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It's just a title, and titles are free. If you want to see a lot of VPs, go visit your friendly neighborhood bank. :-)
by mathattack 10y ago
It's just a title, and titles are free. If you want to see a lot of VPs, go visit your friendly neighborhood bank. :-)
- tyingq 10y agoOutside of banks, a VP title usually means "company officer", and usually comes with perks and legal changes that do cost something.
- cbsmith 10y agoUnless you visit a tech company outside of the financial business... or really a ton of other companies.
- tyingq 10y agoSo, Twitter VPs aren't company officers? Edit: Twitter's bylaws suggest that a VP is a company officer.
- argonaut 10y agoTwitter's bylaws (and those of the other companies) are ambiguous. They do not clearly say a VP = officer. They only use them in the sense that they mention them in the same sense.
- morgante 10y agoNope. I've been a VP without being an officer.
- tyingq 10y agoThat's why I said usually. I did just check the bylaws for Alphabet/Google, Twitter, Amazon, and eBay. All have similar language showing vice presidents as officers. It's also been that way at the companies I've worked for, across several industries.
- JohnJamesRambo 10y agoI know this may be naive, but what does the officer part entail or mean?
- jon-wood 10y agoAn officer has authority to sign contracts on behalf of the company.
- mathattack 10y agoIt's very company dependent. 2 data points from other industries, based on LinkedIn: 1) Ogilvy & Mather: 7,289 employees, 188 with Vice President in the title. 2) Johnson & Johnson: 63,072 employees, 1,154 with Vice President in the title. 3) Microsoft: 129,445 employees, 2,514 with Vice President in the title. I think Vice President doesn't mean as much as it used to. :-)
- ulfw 10y agoI am not sure what you are trying to say. The ratios seem quite well aligned. 1) One VP for every 39 employees 2) One VP for every 54 employees 3) One VP for every 51 employees
- mathattack 10y agoYes - that this isn't an elite group of "Top 10 execs" at a company. That it's reasonable for Twitter to have several VPs of Product.
- ci5er 10y agoThat has to do with signature authority...
- malcolmgreaves 10y agoTitles are not free. Titles convey job responsibilities and authority.
- lostlogin 10y agoHonarary academic checking in - everything about my title is free.
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- wheelerwj 10y agoWhat neighborhood do you work in?