y ago

Culture isn't something one needs to be reminded of. It is whatever it is at the moment, and you don't change that with cringeworthy rah rah corporate BS